Ramzy Baroud

Al-Araqeeb village: Palestinian Bedouins refuse to surrender 116 times

Ramzy Baroud | Tuesday 15 August 2017
On Aug. 1, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time. As soon as Israeli bulldozers finished their ugly deed and soldiers began evacuating the premises, village residents immediately began rebuilding their homes...
Another attempt to appease the Israeli government

Ramzy Baroud | Friday 11 August 2017
The US government is declaring war on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Since 2014, 11 US states have enacted legislation to criminalize the movement, which uses non-violent means to put pressure on Israel to end its...
Why Palestinian victory in Jerusalem is a pivotal moment

Ramzy Baroud | Wednesday 2 August 2017
Neither Fatah nor Hamas have been of much relevance to the mass protests around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Nor have US pressure, half-hearted European “concern about the situation” or cliched Arab declarations made one iota of...
How Palestinians were pushed into a corner

Ramzy Baroud | Thursday 20 July 2017
In early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and drove to an Israeli police station in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The 39-year-old Jerusalemite was scheduled to hand himself over to serve a four-month...
Trumpism is a symptom of decades-long imperial arrogance

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 3 July 2017
No matter how hard White House officials try, they cannot construct a coherent “Trump doctrine” that would make sense amid the chaos that has afflicted US foreign policy in recent months. But this chaos is not entirely the making of President...
Israel versus the UN — the Nikki Haley doctrine

Ramzy Baroud | Sunday 18 June 2017
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive nor tailored to fit the need of a specific occasion. Rather, her words are resolute,...
Journalism, history and war: Sit, type and bleed

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 12 June 2017
The typical newsroom setup, where journalists chase after headlines dictated by a centralized news-gathering agency — often based in a Western capital — no longer suffices. In the case of the Middle East, the news narrative has been defined by...
The unwanted ‘bride’: Can the 1967 war offer opportunity for peace?

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 5 June 2017
There is a saying that goes: “Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true.” This has been Israel’s dilemma from the very beginning. The Zionist movement, which held its first conference 120 years ago in Basel, Switzerland, wanted...
Trump’s visit to Israel: How US media ignored Palestinians’ plight

Ramzy Baroud | Sunday 28 May 2017
The US President Donald Trump left many analysts mystified after his 27-hour trip to Israel. It was as if he had been transformed into a master politician overnight. Mitchell Barak, an Israeli pollster and former political adviser, was quoted...
New charter: Should Hamas rewrite the past?

Ramzy Baroud | Thursday 11 May 2017
Now that Hamas has officially changed its charter, one should not immediately assume that the decision is, in itself, an act of political maturity. Undoubtedly, Hamas’ first charter, which was released to the public in August 1988, reflected a...