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August 15, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
On August, 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,...
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August 7, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war...
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July 31, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Neither Fatah nor Hamas have been of much relevance to the mass protests staged around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Neither have American pressure, half-hearted European ‘concern about the...
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July 25, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking. The...
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July 17, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in Occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The 39-year-old...
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July 11, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Two officers sought me from within a crowd at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. They seemed to know who I was. They asked me to follow them, and I obliged....
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July 4, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
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...
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June 25, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Mohammed Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical...
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June 19, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive...
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June 13, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
The typical newsroom set-up, where journalists chase headlines dictated by some centralized news gathering agency – often based in some western capital – does not suffice any more. In...
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June 4, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
There is a saying that goes: “Be careful what you wish for, for you may get it.” This has been Israel’s dilemma from the very beginning. The Zionist movement,...
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May 28, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
As if he has, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel has left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser, Mitchell Barack,...
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May 22, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Bat-Hen Epstein Elias’ long article on Iranian Jews is interesting. Parts of it, in fact, are heartwarming. Yet, despite the lack of any serious evidence, the story is entirely...
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May 15, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has hurriedly passed a new bill that defines Israel as the “national home of the Jewish people.” Although the association between Jewishness and Israel goes...
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May 15, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
In mainstream Israeli politics, history books, literature and collective imagination, the Palestinian Nakba never happened. If the pain and suffering of a nation is acknowledged, then the people themselves...
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Now that the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, has officially changed its Charter, one should not immediately assume that the decision is, in itself, an act of political maturity. Undoubtedly,...
![Image of Israeli forces demolishing the Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb for the 111th time [File photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017_4_5-The-Bedouin-village-of-Al-Araqeeb-has-been-demolished-by-Israeli-forces-for-the-111th-time.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On August, 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,...
There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war...
Neither Fatah nor Hamas have been of much relevance to the mass protests staged around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Neither have American pressure, half-hearted European ‘concern about the...
Israel, which has played a precarious role in the Syrian war since 2011, is furious to learn that the future of the conflict is not to its liking. The...![A wounded Palestinian is seen after Israeli forces intervened a protest in front Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem on 16 July 2017 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency ]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170716_2_24785804_24197073.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in Occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The 39-year-old...
Two officers sought me from within a crowd at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. They seemed to know who I was. They asked me to follow them, and I obliged....![General Herbert Raymond McMaster with US President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US on February 20, 2017 [Kevin Lamarque / Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Herbert-Raymond-McMaster-with-Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...![A Palestinian man watches the Gaza's power station in the central Gaza Strip, July 29, 2015 [Ashraf Amra / ApaImages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/290715_ASH_00-5.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Mohammed Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth. Lack of medical...![Image of US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (C) in New York, US on May 16, 2017 [Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170516_2_23712269_22165241.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive...![Palestinians carry the body of 16 year old Fatima Hajiji, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers, in Ramallah, West Bank on May 17, 2017 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170517_2_23728403_22192220.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The typical newsroom set-up, where journalists chase headlines dictated by some centralized news gathering agency – often based in some western capital – does not suffice any more. In...
There is a saying that goes: “Be careful what you wish for, for you may get it.” This has been Israel’s dilemma from the very beginning. The Zionist movement,...![US President Donald Trump speaks during an official welcoming ceremony on his arrival in Tel Aviv, Israel on 22 May 2017 [Daniel Bar On/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017_5_22-US-President-Donald-Trump-visits-Israel20170522_2_23814308_22385864.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
As if he has, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel has left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser, Mitchell Barack,...![Iranian Jews attend a Shabbat service in Tehran, Iran on April 23rd 2013 [MIlad Alex/Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2013_7_4-iranian-jews9206714491_35e98c5c3a_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Bat-Hen Epstein Elias’ long article on Iranian Jews is interesting. Parts of it, in fact, are heartwarming. Yet, despite the lack of any serious evidence, the story is entirely...
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has hurriedly passed a new bill that defines Israel as the “national home of the Jewish people.” Although the association between Jewishness and Israel goes...
In mainstream Israeli politics, history books, literature and collective imagination, the Palestinian Nakba never happened. If the pain and suffering of a nation is acknowledged, then the people themselves...![Leaders of Hamas in the Gaza Strip attend a meeting in which they express a new vision of Hamas in Doha, Qatar on March 1, 2017 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017_5_1-Officials-in-Gaza-watch-as-Hamas-unveils-its-new-Charter-4O6A8088.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Now that the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, has officially changed its Charter, one should not immediately assume that the decision is, in itself, an act of political maturity. Undoubtedly,...