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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,...
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Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison, too, segmented into various wards, known as areas A, B and C. In fact, all Palestinians are subjected...
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April 24, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the Right of Return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history;...
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April 17, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Back in the Middle East for a few months, I find myself astounded by the absence of the strong voices of Arab intellectuals. The region that has given rise...
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April 10, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
For Palestinians, 2017 is a year of significant anniversaries. While historians mark May 15th as the anniversary of the date on which Palestinians were expelled from their historic homeland...
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April 3, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently-concluded Arab League Summit in...
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March 28, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
The Israeli state has violated international law more than any other country, yet has rarely, if ever, been held accountable for its crimes and misconduct. Israel’s successful public relations...
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March 20, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
When Terry Holdbrooks Jr. converted to Islam in 2003 he was inundated with death threats and labelled a “race traitor”. If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired,...
![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,...![Palestinian protesters wave flags bearing the portrait of prominent prisoner and popular leader Marwan Barghouti during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in West Bank on 23 April, 2017 [Ayman Ameen / ApaImages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/230417_AA_00-7.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison, too, segmented into various wards, known as areas A, B and C. In fact, all Palestinians are subjected...![Israeli security forces disperse media members during clashes with Palestinian protesters in West Bank on 4 April 2015 [Nedal Eshtayah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/Israeli-security-forces-disperse-media-members-during-a-Palestinian-protest-against-Israeli-aggression-In-Nablus-West-Bank.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the Right of Return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history;...![Daesh militant holding their flag [file photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/isis-soldier-runs-with-isis-flag-in-raqqa-syria-reuters.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Back in the Middle East for a few months, I find myself astounded by the absence of the strong voices of Arab intellectuals. The region that has given rise...![Palestinians protest to mark the 99th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration on November 01, 2016 [Mohammed Asad /Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016_11_02-Palestinians-protest-to-mark-the-99th-anniversary-of-the-Balfour-Declaration-5.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
For Palestinians, 2017 is a year of significant anniversaries. While historians mark May 15th as the anniversary of the date on which Palestinians were expelled from their historic homeland...
Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently-concluded Arab League Summit in...![BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti [Arab48]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Omar-barghouti-e1490688053217.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Israeli state has violated international law more than any other country, yet has rarely, if ever, been held accountable for its crimes and misconduct. Israel’s successful public relations...
When Terry Holdbrooks Jr. converted to Islam in 2003 he was inundated with death threats and labelled a “race traitor”. If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired,...