Ramzy Baroud – Middle East Monitor

Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and editor of Palestine Chronicle. He has authored a number of books on the Palestinian struggle including ‘The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story’ (Pluto Press, London). Baroud has a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter and is a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Centre for Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara. His website is www.ramzybaroud.net.

December 18, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Is there a plot to depopulate Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon?
An eerie video of a photo of one “Hajj Jamal Ghalaini” with a prayer on a backing track pops up occasionally on Facebook. The voice is that of an...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
December 11, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The real face of Justin Trudeau: Are Palestinians Canada’s new Jews?
How does one explain Canada’s contradictory foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel? On December 4, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, praised Canada’s commitment not...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Canada, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
December 3, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
From Central America to Syria there is a conspiracy against refugees
Watching the ongoing debate between liberal and right-wing pundits on US mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding chaotic situation in Central...
Published in: Africa, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, US
November 29, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Netanyahu’s predicament is that the era of easy wars is over
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on 12 November, he certainly did not anticipate that...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
November 19, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The tide is turning: Israel is losing on two war fronts
The botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on 12 November is delineating Tel Aviv’s failure to utilise its army as a tool to achieve Palestinian political concessions....
Published in: Article, BDS, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
November 13, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
In breach of human rights, Netanyahu supports the death penalty for Palestinians
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is escalating his war on the Palestinian people, although for reasons almost entirely related to Israeli politics. He has just given the green...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
November 6, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Israel is afraid of Khalida Jarrar because she shatters its false democratic image
When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer Khalida Jarrar on 2 April, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, she had been leading...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 29, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
It Is a new era, but China’s balancing act will fail in the Middle East
Although ties between Washington and Tel Aviv are stronger than ever, Israeli leaders are aware of a vastly changing political landscape. The US’ political turmoil and the global power...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, China, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, US
October 22, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
‘A cruel choice’: Why Israel targets Palestinian schools
Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on 15 October. The...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 16, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The UN ‘Sheriff’: Nikki Haley elevated Israel, damaged US standing
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has made her post a “more glamorous” position than her predecessors – as President Donald Trump described Haley’s 2-year term at the...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US, Videos & Photo Stories
October 8, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
That Single Line of Blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah
As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself most tragically. Little Nassir was not just another number,...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
October 2, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
End of hegemony: UN must reflect changing world order
There is a rational explanation of why India and Brazil, two countries with vast populations and significant and growing economies, are not permanent members of the United Nations Security...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, China, Europe & Russia, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, UN, US
September 18, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Why Israel Demolishes: Khan Al-Ahmar as Representation of Greater Genocide
Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sep. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located East of Jerusalem, are...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
September 12, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The Veiled Danger of the ‘Dead’ Oslo Accords
Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli ‘peacemaker’ is like the mythical phoenix, continually resurrecting from its ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
September 4, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
What Lies Beneath: The US-Israeli Plot to ‘Save’ Gaza
Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades,...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Qatar, UN, US
August 28, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
When Illness is a ‘Death Sentence’: The Victimization of Gaza Women
Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her three-year-old son, Louay, to his chemotherapy treatment in East Jerusalem....
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
August 21, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Gaza without cancer medicine as Haley blames Arabs for Washington’s sins
On Sunday, August 12, news from Gaza was distressing: The Ministry of Health announced that it would no longer be able to treat cancer patients in the Israel-besieged Strip....
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
August 13, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Mission accomplished: Why solidarity boats to Gaza succeed despite failing to break the siege
When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport in the capital, Auckland, on 1 August, a group of people were...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
August 7, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Mahmoud Abbas: Stop Exploiting Ahed Tamimi for Personal Gain
The father of 11-year-old, Abdul Rahman Nofal contacted me, asking for help. His son was shot in the leg during Gaza’s ‘Great March of Return’ protests. The Strip’s dilapidated health care...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Pakistan, Palestine, US
July 30, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
A common Enemy: Why Israel is embracing fascism in Europe
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Israel on 19 July where he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. Orban’s visit would have not required much pause except that...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 22, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Jewish Nation-state Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish Nation-state Law as “the death of our democracy.” Did...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 17, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The Massacre of Inn Din: How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible
“In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Opinion, Palestine, UN
July 10, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions...
Published in: Africa, Article, Europe & Russia, France, Hungary, Italy, Libya, Opinion, Poland
July 3, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
‘Deal of the Century’ is not new and the PA leadership is not a victim
Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will fail. Palestinians will not exchange their 70-year long struggle for freedom for Jared Kushner’s cash; nor will Israel accept even if there...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
June 26, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Did Israel inspire Trump’s family separation policy?
This past May, the United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, announced the government’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy at US border crossings. It was a matter of weeks before the new policy began...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, US
June 19, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Stop the wars to end the refugee crisis
Europe is facing its most significant refugee crisis since World War Two. All attempts at resolving the issue have failed, mostly because those charged with doing so have ignored...
Published in: Africa, Article, Europe & Russia, Libya, Middle East, Opinion, Syria
June 12, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
The international community should not stand by as Israel abuses Palestinians
What is taking place in Palestine is not a ‘conflict’. We readily utilise the term but, in fact, the word ‘conflict’ is misleading. It equates oppressed Palestinians with Israel,...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
June 5, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Palestine is not occupied, it is colonised
June 5 2018 marks the 51st anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. But, unlike the massive popular mobilisation that preceded the anniversary of the Nakba –...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 29, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
8 things I learned about Palestine while touring 8 Western nations
On 20 February, I embarked on a global book tour that has, thus far, taken me to eight nations. The main theme of all my talks in various cultural,...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
May 21, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Decoding the US Embassy move to Jerusalem: Why Trump did it
Two important truths have to be restated in order to understand the context of the US government’s decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which officially...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
May 21, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s premature celebration: Gazans have crossed the fear barrier
60 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on May 15, simply for protesting and demanding their Right of Return as guaranteed by international law. 50 more were killed since March...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
May 15, 2018 Ramzy Baroud
My home is Beit Daras: our lingering Nakba
When Google Earth was launched in 2001, I rushed immediately to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different reality. Although...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine