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October 16, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are underway in that region. China’s...
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October 11, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Egypt’s enthusiasm to arbitrate between feuding Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, is not the outcome of a sudden awakening of conscience. Cairo has, in fact, played a destructive role...
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October 9, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. But the ‘promise’ made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’ to the leaders of the...
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October 3, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
BDS stands for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions”. The BDS Movement was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people...
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September 25, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
The nature of the rhetoric in Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable. Even his bizarre threat to “totally destroy North Korea” was...
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September 19, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since its establishment atop the ruins of Palestinian...
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September 12, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a ‘democracy icon’ because she opposed the...
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September 4, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
“At bedtime, I am afraid to turn the lights off. I am not a coward, it is just that I worry that this bulb hanging from the ceiling is...
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August 28, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, has been reduced to rubble. It has been finally conquered, snatched back from the notorious group, Daesh, after months of merciless bombardment by the...
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August 21, 2017
Ramzy Baroud
Not too far away from Seattle, Washington there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world’s large shipments of nuclear weapons. The 560-foot-long black submarines are docked at the Naval...
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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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Article,
Asia & Americas,
Europe & Russia,
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US
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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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Iran,
Israel,
Jordan,
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Syria,
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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....
![US President Donald Trump makes a speech as he attends the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, United States on 19 September, 2017 [Volkan Furuncu/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017_09_20-Trump-at-the-72-UN-General-Assembly20170919_2_25824441_26019533.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are underway in that region. China’s...![Fatah and Hamas leaders at a recent meeting in Gaza [File photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jdjd.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Egypt’s enthusiasm to arbitrate between feuding Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, is not the outcome of a sudden awakening of conscience. Cairo has, in fact, played a destructive role...![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-7.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. But the ‘promise’ made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’ to the leaders of the...![Image of a BDS rally [McGill Daily/Flickr]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2-16_4_1-BDS-rally24522049300_5d080fac2c_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
BDS stands for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions”. The BDS Movement was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people...![US President Donald Trump L) with former US President Barack Obama R) [US Air Force/ Wikimedia]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Trump-and-Obama-e1496426743645.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The nature of the rhetoric in Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable. Even his bizarre threat to “totally destroy North Korea” was...
There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since its establishment atop the ruins of Palestinian...
To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a ‘democracy icon’ because she opposed the...
“At bedtime, I am afraid to turn the lights off. I am not a coward, it is just that I worry that this bulb hanging from the ceiling is...![Iraqi security forces carry armory belonging to Daesh after Mosul completely freed from Daesh in Mosul, Syria on 9 July, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170709_2_24637551_23895586-e1502629903933.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, has been reduced to rubble. It has been finally conquered, snatched back from the notorious group, Daesh, after months of merciless bombardment by the...![Image of US President Donald Trump om 29 October 2016 [Gage Skidmore/Flickr]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016_10_29-trump30020836983_181ebce05e_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Not too far away from Seattle, Washington there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world’s large shipments of nuclear weapons. The 560-foot-long black submarines are docked at the Naval...![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....