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.

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
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
May 14, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

An affront to history: Giro d’Italia’s ‘sport-washing’ of Israel Apartheid

For the first time since its inception in 1909, the legendary Italian cycling race, Giro d’Italia kicked off outside Europe and, strangely enough, from the city of Jerusalem on...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 8, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Eclipsing Factionalism: The missing story from the Gaza protests

The Gaza border protests must be understood in the context of the Israeli Occupation, the siege and the long-delayed ‘Right of Return’ for Palestinian refugees. However, they should also be...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, US
May 1, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Gazan Gandhis: Gaza bleeds alone as ‘Liberals’ and ‘Progressives’ go mute

Three more Palestinians were killed and 611 wounded last Friday, when tens of thousands of Gazans continued their largely non-violent protests at the Gaza-Israel border. Yet as the casualty...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 24, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

The Ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 Years Ago

Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on December 4, 1948. That was only a few months after...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, US
April 17, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Media cover-up: Shielding Israel is a matter of policy

The term ‘media bias’ does not do justice to the western corporate media’s relationship with Israel and Palestine. The relationship is, indeed, far more profound than mere partiality. It...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
April 9, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Why Israel feels threatened by popular resistance in Palestine

Why did Israel kill many unarmed Gaza protesters and wound over 2,000 on Friday, March 30 and on the following days, when they clearly posed no threat to Israeli...

Published in: Africa, Algeria, Article, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Tunisia, Yemen
April 2, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Rim Banna and the cultural war that Palestinians must win

Rim Banna passed away at the age of 51. Her death on 24 March, after a decade-long battle with cancer, brought grief to Palestinians everywhere. Rim, a Palestinian Christian...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 26, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

The last ‘peace process’ warrior: Abbas hanging by a thread

The “deal of the century” is a farce. We suspected that, of course, but, upon his return from Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in more detail why...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
March 19, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

Who wants to kill Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah?

On March 13, while on his way to the besieged Gaza Strip, two 33-pounds bombs targeted the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah was visiting Gaza,...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine

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