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April 17, 2017
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Dr 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
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Dr 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
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Dr 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
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Dr 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
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Dr 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,...
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March 14, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
"We must look back 25 years to realise how far Israel has fallen in world support," wrote famed Jewish scholar, Harvard sociologist, Nathan Glazer in 1976. In the last...
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March 6, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
At a glance, Israel appears a true democracy. Take a closer look and that facade of democracy will soon dissipate, turning into something else entirely. Tuesday 28 February was...
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February 27, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
I have recently been asked to give a talk about "Being an American Muslim in the United States". Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I...
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February 21, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The President of the United States can hardly be taken seriously, saying much but doing little. His words, often offensive, carry no substance, and it is impossible to summarise...
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February 13, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Empirical historical evidence combined with little common-sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has in store for the Palestinian people: perpetual apartheid or...
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February 7, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
I fear that many of us are hating Donald Trump for the wrong reasons. Multitudes are being swayed by mainstream media-inspired demonization of the new US president, based on...
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January 31, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump promises to be pro-Israel in every aspect. 'I'm the best thing that could ever happen to Israel,' he boasted at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Presidential...
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January 24, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
No, it was not just 'another Middle East peace conference,' as a columnist in Israeli 'Jerusalem Post' attempted to depict the Paris Peace Conference held on January 15, with...
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January 17, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
For some, the 'manslaughter' conviction – following the murder by Israeli army medic, Elor Azaria, of already incapacitated Palestinian man, Fattah al-Sharif – is finally settling a protracted debate...
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January 10, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Long before 28 December, when Secretary of State, John Kerry took the podium at the Dean Acheson Auditorium in Washington DC to pontificate on the uncertain future of the...
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January 3, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Israel is dizzy. January 20th has been like another Christmas Day and Donald Trump is jolly old Santa Claus bearing gifts. The writing is already on the wall as...
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December 26, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
There is no doubt that the UN Security Council condemnation of Israel on Friday was an important and noteworthy event. True, the United Nations' main chambers (the Security Council...
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December 20, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
On 12 December, the British government officially adopted a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel. The definition was adopted earlier in the year by pro-Israeli...
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December 12, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
When a veteran war reporter like Robert Fisk constructs his argument regarding the siege of Aleppo based on 'watching' video footage, then one can truly comprehend the near impossibility...
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December 5, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
In July 2003, the then Palestinian Authority Chairman, Yasser Arafat, described Mahmoud Abbas as a "traitor" who "betrayed the interests of the Palestinian People." Arafat loathed Abbas to the...
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November 29, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) has designated the week, November 25 to December 3, as the 'Biggest-Ever Campaign' aimed at boycotting Israeli products and those of companies...
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November 21, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Fear and trepidation are slowly building up, as US President-elect, Donald Trump, is fortifying his transitional team with people capable of bringing about a nightmare scenario, not only for...
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November 14, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
As I was growing up, I was always reassured by the sound of the 'Muadhin' making the call for prayer in our refugee camp's main mosque in Gaza. Whenever...
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November 8, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Fatah movement is involved in a massive tug-of-war that will ultimately define its future. Though the conflict is between current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and once Gaza...
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November 1, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
On the 99th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Ramzy Baroud looks at the continuing impact of that letter
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October 25, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Did Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, actually read the full text of the UNESCO resolution on Palestine and Israel, before he raved with anger? "I think this is a...
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October 18, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
"The United States has the power to decree the death of nations," wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer's article was entitled: "The media are misleading the public...
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October 12, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Usama's face is haunting. He is only 27, yet the palpable anguish evident on his gentle demeanor by far surpasses his years. He only becomes alive when playing football,...
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October 10, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Israeli official narrative regarding its conflict with the Palestinians is deliberately confounded because a muddled up discourse is a convenient one. It allows the narrator to pick...
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September 30, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres was a very successful brand. He was presented to the world as stately, wise, a relentless advocate of peace, and a...
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September 26, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Ban Ki-moon's second term as UN secretary-general is ending this December, he was the most ideal man for the job as far as the United States and its allies...
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September 19, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
"A photograph, no matter how emotionally wrenching, can only do so much," wrote Paul Slovic and Nicole Smith Dahmen in QZ.com. The photograph referenced in their comment was that of three-year-old Alan...
![Book Launch of Ramzy's Baroud latest book - The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story on 27 March, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/104A1259.jpg?resize=400%2C385&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
![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=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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...![BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti [Arab48]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Omar-barghouti-e1490688053217.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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,...
At a glance, Israel appears a true democracy. Take a closer look and that facade of democracy will soon dissipate, turning into something else entirely. Tuesday 28 February was...
I have recently been asked to give a talk about "Being an American Muslim in the United States". Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I...![Palestinians wait to cross the Israeli checkpoint in West Bank [APA Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Israeli_checkpoint-2-e1483044943803.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Empirical historical evidence combined with little common-sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has in store for the Palestinian people: perpetual apartheid or...![US President elect Donald Trump [Anadolu]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-09-27T015646Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q047_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
I fear that many of us are hating Donald Trump for the wrong reasons. Multitudes are being swayed by mainstream media-inspired demonization of the new US president, based on...
No, it was not just 'another Middle East peace conference,' as a columnist in Israeli 'Jerusalem Post' attempted to depict the Paris Peace Conference held on January 15, with...![Image of a demonstration against Elor Azaria [Wisam Hashlamoun/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017_1_3-demostration-against-israeli-killer-Elor-Azaria-3.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
For some, the 'manslaughter' conviction – following the murder by Israeli army medic, Elor Azaria, of already incapacitated Palestinian man, Fattah al-Sharif – is finally settling a protracted debate...![President Donald Trump [Bilgin S. Şaşmaz / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161214_2_20681784_16964142-e1482259834545.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Israel is dizzy. January 20th has been like another Christmas Day and Donald Trump is jolly old Santa Claus bearing gifts. The writing is already on the wall as...![Image of the apartheid wall in West Bank and an Israeli military watchtower [Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/view-of-apartheid-wall-in-west-bank-and-israeli-watchtower.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On 12 December, the British government officially adopted a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel. The definition was adopted earlier in the year by pro-Israeli...
In July 2003, the then Palestinian Authority Chairman, Yasser Arafat, described Mahmoud Abbas as a "traitor" who "betrayed the interests of the Palestinian People." Arafat loathed Abbas to the...![Palestinian and foreign peace activists hold placards during a gathering to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, on November 29 2011 [Wagdi Eshtayah/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2011_11_29-Palestinian-and-foreign-peace-activists-hold-placards-during-a-gathering-to-mark-the-International-Day-of-Solidarity-with-the-Palestinian-People-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) has designated the week, November 25 to December 3, as the 'Biggest-Ever Campaign' aimed at boycotting Israeli products and those of companies...![Members of opponent groups attack Assad Regime's bases located at a hill on the border between Latakia and Idlib in Syria on 10 October, 2016 [Beha El Halebi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161010_2_19496519_14906908.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
"The United States has the power to decree the death of nations," wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer's article was entitled: "The media are misleading the public...
Usama's face is haunting. He is only 27, yet the palpable anguish evident on his gentle demeanor by far surpasses his years. He only becomes alive when playing football,...
The Israeli official narrative regarding its conflict with the Palestinians is deliberately confounded because a muddled up discourse is a convenient one. It allows the narrator to pick...