One of the many ways in which Israel seeks to oppress and control the Palestinian population is by imprisoning those who lead the resistance to its occupation and settler colonialist project....
April 29, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign...
April 23, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in...
April 17, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9? A whole lot. To start with, don’t let such references as the “tight race” between Israeli...
April 15, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November...
April 10, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan declared that the “party is...
April 8, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are gearing up for a mass hunger strike. Already horrific conditions in these jails deteriorated further in recent months, especially since the announcement by...
The link between Israel and budding far-right movements around the world is not a mere random phenomenon, inspired by common hate for Islam and Muslims. Moreover, the common understanding...
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US March 28, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, described various comments made by the head of Otzma Yehudit as “incitement to racism.” But the fringe political party would not have captured much media,...
March 25, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud I visited the city of Christchurch on 23 May 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and...
March 19, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Political commentators sympathetic to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Fatah Movement, in particular, fanned out as soon as the news was announced of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s appointment as the...
March 14, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud What is the ‘Great March of Return’ but a people attempting to reclaim their role, and be recognised and heard in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine? Much...
March 12, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud More US measures have been taken in recent weeks to cement the Israeli position further and isolate the Palestinian Authority (PA), before the official unveiling of President Donald Trump’s...
March 5, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allied with the fringe political group, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued. The anger did not emanate only from the...
March 1, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud “Everything Palestinian in Jerusalem is targeted by Israeli occupation,” said Palestinian Archbishop of Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, on 29 January during a meeting with a delegation from...
February 26, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud On 18 February, members of extremist Jewish groups raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem). They clashed with Palestinian worshippers, as the settlers attempted to shut down the...
February 22, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud In an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, prominent Israeli historian Benny Morris predicted a grim future for his country. “This place will deteriorate into a Middle Eastern state...
February 19, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud The Russian-sponsored Palestinian unity talks in Moscow on February 11 were neither a success nor failure. Uniting Palestinian factions was not the primary objective of the Moscow conference, in...
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US February 13, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud American politicians from the two main parties have finally found something to agree upon. Democrats and Republicans alike want more intervention in Venezuela. “Now, despite Maduro, there...
The latest casualties in the war on the environment in Palestine were 450 olive trees destroyed last week by Israeli army bulldozers. The destruction of the Palestinian-owned trees took...
February 5, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Five years after spearheading what is inaptly referred to as a ‘government of national reconciliation’, Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, has finally resigned. “We put our government at the...
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of the besieged Gaza to show their support for the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela...
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Venezuela January 28, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Forget the hype. Israel’s “security technology” has nothing to do with why some African countries are eager to normalise relations with Israel. What is it that Israel is able...
January 26, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud 150 Palestinian prisoners were wounded when Israeli Prison Service officers stormed the Ofer military prison near Ramallah on January 21. A day later, thousands of Palestinians across the West Bank and...
January 22, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud The ‘State of Palestine’ has officially been handed the Chairmanship of the G-77, the United Nations largest block. This is particularly significant considering the relentless Israeli-American plotting to torpedo...
January 17, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud The Israeli-US war declared on the Palestinian boycott movement is coming to a head, culminating in a well-orchestrated effort aimed at suffocating any form of tangible protest of the...
January 15, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud The game is afoot. Israel, believe it or not, is demanding that seven Arab countries and Iran should pay $250 billion as compensation for what it claims was the...
January 8, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, is set to be the arch-enemy of the environment and indigenous and disadvantaged communities in his country. He also promises to be a friend...
January 2, 2019
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Ramzy Baroud “A historic mistake” is how Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu responded to calls for early elections last November. A few weeks later, he spoke, in exaggerated confidence of the...
December 27, 2018
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Ramzy Baroud The border control industry is thriving, both in the United States and Europe. In both cases, Israel is serving the task of the successful role model and the technology...
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Palestine December 25, 2018
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Ramzy Baroud Bahia Amawai is a US citizen and Texas-based language specialist who helps autistic and speech-impaired children overcome their impairment. Despite the essential and noble nature of her work, she...
December 18, 2018
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Ramzy Baroud 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...
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One of the many ways in which Israel seeks to oppress and control the Palestinian population is by imprisoning those who lead the resistance to its occupation and settler colonialist project....![U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (R) show members of the media the proclamation Trump signed on recognising Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights after their meeting outside the West Wing of the White House 25 March 2019 in Washington, DC. [Alex Wong/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GettyImages-1138217403-e1553952812209.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign...![Palestinians from the village of Jabaa, east of Ramallah, look at damage at a mosque which settlers tried to burn overnight on June 19, 2012. [AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI / Getty]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-146541459-e1556006079467.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts after addressing supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on election night early on 10 April 2019 [Thomas COEX/AFP/Getty]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1136007502-e1555053116441.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9? A whole lot. To start with, don’t let such references as the “tight race” between Israeli...![Palestinians children fill plastic bottles and water containers with drinking water from a public tap in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2014. [Ashraf Amra/ApaImages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/270714_ASH_00-23.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November...![Palestinians demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, stage a demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Eastern Jerusalem on 26 March, 2019 [Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190326_2_35647660_43000701.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan declared that the “party is...
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are gearing up for a mass hunger strike. Already horrific conditions in these jails deteriorated further in recent months, especially since the announcement by...![A vigil for the victims of the terror attack on New Zealand mosques in London, UK on 15 March 2019 [Tayfun Salcı/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190316_2_35457973_42631987.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The link between Israel and budding far-right movements around the world is not a mere random phenomenon, inspired by common hate for Islam and Muslims. Moreover, the common understanding...
Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, described various comments made by the head of Otzma Yehudit as “incitement to racism.” But the fringe political party would not have captured much media,...![People pay tribute close to the Al Noor Mosque, following a mass shooting on March 15, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 16, 2019 [Peter Adones / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190316_2_35458010_42632042.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
I visited the city of Christchurch on 23 May 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and...![Mohammad Shtayyeh [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/mohammad-shtayyeh.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Political commentators sympathetic to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Fatah Movement, in particular, fanned out as soon as the news was announced of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s appointment as the...![A Palestinian woman uses slingshot to throw stone to Israeli forces during a"Great March of Return" demonstration near Al Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on 8 March, 2019 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190308_2_35330396_42405821.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
What is the ‘Great March of Return’ but a people attempting to reclaim their role, and be recognised and heard in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine? Much...
More US measures have been taken in recent weeks to cement the Israeli position further and isolate the Palestinian Authority (PA), before the official unveiling of President Donald Trump’s...![Ballot box in Israel [File photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/Ballot-box-Israel-elections-2015.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allied with the fringe political group, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued. The anger did not emanate only from the...![Muslims arrive at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to perform the Friday prayer in Jerusalem on 26 October 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10-26-Friday-Prayer-at-Al-Aqsa-Mosque-Compound20181026_2_33105050_38459996.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
“Everything Palestinian in Jerusalem is targeted by Israeli occupation,” said Palestinian Archbishop of Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, on 29 January during a meeting with a delegation from...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (L) visit a tactical headquarters of the IDF in southern Israel near the border with Gaza on July 21, 2014 in near Beersheba, Israel. [Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GettyImages-452476578-e1551094113248.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On 18 February, members of extremist Jewish groups raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem). They clashed with Palestinian worshippers, as the settlers attempted to shut down the...![Palestinians ride horses as they hold Palestinian flags during a demonstration to show solidarity with Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Gaza City, Gaza on 2 August 2017 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170802_2_25066040_24648692.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
In an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, prominent Israeli historian Benny Morris predicted a grim future for his country. “This place will deteriorate into a Middle Eastern state...![Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (foreground-C) meets with Fatah member Azzam al-Ahmed (Backround 3-R) Mussa Abu Marzuk of Hamas (Background 3-L) , and Maher al-Taher (Background 2-L) of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and other members of the Plestinian delegation during their meeting in Moscow on 23 May 2011. [ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GettyImages-114514760-e1550597998892.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Russian-sponsored Palestinian unity talks in Moscow on February 11 were neither a success nor failure. Uniting Palestinian factions was not the primary objective of the Moscow conference, in...![Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on 2 February 2019 [Marcelo Perez Del Carpio/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20190202_2_34724597_41290719.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
American politicians from the two main parties have finally found something to agree upon. Democrats and Republicans alike want more intervention in Venezuela. “Now, despite Maduro, there...
The latest casualties in the war on the environment in Palestine were 450 olive trees destroyed last week by Israeli army bulldozers. The destruction of the Palestinian-owned trees took...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in New York, US on 14 January 2018 [Atılgan Özdil/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190114_2_34411145_40726734.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Five years after spearheading what is inaptly referred to as a ‘government of national reconciliation’, Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, has finally resigned. “We put our government at the...
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of the besieged Gaza to show their support for the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela...![Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the presidential palace in N'Djamena on 20 January 2019 [Brahim Adji/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/19-01-28-chad-israelGettyImages-1085497550-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Forget the hype. Israel’s “security technology” has nothing to do with why some African countries are eager to normalise relations with Israel. What is it that Israel is able...
150 Palestinian prisoners were wounded when Israeli Prison Service officers stormed the Ofer military prison near Ramallah on January 21. A day later, thousands of Palestinians across the West Bank and...
The ‘State of Palestine’ has officially been handed the Chairmanship of the G-77, the United Nations largest block. This is particularly significant considering the relentless Israeli-American plotting to torpedo...![Activists attend a pro BDS march [Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2014_8-1-6-BDS-protest14818331925_7535ff5542_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Israeli-US war declared on the Palestinian boycott movement is coming to a head, culminating in a well-orchestrated effort aimed at suffocating any form of tangible protest of the...
The game is afoot. Israel, believe it or not, is demanding that seven Arab countries and Iran should pay $250 billion as compensation for what it claims was the...![Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (C) greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in Brasilia on 1 January 2019 [NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GettyImages-1076400430.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, is set to be the arch-enemy of the environment and indigenous and disadvantaged communities in his country. He also promises to be a friend...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [Abdülhamid Hoşbaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Netanyahu-11129922_885322988193770_7924170318928039722_n.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
“A historic mistake” is how Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu responded to calls for early elections last November. A few weeks later, he spoke, in exaggerated confidence of the...![A Hellenic coast guard rescues refugees and migrants on a dinghy as they try to reach the Greek island of Lesbos while crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on September 29, 2015 [ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-490493156-e1544951812504.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The border control industry is thriving, both in the United States and Europe. In both cases, Israel is serving the task of the successful role model and the technology...![Bahia Amawi, a primary school teacher in Texas who was fired for refusing to sign an anti-BDS oath in her contract [Screenshot from The Intercept]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Bahia-Amawi-DupBWBZV4AAhvFU.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Bahia Amawai is a US citizen and Texas-based language specialist who helps autistic and speech-impaired children overcome their impairment. Despite the essential and noble nature of her work, she...![Children play at a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon on 1 September 2018 [Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_12-14-Palestinian-camp-lebanonGettyImages-1025807670.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...