February 27, 2017
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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...
February 21, 2017
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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...
February 13, 2017
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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...
February 7, 2017
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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...
January 31, 2017
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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...
January 24, 2017
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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...
January 17, 2017
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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...
January 10, 2017
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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...
January 3, 2017
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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...
December 26, 2016
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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...
December 20, 2016
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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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US December 12, 2016
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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...
December 5, 2016
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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...
November 29, 2016
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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...
November 21, 2016
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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...
November 14, 2016
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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...
November 8, 2016
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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...
November 1, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud On the 99th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Ramzy Baroud looks at the continuing impact of that letter
October 25, 2016
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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...
October 18, 2016
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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...
October 12, 2016
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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,...
October 10, 2016
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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...
September 30, 2016
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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...
September 26, 2016
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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...
September 19, 2016
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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 Aylan...
September 13, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud Thousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North...
September 6, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle on the path of any unified strategy to end Israel’s violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind...
August 29, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud The Italian ‘activist’ was keen on that photo, as if her social media activism career was dependent on it. As if the misery of the poor Syrian child...
August 23, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud “You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die. But, maybe, you would be hurt before them,” was part of a threatening message received by a staff member...
August 16, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud Everyone seems to have a theory on how to obliterate Daesh. However, two points are rarely raised: one, concerning the origins of the group and the second, on whether...
August 9, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud Without unity in politics, it is difficult to envisage unity in purpose, a national liberation project, a unified resistance strategy and the eventual freedom of the Palestinians
August 2, 2016
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Ramzy Baroud Donald Trump wants to keep us out of the country altogether. But Bill Clinton, former president and husband of a Democratic presidential nominee, does not mind us staying, as...
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...
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...![Palestinians wait to cross the Israeli checkpoint in West Bank [APA Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Israeli_checkpoint-2-e1483044943803.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&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=75&strip=all&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...![Image of US President Donald Trump [file photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-09-30T223551Z_2_LYNXNPEC8T1J0_RTROPTP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...
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=75&strip=all&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...![Worshippers outside Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem [file photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dome-of-the-rock-al-aqsa-2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...![President Donald Trump [Bilgin S. Şaşmaz / Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161214_2_20681784_16964142-e1482259834545.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&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...
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...![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=75&strip=all&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...
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...
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://i1.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=75&strip=all&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...![Silhouettes of worshippers in front of The Dome of The Rock in East Jerusalem [file photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/al-aqsa-mosque-close-up-shadow-of-prating-muslims.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...
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...![Palestinian flag [file photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/palestinians-protest-for-hunger-striker-Bilal-Kayid-08.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On the 99th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Ramzy Baroud looks at the continuing impact of that letter![Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi [Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/Matteo-Renzi.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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...![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=75&strip=all&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...
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...
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...
“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 Aylan...
Thousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North...![Tear gas canisters fly over the Palestinian flag during a protest in Bethlehem. [file photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/tear-gas-canisters-fly-across-the-Palestinian-flag-at-a-protest-in-Bethlehem-Oct-16-2015.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle on the path of any unified strategy to end Israel’s violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind...
The Italian ‘activist’ was keen on that photo, as if her social media activism career was dependent on it. As if the misery of the poor Syrian child...
“You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die. But, maybe, you would be hurt before them,” was part of a threatening message received by a staff member...![Image of Daesh fighters [File photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/middle-east/ISIS-rebels-new02.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Everyone seems to have a theory on how to obliterate Daesh. However, two points are rarely raised: one, concerning the origins of the group and the second, on whether...
Without unity in politics, it is difficult to envisage unity in purpose, a national liberation project, a unified resistance strategy and the eventual freedom of the Palestinians
Donald Trump wants to keep us out of the country altogether. But Bill Clinton, former president and husband of a Democratic presidential nominee, does not mind us staying, as...