- April 20, 2024
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A Chance for Arab-Iranian Reconciliation: An Opportunity in the Iran Nuclear Deal
By Ramzy Baroud “The Americans have taken the Shia Muslim side in the Middle East’s sectarian war,” declared Robert Fisk in the “Independent” newspaper on July 15, a day after the US and five major world powers reached a landmark agreement with Iran about its nuclear programs. Fisk’s proclamation is quite cursory. Aside from the […]
Why Palestinians Fight Back: The Logic of Life and Death in Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud Another row is brewing between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, over the release of Avraham Mengitsu, an Israeli citizen who, according to Israeli military sources, ‘slipped into Gaza’ on September 7, 2014. The circumstances of Mengitsu’s entry into Gaza remain unclear, especially since Hamas’ political leader, Khaled Mashaal, denied that […]
PhD in Palestine Studies. July 13, 2015. University of Exeter
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PhD in Palestine Studies. July 13, 2015. University of Exeter
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No ‘Crisis in Islam’: Just Apathy of So-called ‘Historians’
By Ramzy Baroud On the “BBC This Week” program, historian Tom Holland labored to counter the argument that the so-called Islamic State should not be labeled as such: “The Islamic State”. Holland’s logic in the program seemed more philosophical, concerned with dialectic and logic of language, and hardly situated in any proper historical context. His […]
Baskin’s Generous Offer: Making Peace with Israeli Occupation
By Ramzy Baroud It would be fair to assume that Gershon Baskin’s recent article in the Jerusalem Post – Encountering Peace: Obviously no peace now, so what then? (June 24) – is not a mere intellectual exercise aimed at finding ‘creative’ solutions to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Baskin is a regular contributor to the […]
The B Vocabulary: The Western Left and Its Sterile ‘Field of Ideas’
By Ramzy Baroud Over the year, I realized that the term ‘left’ is not exclusive to a political ideology, but a mode of thinking championed mostly by self-tailored ‘leftist’ western intellectuals. I grew to dislike it with intensity. But that has not always been the case. My father was a communist, or so he called […]
Just Politics: Iran, Like the Rest, Is Not Blameless
By Ramzy Baroud When the United States government declared its war on Afghanistan in October 2001, thus taking the first step in its so-called ‘war on terror’, following the devastating attacks of September 11 earlier that year, Iran jumped on board. Then Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, dubbed a reformist, provided substantial assistance in the US […]
ISIS and Obama’s Failure: Ramzy Baroud on RT’s CrossTalk
The Islamic State continues to thrive and establish itself as a power base in the Middle East. Though it must be pointed out that its strength today is only the result of the West’s habit of playing around with jihadist groups who later turn on their masters. Is this intentional chaos or policy recklessness? CrossTalking […]
Middle East Reporting: The Need for Honest Journalism
By Ramzy Baroud Writing about and reporting on the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil and upheaval. But I cannot remember another time in recent history when we have needed journalists to shine in order to challenge conventional wisdom, to think in terms of contexts, motives, alliances, and […]
The Good, Bad and Uncertain about Recognizing ‘Palestine’
By Ramzy Baroud No matter what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does, his popularity is declining. In some ways, Abbas’ threshold for popularity was really never impressive to begin with, a trend that is unlikely to change in the near future. But now that a power struggle in his Fatah party is looming, and his […]
Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide
By Ramzy Baroud “Nope, nope, nope,” was Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s answer to the question whether his country will take in any of the nearly 8,000 Rohingya refugees stranded at sea. Abbott’s logic is as pitiless as his decision to abandon the world’s most persecuted minority in their darkest hour. “Don’t think that getting […]
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Full Speech: Ramzy Baroud at the Annual Nakba Meeting 2015, Amsterdam
On May 9, 2015 the Netherlands Palestine Committee (Nederlands Palestina Komitee, founded in 1969) organized its annual Nakba meeting, in ‘de Balie’ in Amsterdam. This year the theme was: ‘al-Nakba – the ongoing expulsion of the Palestinians’. Keynote speaker Ramzy Baroud addressed the ongoing Nakba, speaking of a Palestinian strategy and the way forward ..
Nakba and the Question of ‘Palestinian Strategy’
By Ramzy Baroud “What is the Palestinian strategy?” is a question that I have been asked all too often, including on 15 May, the day that millions of Palestinians around the world commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians by Zionist militias in 1947-48. The question itself doesn’t require […]
The Arab Boat: It’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees
By Ramzy Baroud In a western capital far away from Gaza and Cairo, I recently shared a pot of tea with an “Egyptian refugee”. The term is familiar to me, but never have I encountered an Egyptian who refers to himself as such. He stated it as a matter of fact by saying: “As an […]
CrossTalk: Ramzy Baroud on the Obama Doctrine
How should we describe the Obama administrations foreign policy idealistic, pragmatic, neither, or merely erratic? On the one hand, Obama is reaching out to Cuba and Burma, but on the other hes backing coups in Egypt and Ukraine. Is there such a thing as the Obama doctrine? CrossTalking with Ramzy Baroud, Stephen Schlesinger, and Brian […]
Birzeit Wins again: Students of the West Bank Unite
By Ramzy Baroud In November 1993, I was on a mission. At the age of 21, I wanted to change the world, starting with Birzeit University, the second-largest Palestinian university in the West Bank, situated near Ramallah, in the heart of the occupied territories. Back then I had made a name for myself with my […]
No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles out
By Ramzy Baroud A student group recently asked me to address socialism in the Arab world. This with the assumption that there is indeed such a movement capable of overhauling inherently incompetent and utterly corrupt regimes across the region. But today such a group, or configuration of socialist groups, exists only in name. I recall […]
9 mei Amsterdam Nakbabijeenkomst met Ramzy Baroud
09/05/2015 – 10/05/2015 Het thema van de bijeenkomst is: Nakba – de voortgaande verdrijving van de Palestijnen uit Palestina sinds 1948, nadien in onder meer Jordanië, Libanon en Koeweit, de afgelopen jaren vooral uit het zwaar getroffen Syrië. NAKBA BIJEENKOMST 9 MEI DE BALIE AMSTERDAM Het Nederlands Palestina Komitee organiseert de jaarlijkse Nakba-bijeenkomst met Ramzy […]
Audio: Ramzy Baroud on #SaveYarmouk – Voice of the Cape Radio
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Ramzy Baroud Coming to Amsterdam
Ramzy Baroud will be a guest speaker in the Al Nakba commemoration in Amsterdam on May 9th. Details below ..
Stuck in Area A: How We Were Duped into Disowning the Palestinians
By Ramzy Baroud Are you surprised that there has been little mobilisation to help Yarmouk, the Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, which is overrun by militants, and besieged by the Syrian army? Palestinians – and Syrians – there are killed in a myriad of ways, including starvation. As we stand and watch […]
