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The US-Israeli Scheme to Partition Gaza and Break Palestinian Will

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive...

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Ramzy Baroud

The New Kill Zone: Gaza’s Borders after the ‘Ceasefire’ 

The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of...

26.11.2025 2

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Ramzy Baroud

Why Israel’s Plan To Divide Gaza Is Doomed To Fail – OpEd

Why Israel’s Plan To Divide Gaza Is Doomed To Fail – OpEd

UN Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive

25.11.2025 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel's New Gaza Kill Zone

Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel's New Gaza Kill Zone
21.11.2025 6

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Don't Let Israel Rewrite the Narrative to Polish Its Genocide

Don't Let Israel Rewrite the Narrative to Polish Its Genocide
15.11.2025 3

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Ramzy Baroud

Verdict from the People: Why the Gaza Tribunal is about Accountability, Not Symbolism

In the face of the international legal and political systems’ paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in...

07.11.2025 2

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Ramzy Baroud

Is the US Reclaiming the Wheel from a Self-Destructive Israel?

Has Donald Trump's sharp rebuke of Israel in his October 23 Time Magazine interview fundamentally changed the calculus in the Middle East? His...

04.11.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel Tried to Destroy Gazans' Peoplehood; It Failed

25.10.2025 5

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Ramzy Baroud

The Unvanquished Will: Gaza’s Triumph of Spirit Against the Architecture of Genocide

For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a...

24.10.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

‘You Cannot Fight the World’: The Hidden Meaning behind Trump’s Warning to Israel

A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel’s...

21.10.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Ordinary Gazans Explain How They Won The War – OpEd

For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly the voices of ordinary

21.10.2025 2

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

From Gaza, Palestinians Have Reasserted Their Agency on the World Stage

14.10.2025 6

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Ramzy Baroud

The Defeat of Israel and the Rebirth of Palestinian Agency

For decades, the prevailing notion was that the 'solution' to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only...

13.10.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

A History of Deception: US-Israeli Pacts and the Gaza Proposal

The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump...

10.10.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Meloni’s Gaza Challenge: The People vs. Netanyahu’s Cronies

What is happening in Italy regarding Gaza is unprecedented in the history of solidarity between the country and any other international cause...

03.10.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

The Point of No Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a Global Imperative

Every day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition...

29.09.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

The Global Future Hinges on Holding Israel Accountable for Its Crimes in Gaza

27.09.2025 6

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Ramzy Baroud

What Explains Spain's Shift on Gaza? The People Led and the Leaders Listened

20.09.2025 4

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Ramzy Baroud

More Than a Boat: The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement

One needs only to examine the actions and rhetoric of the Israeli government to fully appreciate the profound significance of the solidarity flotillas...

17.09.2025 6

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Ramzy Baroud

Spain’s Path To Solidarity A Model For The West – OpEd

In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such...

16.09.2025 6

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Price of Genocide: How US Funding Sustains an Unraveling Israeli Economy

In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global has decided to...

08.09.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Will Popular Pressure Finally Push Western Governments to Stand Up for Palestine?

05.09.2025 3

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Ramzy Baroud

A Global Awakening: How People Power is Reshaping Western Policy on Palestine

Is it finally happening? Is the West turning against Israel? Or are we, whether motivated by hope or driven by despair, simply engaging in wishful...

05.09.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

US Cash Keeps the Israeli War Machine Running

30.08.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

The War on Truth: Why Palestinian Journalists Are Being Systematically Erased

The killing of seven Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza on August 10 and five more on August 25 has prompted verbal condemnations, yet...

26.08.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel's War on the Palestinian Thinker Is Doomed to Fail

24.08.2025 8

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Ramzy Baroud

The Arab, the Left and Those Who Remained Silent: History Will Not Forgive You

The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international conspiracy of moral...

18.08.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

History Will Judge Those Who Stayed Silent on Gaza

17.08.2025 4

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

The Verdict of History: How Political Calculations Betrayed Gaza

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide. However,...

08.08.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Critical Mass Achieved: Why the World Can No Longer Ignore Palestine

I rarely visit Rome without stopping at the Campo de’ Fiori to pay homage to Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher who, in 1600, was brutally...

07.08.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian Solidarity Is Achieving Critical Mass

03.08.2025 4

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Ramzy Baroud

Beyond Gaza’s Shadow: The Unseen War for the West Bank’s Future

Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping...

29.07.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

With the World's Eyes on Gaza, Israel Continues Its War on the West Bank

27.07.2025 7

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s West Bank ‘Emirate’ Gambit Reveals Its Desperation – OpEd

Israel is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine’s future and that of the broader region, sculpting its vision for the

16.07.2025 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The “Economy of Genocide” Report: A Reckoning Beyond Rhetoric

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the notion...

14.07.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Francesca Albanese Names and Shames Israel's Corporate Genocide Partners

13.07.2025 40

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Ramzy Baroud

The Corporate Giants Fueling Israel’s War Machine – OpEd

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to

10.07.2025 8

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Can Israel Survive without the West? The Answer Reveals Our Collective Power

The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is...

09.07.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

If Israel Cannot Stand Alone, Why Do We Let It? – OpEd

The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into

01.07.2025 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Real Winners: The Strategic Fallout of the Israel-Iran War

On June 24, US President Donald Trump announced a truce between Israel and Iran following nearly two weeks of open warfare. Israel began the war,...

26.06.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

No, Trump Doesn’t Deserve Credit for the Israel-Iran Cease-Fire

25.06.2025 2

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Sumud: The Unyielding Heart of the Palestinian Cause in Gaza

The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause....

24.06.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Red Card for Genocide: Why FIFA Must Be Held to Account

Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike previous...

18.06.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

'Humanitarian' Façade by Israel Cannot Hide Genocide

09.06.2025 7

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Ramzy Baroud

Gaza’s ‘Humanitarian’ Façade: A Deceptive Ploy Unraveled

Just one day before the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operating officially inside the Gaza Strip, its executive director, Jake...

09.06.2025 8

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Ramzy Baroud

Global Backlash: How the World Could Shift Israel’s Gaza Strategy

The decision resonated as shocking for all sides. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose entire war strategy hinges on the starvation of...

06.06.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation A Smokescreen For Control – OpEd

Just one day before the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began officially operating inside the Gaza Strip, its executive director, Jake

03.06.2025 9

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Swift Global Intervention Can Halt Gaza Genocide – OpEd

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose entire war strategy hinges on the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza,...

28.05.2025 5

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Ramzy Baroud

Is This the Beginning of the End for Benjamin Netanyahu's Political Career?

21.05.2025 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s Endgame: Isolation and the Shattered Illusion of Power

There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the occupied West Bank was...

21.05.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud