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Civil War on the Horizon? The Ashkenazi-Sephardic Conflict and Israel’s Future

The phrase “civil war” is one of the most dominant terms used by Israeli politicians today. What began as a mere warning from Israeli President...

03.04.2025 10

CounterPunch

Ramzy Baroud

War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: the Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide

War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: the Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide
02.04.2025 3

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide

In a genocidal war that has spiraled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the global...

31.03.2025 20

CounterPunch

Ramzy Baroud

Arab Failures: The Unspoken Complicity in Israel’s Genocide

Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis—such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize...

27.03.2025 7

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Ramzy Baroud

Reclaiming the Palestinian Narrative

My journey into the realm of people’s history began during my teenage years when I first read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United...

25.03.2025 8

CounterPunch

Ramzy Baroud

Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu And Israel’s Deadly Dance Of Power – OpEd

In a genocidal war that has spiraled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and

25.03.2025 2

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

US Opinion Is Shifting on Palestine; Can Political Leaders Shift With It?

US Opinion Is Shifting on Palestine; Can Political Leaders Shift With It?
24.03.2025 3

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Beyond Western Hegemony: A Call for Middle Eastern Media Autonomy

The website of a certain pan-Arab media organization seems fixated on translating, commenting, or briefing its audience on everything that US and...

20.03.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Palestine Question A Key Test Of US Foreign Policy – OpEd

Palestine Question A Key Test Of US Foreign Policy – OpEd

It is crucial for any US administration to recognize that, regardless of political agendas, the views of the American public

18.03.2025 7

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Monkey’s Tail: How Netanyahu’s Ambitions Expose Israel’s Vulnerabilities

“The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail,” warns a timeless Chinese proverb. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however,...

14.03.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

From Gaza to Syria: The Unyielding Reality of Israeli Settler Colonialism

The conversation on settler colonialism must not be limited to academic discussion. It is a political reality, clearly demonstrated in the everyday...

11.03.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

The Unyielding Reality—and Cruelty—of Israeli Settler Colonialism

10.03.2025 4

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Could Reckoning With the Gaza War Revive International Law?

09.03.2025 8

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

International Law at a Crossroads: Can Gaza Spark a Global Reckoning?

International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political dynamics, which...

07.03.2025 7

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Ramzy Baroud

The Lost ‘Arab’: Gaza and the Evolving Language of the Palestinian Struggle

Language matters. Aside from its immediate impact on our perception of great political events, including war, language also defines our understanding...

04.03.2025 6

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Ramzy Baroud

Building A World Where Justice Trumps Power – OpEd

International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire world’s political dynamics,

04.03.2025 3

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Restoring Palestine to Its Rightful Owners: A Conversation with Mads Gilbert

We have long argued that the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza must catalyze a change in the overall political discourse on Israel and Palestine,...

28.02.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Who ‘Owns’ The Palestine Discourse? – OpEd

We have long argued that the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza must catalyze a change in the overall political

26.02.2025 3

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Green Light for Ethnic Cleansing?

Let’s be clear: the forced displacement of Palestinians is not a new idea. US President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to take “long-term...

19.02.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

What’s So Dangerous About Trump’s Plan for Ethnically Cleansing Gaza?

18.02.2025 3

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Arabs Know Their History And Won’t Let It Be Repeated – OpEd

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said in a 2020 interview that he had “read 25 books” on the

18.02.2025 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

From Gaza to the West Bank: Israel’s Unyielding War Machine

“A year of combat”—this is how Israel’s new Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, described 2025 at a conference organized by the Israeli ministry of...

12.02.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance Against Erasure

The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on January 27 felt as if history was choreographing one of its most...

10.02.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud

Palestinians Write Their Own History By Reclaiming Gaza’s North – OpEd

The return of 1 million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north last week felt as if history was choreographing

04.02.2025 6

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Dear World: This is What Palestinian Unity Looks Like

Even those of us who have long emphasized the importance of the Palestinian people’s voice, experience, and collective action in Palestinian history...

31.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Gaza’s New Model For Palestinian Unity – OpEd

Even those of us who have long emphasized the importance of the Palestinian people’s voice, experience and collective action in

29.01.2025 20

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath

Israel failed in Gaza because the population of Gaza proved unbreakable. Such notions are often neglected in mainstream political discussions, which...

28.01.2025 30

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Ramzy Baroud

Gaza Ceasefire at Last: How Israel’s ‘First Defeat’ Will Shape the Country’s Future

The headline in the Times of Israel says it all: “For the First Time, Israel Just Lost a War.” Regardless of the reasoning behind this statement,...

23.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

As the World Helps Gaza Rebuild, It Must Respect the Dignity of Its People

22.01.2025 5

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

The Fight for Dignity: Reshaping Gaza’s Post-War Narrative

Following every Israeli war on Gaza, numerous narratives emerge. Some claim victory for one side and defeat for the other, while others—knowingly or...

21.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

How The Gaza War Will Shape Israel’s Future – OpEd

A headline on The Times of Israel’s blog section said it all: “For the first time, Israel just lost a

21.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Gaza Genocide: The Fall of Israel’s Immunity

A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to escape justice in Brazil....

16.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

The World Stayed Silent as Israel Destroyed Gaza 'for Generations to Come'

15.01.2025 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

The Price Of Impunity In Gaza – OpEd

A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the way that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to

14.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The War Criminal ‘Victim’: Netanyahu’s Inevitable Fate

Suddenly, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s notorious Minister of Defense, disappeared into obscurity. The man who served in his country’s military for about...

10.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

'We Lost Everything, But We Are Still Standing': Letters from Gaza

None of those who communicated with me throughout the war have ever questioned their faith, and have often, if not always, begun their messages by...

07.01.2025 20

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Letters from Gaza – ‘Alhamdulillah. We Are Not Okay’

Over the past 14 months, I have received hundreds of messages from family members throughout the Gaza Strip. The nature of the messages often...

06.01.2025 40

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Ramzy Baroud

Fighting Israel’s War in Jenin: Can the Palestinian Authority Be Saved?

The latest news from the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) so-called “Protecting the Homeland” operation in the Jenin refugee camp paints a grim...

03.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

A Palestinian's Year in Review: Genocide in Gaza

While Israel's desperate attempt to control the global narrative on the Gaza genocide largely failed, the ethnic cleansing continues.

30.12.2024 4

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and Unanswered Questions  

The story of the Israeli war on Gaza can be epitomized in the story of the Israeli war on Beit Lahia, a small Palestinian town in the northern part...

30.12.2024 20

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Ramzy Baroud

The West Bank’s Men of the CIA – Why is the PA Killing Palestinians in Jenin? 

Following a ten-day siege, the Palestinian Authority began, on December 14, a violent raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The...

25.12.2024 6

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Ramzy Baroud

Gaza: A Story Of Genocide And Steadfastness – OpEd

The Israeli war on Gaza is epitomized by the story of Beit Lahia, a small Palestinian town in the northern part of the Strip. When Israel launched...

24.12.2024 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Israel to Annex the West Bank – Why Now? And What are the Likely Scenarios?

Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road to Palestinian...

23.12.2024 5

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel Sees Trump's Victory as a 'Great Opportunity' to Annex the West Bank

While such annexation will not change the legal status of the West Bank, it will have dire consequences for the millions of Palestinians living...

20.12.2024 3

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s ‘Great Opportunity’ To Annex The West Bank – OpEd

Israel is getting ready to annex the West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road to Palestinian freedom and will likely...

17.12.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Unity Above Else: The Only Road to the Liberation of Palestine

The world’s first live-streamed genocide in the Gaza Strip, and the growing spontaneous compassion, thus solidarity, with the Palestinian victims,...

16.12.2024 30

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Ramzy Baroud

The Tectonic Shift: The Gaza Genocide and the Limits of Israeli Hasbara

The ongoing war and genocide in Gaza is unprecedented. Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the historical...

06.12.2024 7

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Ramzy Baroud

The World Knows Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza

And no amount of Israeli or U.S. government propaganda will change that.

05.12.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Israel and the West’s War on Itself

The arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav...

03.12.2024 9

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Ramzy Baroud

The True Meaning of ICC Arrest Warrants for US-Backed Israeli Leaders

One remains hopeful that the shifts of global powers will eventually save international law from the hypocrisy and opportunism of the west. But...

02.12.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud