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The Long History of Palestine – Why Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War 

Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny Morris who got it right, when he offered a candid prediction of the future of his country and its war with the...

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Ramzy Baroud

Criminalizing UNRWA: How Israel is Delegitimizing the United Nations 

On October 28, the Israeli Knesset passed a second reading of two bills that effectively ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees...

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s Campaign Against UNRWA Precedes Oct. 7 – OpEd

The Israeli Knesset last week adopted two bills that will effectively ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, from carrying out any...

05.11.2024 8

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s Extremists Have a Plan for the Day after the Genocide 

Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near...

01.11.2024 20

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s ‘Strategy’ Of Ethnic Cleansing In Gaza – OpEd

Under the slogan “Gaza is Ours, Forever,” a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement

29.10.2024 8

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Truth Behind Israel's War on 7 Fronts

There is a difference between a country fighting a defensive war on multiple fronts and another fighting for colonial expansion, for regional...

26.10.2024 6

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s Biblical Wars of ‘Self Defense’: The Myth of the ‘Seven War Fronts’ 

Israeli officials keep repeating that Israel is fighting on multiple fronts. The truth is that Israel chooses to fight on multiple fronts. The two...

25.10.2024 10

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Ramzy Baroud

‘Text Me You Haven’t Died’ – My Sister was the 166th Doctor to Be Murdered in Gaza

"Your lives will continue. With new events and new faces. They are the faces of your children, who will fill your homes with noise and laughter." ...

18.10.2024 20

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Ramzy Baroud

No More Texts From My Sister, A Doctor in Gaza Murdered by Israel

16.10.2024 20

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

On The Murder Of My Sister And Israel’s War On Hope – OpEd

“Your lives will continue. With new events and new faces. They are the faces of your children who will fill your homes with noise and laughter.”...

15.10.2024 5

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

5 Things a Year of Israeli Genocide in Gaza Has Taught Us About Palestine and the World

Palestinians, despite the military occupation, the siege, and the numerous failures of their leadership, remain political actors, with powerful...

13.10.2024 6

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

A Year of Genocide

No one had expected that one year would be enough to recenter the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people...

11.10.2024 30

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Ramzy Baroud

One Year of Genocide and the Strength of Palestinians

10.10.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

How Western Media Lets Israel Get Away With Murder in Lebanon and Gaza

03.10.2024 20

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Words Kill – Why Israel Gets Away with Murder in Gaza and Lebanon

The official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during the intense and deadly bombardment of September 20 in south Lebanon is...

03.10.2024 8

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Ramzy Baroud

Israel Now Using The Gaza Genocide Playbook In Lebanon – OpEd

The official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during its intense and deadly bombardments in southern Lebanon is that the...

02.10.2024 6

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

War of Legitimacy – How the ICJ, UNGA Challenged Decades of Israeli, US Arrogance 

Two historical events regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestine have taken place on July 19 and September 18. The first was a most comprehensive...

01.10.2024 8

CounterPunch

Ramzy Baroud

Israel's True Objectives in Gaza

20.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Israel’s True Objectives in Gaza, and Why It Will Fail 

Never in its history of war, and military occupation has Israel been so incapable of developing a coherent plan for its future, and the future of its...

20.09.2024 30

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Ramzy Baroud

The Real Goal Of Israel’s Military Campaign In Gaza – OpEd

Never in its history of war and military occupation has Israel been so incapable of developing a coherent plan for its future and the future of its...

18.09.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy: So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? – OpEd

In April 2021, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree postponing parliamentary and presidential elections, which were...

17.09.2024 6

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy – So, Who Speaks on Behalf of the Palestinian People?  

In April 2021, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree postponing parliamentary and presidential elections, which were...

16.09.2024 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s Erasure Of Palestine Is No Innocent Oversight – OpEd

When asked why his latest map had erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable of...

11.09.2024 20

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Zionism vs Zionism – Ben-Gvir and the Acceleration of the Collapse of Israel

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on August 26, to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Ben-Gvir,...

09.09.2024 10

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Ramzy Baroud

War On Children: Gaza Kids Are Unvaccinated, Hungry And Orphaned – OpEd

The Israeli war on Gaza has become a war on Palestinian children. This was as true on October 7 as it is today. On August 17, UN Secretary-General...

06.09.2024 7

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Israel's War on Palestinian Children Must End

05.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

War on Children – Gaza Kids Are Unvaccinated, Hungry and Orphaned 

The Israeli war on Gaza has become a war on Palestinian children. This was as true on October 7 as it is today. More The post War on Children – Gaza...

05.09.2024 9

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Ramzy Baroud

Ben-Gvir And The Acceleration Of The Collapse Of Israel – OpEd

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed, on Aug. 26, to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Ben-Gvir,...

03.09.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Partners in Genocide: Israel Is Slaughtering Palestinians with Western Arms

When the U.S. urges an end to the war in Gaza while continuing to flood Israel with more weapons, the logic seems utterly flawed and entirely...

19.08.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Why Israeli Soldiers Rape, Torture, and Massacre

Instilling fear in the Palestinian people is not a side effect of the IDF's brutal violations of human rights. It is the strategy.

16.08.2024 6

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Why Israel Is Determined To Destroy UNRWA – OpEd

Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake. But striking more than 120 schools, killing and...

26.07.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

European Voters Are Rejecting Their Governments' Blind Support of Israel

The political shift in Europe to a pro-Palestine, or at least less emphatically pro-Israeli position, is happening at a much faster rate than anyone...

20.07.2024 30

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Why Netanyahu’s US Politicking Will Fail – OpEd

Many political analysts believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is buying time in Gaza and Lebanon in the hope that Donald Trump...

09.07.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza and the World Has Failed to Stop It

Providing aid to Gaza and ensuring the reconstruction of the strip must not be a political item for negotiations. It is a basic human right that must...

03.07.2024 30

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s ‘Fingers’ In Gaza A Reminder Of Past Israeli Failures – OpEd

Israel never learns from its mistakes. What Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to implement in Gaza is a poor copy of previous strategies...

03.07.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Nuseirat, Like Gaza, Is a Representation of a Culture That Cannot Be Broken

I write this because I fear that readers and viewers would only associate Nuseirat with massacres, with lifeless bodies lined up on the floor, covered...

25.06.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Israeli Army’s Options On Gaza: Marginalization Or Confrontation – OpEd

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that “there will be no civil war” in Israel. But he might be wrong. Netanyahu’s...

25.06.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Why Israel Has No 'Next Day' Plan for Gaza

The lack of such a "vision" does not entirely rest on Netanyahu's own failure to produce one, but due to his inability to determine,...

23.06.2024 8

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

Gaza’s ‘Day-After’ Scenario Should Be Forced On Netanyahu – OpEd

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often criticized for failing to produce a vision for the “next day,” meaning the day following the...

18.06.2024 20

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

American Crawls Further Into Global Isolation by Backing Gaza Genocide

For some in the west, the issue is not just unwavering U.S. support of Israel's policies against Palestinians. It is also about the future of the...

15.06.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

What The Shifting Discourse On Palestine Means For Israel – OpEd

Not so long ago, if one were to say that a top Spanish government official would someday declare that “from the river to the sea, Palestine would be...

04.06.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The People of the World Think Inequality Is the Greatest Threat to Democracy

An international survey leads to the unmistakable conclusion that Western globalization has failed to create the proper environment for social...

29.05.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

On the Resurrection of the Nakba Among Palestinians

Thanks to Palestinian memory, Palestinians are once more united around their understanding of the past, which is returning hope for a better future.

23.05.2024 30

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

How Oct. 7 Changed Our Understanding Of The Palestinian Nakba – OpEd

Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking the so-called conflict back to square one. Save a...

22.05.2024 30

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Journalists of Gaza Taught the World Why Outrage and Protest Were Required

15.05.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

How Israel Inadvertently Empowered Palestinian Media – OpEd

By granting its 2024 World Press Freedom Prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Israeli war on Gaza, UNESCO has acknowledged

14.05.2024 20

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

Forget 'Clash of Civilizations,' Gaza Has Proved the Ultimate Unifier

12.05.2024 50

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

What Do Palestinians In Gaza Want? – OpEd

What is taking place in the Occupied Territories is not a conflict but a straightforward case of illegal military occupation, apartheid, ethnic...

07.05.2024 20

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

The Older Generation of Politicians Can’t Stop the American Intifada

Millions of Americans are clearly fed up, with war, with their government’s allegiance to a foreign country, to militarism, to police violence, to...

02.05.2024 10

Common Dreams

Ramzy Baroud

US Students Rising For Gaza Is Case Of Humanity At Its Finest – OpEd

The mass protests at dozens of US universities cannot be reduced to a stifling and misleading conversation about antisemitism. Thousands of American...

01.05.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Ramzy Baroud

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