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Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a widely published and translated author, an internationally syndicated columnist and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story (Pluto Press, 2018). He earned a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter (2015), and was a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UCSB. Visit his website at  www.ramzybaroud.net.

Xi’s ‘Chilling’ Remarks: What the New Multipolar World Means for the Middle East and Africa

If this geopolitical shift continues, the world will, once again, find itself divided into camps. While it is too early to determine, with any degree of certainty, the winners and losers of this new configuration, it is almost certain that a US-western-dominated world is no longer possible. 

March 28th, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 28th, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
China Multipolar world feature photo

The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its nascent stages, between the United States and its Western allies on the one hand, and Russia, China and their allies, on the other. Xi was leaving the

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Israel’s Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in Africa

As geopolitical spaces open for countries in the Global South more countries are daring to challenge the hegemony of colonial powers, including Israel.

March 22nd, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 22nd, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Africa Feature photo

The scene of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, was historical—in a few seconds, the very moment that was meant to crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African continent turned to represent

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Cheap Algerian Gas vs Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem?

Netanyahu has two main demands from Italy: not to vote against Israel at the United Nations and, more importantly, to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

March 21st, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 21st, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
Italy Israel Feature photo

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on March 9, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv by a helicopter because anti-government protesters blocked all the roads around it. Netanyahu’s visit was not met with much enthusiasm in Italy, either. Pro-Palestine activists in downtown Rome organized a sit-in under

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Israel Protests Should Not Be Confused With the Palestinian Struggle for Equality

Ramzy Baroud sheds light on the ongoing protests in Israel and their limited impact on the country’s inherently racist institutions and ongoing military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.

March 16th, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 16th, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel protest Feature photo

As hundreds of thousands throughout Israel joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the broader struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. Pro-Palestine media outlets shared, with obvious excitement, news about statements made by

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Even Kissinger Wants Compromise: How Ukraine Became a Winner-Take-All Proposition

When the likes of Kissinger are accused of being compromisers, we can be certain that the political discourse on the war has reached a degree of extremism unprecedented in decades.

March 13th, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 13th, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
Russia Ukraine Peace Feature photo

As is the case of long wars, the warring parties and their affiliated media in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have painted each other using uncompromising language, making it nearly impossible to offer an unbiased view of the ongoing tragedy that has killed, wounded and expelled millions. While it is understandable that wars of such horror and near

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Victory is Defeat: Palestinian Children’s Art Exposes Israel’s Cultural Genocide

The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.” That was the summary of a news report published on the […]

March 9th, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 9th, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
Featured image for Ramzy Baroud's article on Gaza children's art.

The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.” That was the summary of a news report published on the

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On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine

Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any U.N. proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is “very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure” undertaken by the Israeli […]

March 2nd, 2023
Ramzy Baroud
March 2nd, 2023
By Ramzy Baroud
On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine Article Thumbnail

Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any U.N. proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is "very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral

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