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.

It’s Not a Hamas-Israeli Conflict: It’s an Israeli War Against Every Palestinian

In Israel’s version of events, the war began on October 7, when Hamas fighters attacked Israeli military bases, settlements, and towns. No other date before the Hamas attack seems to matter to Israel, the West and corporate media.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Palestinians Feature photo

At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict.’ But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful. The supposedly astounding Israeli victories over the years against Arab armies have emboldened Israel to the extent

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The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation and Defying Israel

Regardless of how many Palestinians Israel kills and will kill, in retaliation, although tragic, it will hardly salvage the tattered image of an undisciplined army, a divided society, and a political leadership that is solely focused on its own survival.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Al Aqsa Flood

Regardless of the precise strategy of the Palestinian group Hamas, or any other Palestinian movement for that matter, the daring Palestinian military campaign deep inside Israel on Saturday, October 7, was only possible because Palestinians are simply fed up. 17 years ago, Israel imposed a hermetic siege on the Gaza Strip. The story of the siege

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Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls Short

It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the war.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Benjamin Netanyahu Feature photo

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had often boasted about the readiness of his army to deal with and eliminate all threats to Israel's ‘security.’ The Israeli military, too, has contributed to the Israeli hasbara that Tel Aviv would be able to face several threats at all fronts, from Gaza to the West Bank, to Lebanon, and Syria. But

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Ambassador of Israeli Crimes: How Gilad Erdan Become a Defender of Women’s Rights in Iran

A defender of war crimes, like Gilad Erdan, must not be allowed to serve two roles: an apologist for the mistreatment of women in Palestine and a freedom fighter for women anywhere else.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Gilad Erdan

A new trend is emerging in the Israeli hasbara discourse targeting Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims: women’s rights. The word ‘new’ is not exactly accurate. The misuse of the genuine struggle for women’s rights in the Arab and Muslim world is only new insofar as the increasing reliance on the tactic within the larger Israeli propaganda

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Ghosts of the Past: For Israel, War on UNESCO is an Existential Battle

For Israel, recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Tell es-Sultan Feature photo

Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine” complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence. Israel’s foreign ministry described the decision as a “cynical”

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Tel Aviv’s Losing Brands: The Israeli ‘Coup’ and the Death of False Democracy

The task of marketing Israel as “the only democracy in the Middle East” is no longer an easy sell.  With the ‘democracy’ pillar crumbling, the ‘stability’ pillar is falling apart, as well. And without stability, investors simply run away. 

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By Ramzy Baroud
Bibi copyright Feature photo

From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability. The main target audience for this brand has been powerful Western states that wielded disproportionate political, economic and military powers. These Western governments, along with their

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What the Media Is Not Telling Us About West Africa

Little attention has been paid to the possibility that perhaps African countries are fed up with the old apparatus, that of Western-supported wealthy and violent dictators – and supposed ‘democrats’ – who squander their country’s wealth to remain in power.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Africa Coups Feature photo

What if the "epidemic of coups" in West and Central Africa is not that at all but a direct outcome of outright revolutionary movements, similar to the anti-colonial movements that liberated most African nations from the yoke of Western colonialism throughout the 20th century? Whether this is the case or not, we are unlikely to find out anytime

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