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.

Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy is Prolonging Gaza Genocide

Amidst escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe, the United States’ contradictory actions in Gaza raise serious questions about its moral obligations and geopolitical interests.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Gaza Editorial Feature

When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen. These terrible things are, in fact, already taking place in the Gaza Strip, where well over 100,000 people have been killed, wounded or are missing, and an outright famine is currently ravaging

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Rafah’s Dire Plight: Netanyahu’s Last Grasp for Victory

Israel hoped that Gazans would rush in their hundreds of thousands to the Sinai Desert. They did not. Then began speaking of “voluntary migration.” Still, Palestinians stayed. Now, they’ve agreed to invade Rafah, a last-ditch effort to orchestrate another Nakba.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Palestinians Rafah Photo Gallery

The Palestinian city of Rafah is not just older than Israel; it is as old as civilization itself. It has existed for thousands of years. The Canaanites referred to it as Rafia, and Rafia has been almost always there, guarding the southern frontiers of Palestine, ancient and modern. As the gateway between two continents and two worlds, Rafah

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir Sees West Bank Opportunity in Gaza Genocide

Itmar Ben-Gvir perceives all Palestinians in the West Bank as potential terrorists, the same way that Israel’s ‘moderate’ President Isaac Herzog perceives all Gazans as “responsible” for Hamas’ actions.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Itamar Ben-Gvir Feature photo

If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our attention would have been completely fixated on that region in Palestine. The ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, however, has devalued the important, if not earth-shattering, events underway in the West Bank, which is now a stage for the most

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100 Days of War: Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall

Netanyahu may continue digging, but history has already been written: the spirit of the Palestinian people has won over Israel’s death machine.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Netanyahu Feature photo

Law number one in the ‘law of holes’ is that “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Law number two, “If you are not digging, you are still in a hole.” These adages sum up Israel’s ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was faced with

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Rage over Gaza: Washington Will Pay for Its Support of Israel

Arabs, the Muslims – in fact, the whole world – are watching, listening, reading, and are getting angrier by the day at the direct American role in facilitating the Gaza bloodbath.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Israeli-Palestinian conflict Feature photo

A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, "Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way." The same principle, I believe, applies to any other powerful feeling, including resentment, hate, anger, even rage. American officials should know this well as they continue to support Israel with billions

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Historical Roots: Exploring the Long-Term Zionist Plan for Demographic Control

Thousands of miles separate Uganda and Congo from the Gaza Strip, but these places are connected to Palestine in ways that traditional geopolitical analyses would fail to explain.

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By Ramzy Baroud
Theodor Herzl

Thousands of miles separate Uganda and Congo from the Gaza Strip, but these places are connected to Palestine in ways that traditional geopolitical analyses would fail to explain. On January 3, it was revealed that the far-right Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is actively discussing proposals to expel millions of Palestinians to African

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The Spark That Lit the Fire: The Untold Story of the October 7 Attacks

An examination of Hamas statements and political discourse demonstrates that the Palestinian group was hardly secretive about its plans for October 7.

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By Ramzy Baroud
October 7 Feature photo

The dramatic, earth-shattering events in Palestine starting on October 7 have taken many people by surprise. However, attentive observers were not among them. Few expected that Palestinian fighters would be parachuting into southern Israel on October 7; that instead of capturing a single Israeli soldier - as done in 2006 - hundreds of Israelis,

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