Romana Rubeo

Romana Rubeo is an Italian writer and the managing editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Her articles appeared in many online newspapers and academic journals. She holds a Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature, and specializes in audio-visual and journalism translation.

Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization

55 journalists have been killed and hundreds more injured or detained by Israel since 2000. Yet for many Palestinian, the physical harm they face pales in comparison to the constant delegitimization of their work by in the media.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo
Palestinian journalists Feature photo

On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists and freedom of expression. A few days earlier, the head of the Palestinian

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The ‘Principal Threat’: Time to Talk about the Palestinian Class Struggle

The nature of Israel’s settler colonialism has not changed since its inception, It remains committed to ethnic cleansing and the usurping of resources, including Palestinian labor.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo
Palestinian Labor

On Monday, October 31, Palestinians in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Occupied East Jerusalem, observed a general strike. The strike was declared to be part of the community's mourning of 49-year-old Barakat Moussa Odeh, who was killed by Israeli forces in Jericho a day earlier. This is not an isolated case. General strikes were observed

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Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution

Chomsky believes that calling Israeli policies towards Palestinians “apartheid” is actually a “gift to Israel”, at least, if by apartheid one refers to the South-African style apartheid.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo
Chomsky Israel Feature photo

This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and when new conflicts and struggles ensue. The Gramscian ‘interregnum, however, is not a smooth transition, for these profound changes often embody a

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Raids, Arrests and Death Threats: Israel’s Strategy of Silencing Human Rights Defenders

Now that Israel seems to have accepted that there is little it can do to reverse this brand, it is accelerating its colonial efforts, while hunkering down for a long fight ahead.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo

On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorist organizations’. Gantz claimed that they are secretly linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a socialist political group that Israel considers, along with

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Engaging the World: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution

As Moscow continues to cement its presence in the Middle East, Hamas sees a rare opportunity to break away from US-Israel imposed isolation.

Romana Rubeo
Ramzy Baroud
By Romana Rubeo
And Ramzy Baroud
Hamas Feature photo

On February 4, representatives from the Palestinian Movement, Hamas, visited Moscow to inform the Russian government of the latest development on the unity talks between the Islamic Movement and its Palestinian counterparts, especially Fatah. This was not the first time that Hamas’s officials traveled to Moscow on similar missions. In fact,

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‘A Game Changer’: Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdelfattah on the One Democratic State Campaign

“It is a game-changer which will force everyone in the region – and in the world – to look very differently at the Palestine Question.” –Ilan Pappe

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo
One State Solution Feature photo

As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel’s political discourse on Palestine, the Israeli government of right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may feel that it, alone, is capable of determining the future of the Palestinian people.  This conclusion is, perhaps, gleaned from Israel’s behavior in recent years and months.

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A UN Vote Exposed Canada’s Blind and Unconditional Support for Israel

While Canada’s support for Israel is, to a certain extent, consistent with Canada’s own colonial past and present interventionist foreign policy, the Canadian people and the international community remain major obstacles, challenging the toxic affinity between Ottawa and Tel Aviv.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
By Ramzy Baroud
And Romana Rubeo
Israel Canada Feature photo

The notion that ‘Canada is better’, especially when compared with US foreign policy, has persisted for many years. Recent events at the United Nations have, however, exposed the true nature of Canada’s global position, particularly in the matter of its blind and unconditional support for Israel. On June 17, Canada lost its second bid for the

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