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Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Appointment as Minister for National Security is Bad News For Palestinians, Humanity.

Archives for November 2022

​​Symbolic but Significant: Why the Decision to Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder is Unprecedented

Though the US investigation of Abu Akleh’s murder is unlikely to result in any kind of justice, it is a very important moment in US-Israeli and US-Palestinian relationships.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Shireen Abu Akleh Feature photo

The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless. Based on the long trajectory of US military and political support of Israel, and Washington’s constant

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Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West

For the West, the re-rise of China is problematic, not because of its human rights record but because of its growing share of the global economy.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
China Canada Feature photo

Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured the visibly apprehensive Trudeau about the etiquette of diplomacy. This exchange can be considered

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Settler Pogroms Against Palestinians Will Become the Norm Under New Israeli Government

The main point to be taken from the results of the Israeli elections is that the lives of Palestinian have never been in more danger than they are now.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Settler Violence Feature photo

Saturday, November 19, 2022, was according to Jewish tradition Shabat Chayei Sarah – the Shabbos, or Saturday commemorating the death and burial of the biblical matriarch Sarah. In the biblical story, her husband Abraham purchased her burial plot in the ancient city of Al-Khalil. According to Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, the “commemoration” events that

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Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West 

The elevated political discourse emanating from African leaders and intellectuals gives one hope that the supposedly ‘poor’ continent is plotting an escape from the grip of western domination.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Africa colonialism Feature photo

Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Yet, amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor-looking African children

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Call of Duty is a Government Psyop: These Documents Prove It

A closer inspection of Activision Blizzard’s key staff and their connections to state power, as well as details gleaned from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Call of Duty is not a neutral first-person shooter but a carefully constructed piece of military propaganda, designed to advance the interests of the U.S. national security state. 

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Military Entertainment Complex: How Call of Duty is co-produced by the Pentagon Feature photo

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has been available for less than three weeks, but it is already making waves. Breaking records, within ten days, the first-person military shooter video game earned more than $1 billion in revenue. Yet it has also been shrouded in controversy, not least because missions include assassinating an Iranian general

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Palestinians are Native Americans: It’s Time to Correct the Language of History

In this new language, Palestinians are Native Americans, not in their supposed propensity to be ‘wiped out’, but in their pride, resilience and continued quest for equality and justice.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian native american Feature photo

At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a Palestinian member of the audience declared at the end of a brief, but fiery intervention, ‘we are not red Indians’. The reference was a relatively old one. It was attributed to former

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