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Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Ramzy Baroud

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Israel/ Palestine
We Are the Children of Gaza: The Poet, the Fashionista and the Footballer

We Are the Children of Gaza: The Poet, the Fashionista and the Footballer

Ramzy Baroud

By Wafa Aludaini and Ramzy Baroud | ( Middle East Monitor ) – The inevitable has finally happened, and the coronavirus pandemic is now ravaging the besieged Gaza Strip. On August 24, a total lockdown was imposed by the Gaza authorities following the discovery of several COVID-19 cases outside designated quarantine areas. Since then, over […]

Democratic Party
How do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?

How do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) -The polarized nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political rivals, Republicans and Democrats. As each side is intent on discrediting the other at every opportunity, unbiased information regarding the two parties’ actual stances on internal and external issues can […]

Israel/ Palestine
The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Israel Escalates War on the Dead

The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Israel Escalates War on the Dead

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor) – On September 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli army. The proposal was made by the country’s Defense Minister, Benny Gantz. Gantz is the main political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]

Donald Trump
As Washington retreats, Eastern Mediterranean conflict further marginalizes NATO

As Washington retreats, Eastern Mediterranean conflict further marginalizes NATO

Ramzy Baroud

Middle East Monitor – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military union between mostly Western countries is faltering. The current Turkish-Greek tension is only one facet of a much larger conflict involving, aside […]

Israel/ Palestine
‘Dying to fish’: How Israeli piracy destroyed Gaza’s once thriving fishing Industry, a Key Source of Protein

‘Dying to fish’: How Israeli piracy destroyed Gaza’s once thriving fishing Industry, a Key Source of Protein

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor) – On August 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group of Gaza fishermen decided to take their chances by fishing within a mere two or three nautical miles off the Gaza shore. No sooner had they cast their nets, Israeli […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State

Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor) – Protests against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have raged on for weeks, turning violent sometimes. Israelis are furious at their government’s mediocre response to the coronavirus pandemic, especially as COVID-19 disease is experiencing a massive surge throughout the country. Netanyahu warned protesters, thousands of whom have been rallying outside his […]

Israel/ Palestine
Progressive Dems, Young Jewish Americans are Challenging Right wing AIPAC and Expansionist Israeli Narratives

Progressive Dems, Young Jewish Americans are Challenging Right wing AIPAC and Expansionist Israeli Narratives

Ramzy Baroud

(Middle East Monitor ) – While the US administration of President Donald Trump remains adamant in its support for Israel, the traditional democratic leadership continues to employ underhanded language, the kind of ‘strategic ambiguity’ that offers full support to Israel and nothing but lip service to Palestine and peace. Trump’s policies on Israel and Palestine […]

Israel/ Palestine
Annexation was Always the Israeli Goal in the Palestinian West Bank

Annexation was Always the Israeli Goal in the Palestinian West Bank

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) – Wednesday, July 1, was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30% of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date, however, came and went and annexation was never actualized. “I don’t know if there will be a declaration of sovereignty […]

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