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In Gaza, the past and the present are intertwined. Articles

Gaza’s Resistance Will Not be Crushed

By Ramzy Baroud On the 13th day of Israel’s so-called Operation Protective Edge, stories of entire families collectively pulverized, women […]

A popular Intifada is the kind of war Netanyahu cannot possibly win. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) Articles

Israel Awakens the Palestine It Tried to Crush

By Ramzy Baroud When the bodies of three Israeli settlers – two teenagers, Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 16, […]

A sketched portrait of Richard Perle (Wikicommons/Rama) Articles

‘Prince of Darkness’ Disowns Iraq’s Tragedy

By Ramzy Broud As Iraq stands on the verge of a complete breakdown into mini sectarian states, former leading neoconservative […]

Palestinian refugee children attend a kite festival organized by UNRWA. (EPA/file) Articles

Ramadan, Socialism and the Neighbour’s Beat-up Car

By Ramzy Baroud For those who spent childhoods in Gaza, the spiritual month of abstinence provokes reflection on how it […]

The roots of the ‘angry’ Muslim youth is hardly a mystery. (Wikimedia Commons) Articles

Reverting to the Ummah: Who is the ‘Angry Muslim’ and Why

By Ramzy Baroud “Brother, brother,” a young man called on me as I hurriedly left a lecture hall in some […]

Iraq was allowed to ache in untold pain for over a decade. (HRW) Articles

ISIL and Iraq’s Pandora’s Box

By Ramzy Baroud “Labeiki ya Zaynab,” chanted Iraqi Shiite fighters as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before news cameras […]

Israeli soldiers patrol in the search for three Jewish settlers in Hebron. (AA via MEE) Articles

Missing Settlers Become Weapons in a War on Unity

By Ramzy Baroud When three teenage Israeli settlers from the illegal Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion went missing on 12 […]

Palestinian unity is not a logistical question, but a major undertaking. (Wikimedia Commons) Articles

Why True Palestinian Unity Rremains Elusive

By Ramzy Baroud Palestinians are yet to achieve national unity despite the elation over the ‘national unity government’ now in […]

Unlike Mohamed Bouazizi, people should not have to set themselves ablaze to become worthy of a news report. (Wikimedia Commons) Articles

The Lost Voices of the Arab Revolutions

By Ramzy Baroud The Arab uprisings were sparked and fuelled by the justified demands of impoverished, oppressed peoples. The world’s […]

Retired General Khalifa Haftar. (Wikimedia) Articles

Haftar Leads A Coup: A General’s Odd War on the Muslim Brotherhood

By Ramzy Baroud On 16 May, Libya’s rogue general Khalifa Haftar staged several bloody attacks against other Libyan militias in […]

The exodus Of Yafa's residents in boats in May 1948. Articles

66 Year Nakba: I Saw Yafa, Land of Oranges

By Ramzy Baroud In ‘Jaffa: Land of Oranges’, Ghassan Kanafani described his exile from the Palestinian coastal city of Yafa. […]

Ali Abdallah Saleh meet with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, June 2004. (Helene C. Stikkel/Wikimedia Commons) Articles

What the Media Not Telling Us about Yemen

By Ramzy Baroud “In Yemen today, the US embassy is closed to the public. Officials telling CNN there is credible […]

How do you navigate an impossible story? You side with the victim. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Articles

Navigating Syria: The Impossible, Indispensable Mission

By Ramzy Baroud I unfriended another Facebook friend this week. It may seem to be a trivial matter, but for […]

Sometimes despair and hope go hand in hand. (Photo: via MEE) Articles

Palestinian Unity: Hope and Gloom in the Beach Refugee Camp

By Ramzy Baroud For years, Palestinian factions have strived for unity, and for years unity has evaded them. But is […]

Martin Indyk speaking at the Aspen Institute in March 2009. (Photo: The Aspen Institute/Flickr) Articles

US Pursues ‘Peace’ on Israel’s Terms

By Ramzy Baroud To understand how thoughtless the latest US "peace process" drive has become, one only needs to consider […]

PA police coordinate with Israeli border police to control Palestinian access to Jerusalem at the Bethlehem checkpoint. (Photo: ActiveStills.org) Articles

Why Israeli Officials are Chuckling: The ‘Stable’ West Bank Dilemma

By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Ze’ev Elkin, is a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and his predominantly […]

The neocons' drunkenness with military power led to costly wars that have overwhelmed the empire beyond salvation. (Photo: Zoriah) Articles

‘Reality Check’: US Empire beyond Salvation

By Ramzy Baroud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry couldn’t hide his frustration anymore as the U.S.-sponsored peace process continued […]

What Middle East Crisis? Peace Process as a Successful US Investment

By Ramzy Baroud Crisis seemed to loom large as Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed applications to join 15 […]

In the last four decades, the 'peace process' became an American diplomatic staple in the region. (Photo: WH) Articles

Kerry’s Looming Deadline and the Peace Process Industry

By Ramzy Baroud As the US-imposed April 29 deadline for a ‘framework’ agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian […]

Mahmoud Abbas (R) accused his main Fatah rival Mohammed Dahlan, of involvement in six murders. Articles

Mahmoud Abbas vs Mohammed Dahlan: The Showdown Begins

By Ramzy Baroud When late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was confined by Israeli soldiers to his headquarters in the West […]