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The Palestinian Authority cannot operate outside the US political sphere.(Photo: WAFA) Articles

Back to Square None: Netanyahu, Abbas to Resume ‘Peace Process’ that Never Was

By Ramzy Baroud The political peddlers, think-tank experts and media professionals are all back in full force. They want us […]

The timing of the leaked report was pretty interesting. Articles

On Leaks and Pseudo-Reality: The US’ Futile Search for ‘World Domination’

By Ramzy Baroud Those enchanted by pseudo-reality must have been at the edge of their seats as they watched ‘Zero […]

ElBaradie may now return to center stage, lecturing Egypt’s poor on what true democracy is all about. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Articles

ElBaradei’s Democracy: How Egypt’s ‘Revolution’ Betrayed Itself

By Ramzy Baroud ‘The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution,’ wrote Eric Walberg, a Middle East political expert and […]

The problem is principally Palestinian and can only be resolved using national platforms. Articles

On Hamas, Fatah and the Squandered Years: When ‘Unity’ Loses Its Meaning

By Ramzy Baroud When Hamas and Fatah representatives met in Gaza on June 04, there was little media fanfare. In […]

The war in Libya had changed the very demographic landscape of parts of the country. Articles

From Tahrir to Taksim: West Reserves Right to Interfere

By Ramzy Baroud The distance between Cairo’s Tahrir Square and Istanbul’s Taksim Square is impossibly long. There can be no […]

Child laborers would not exist if it were not for the many more millions of willing exploiters. (Photo: Via Asia Society) Articles

Maids for Sale: Child Exploitation Bonanza

By Ramzy Baroud Last night at the hotel lobby of an Arab Gulf country, a family walked in aiming for […]

The Iraq civil war divide was encouraged and sustained with direct American involvement to weaken Iraqi resistance. (Photo: Zoriah.net) Articles

Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse: Why Arabs Must Worry

By Ramzy Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of […]

At a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo: Zoriah - zoriah.net) Articles

Rohingya Population Control: The Onslaught in Burma Continues

By Ramzy Baroud On April 21, the BBC obtained disturbing video footage shot in Burma. It confirmed extreme reports of […]

The Gaza tunnels are considered a lifeline that allows Palestinians to survive the Israeli siege. Articles

No More Tunnels Please: Gaza Held Hostage to Egypt’s Turmoil

By Ramzy Baroud Air of uncertainty is engulfing most matters related to Egypt. Since the Egyptian revolt started over two […]

Limitations of US military power became quite obvious in later years. ((Photo: Aljazeera) Articles

Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East

By Ramzy Baroud In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, “Nothing illustrates more […]

Church of Scotland and Hawking: Challenging Israel

By Ramzy Baroud The global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has scored two major victories in May starting with […]

Stephen Hawking. (Photo: Via Twitter) Articles

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

By Ramzy Baroud It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking’s […]

Of Boston Bombings and Twisted Logic

By Ramzy Baroud We still do not know much about the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, apart from information […]

Garment worker Mohammad Altab moans to rescuers for help while trapped between concrete slabs and next to two corpses. Articles

The Pain of Bangladesh: T-shirts Made with Blood and Tears

By Ramzy Baroud As they spoke to a BBC correspondent in their run-down room which they call home in Dhaka, […]

This type of hate-mongering is of course not random, no matter how palpably ‘crazy’ the people behind it are. Articles

Boston, Brazil and Islam: Irrational Rhetoric, Illegal Wars

By Ramzy Baroud During his talk sponsored by the New American Foundation in March 2008, author Parag Khanna addressed the […]

It is time for Palestinian historians to step forward and claim what is essentially their narrative. Articles

Time for a Credible Narration of History

By Ramzy Baroud Nearly two weeks ago, Palestinians around the world commemorated the Deir Yassin Massacre which took place on […]

Men continue to sink into utter despair at the American gulag. (Photo: Wikimedia) Articles

Hungering for Freedom at Guantanamo: Obama’s Legacy of Broken Promises

By Ramzy Baroud The Guantanamo Bay prison is a glaring attestation to the state of political indecision which the United […]

The invasion of Beit Daras following the last battle in May 1948. (Photo: Palestine Remembered) Articles

A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres

By Ramzy Baroud Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took […]

In the long run, Hamas will face difficult options. Articles

Gaza’s Siege Intensifies: The Plan to ‘Moderate’ Hamas, Control Gaza

By Ramzy Baroud On September 17, 2012, Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, made another appeal […]

Erdogan knows in issues of morality and justice, middle stances are simply untenable. Articles

Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East: Israel vs. The Rest

By Ramzy Baroud ‘Confused’ may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and […]