- June 29, 2026
Articles
Palestinian Unity and the New Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas-Fatah deal in Cairo was both swift and predictable. […]
High Stakes for US in Syria
By Ramzy Baroud, Special to Gulf News Although now largely governed by a military leadership, Egypt, the most populous and […]
US Rethinks Strategy: War as Opportunity in Libya
By Ramzy Baroud The brutality of Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi, and his refusal to concede power, is costing Libya much […]
Staying Human: The Heroic Legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni
By Ramzy Baroud "Dear Mary," wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. "Do you [know who] will be […]
Gaza War and Goldstone’s Moral Collapse
By Ramzy Baroud Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the […]
War on Palestinian Memory: Israel Resolves Its Democracy Dilemma
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian citizens of Israel must have been proud of the fact that their collective tenacity always proved […]
For the Love of Egypt: When Besieged Palestinians Danced
By Ramzy Baroud A dear friend of mine from Gaza told me that he hadn’t slept for days. "I am […]
Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,’ wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign […]
Civil Society and Palestine: The Growing Power of the Ordinary
By Ramzy Baroud The global boycott movement (BDS) and other related campaigns were aimed at exposing Israeli transgressions against the […]
A Neoconservative ‘Shock and Awe’: The Rise of the Arabs
By Ramzy Baroud A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the […]
Mixed Messages: Arabs Challenge Israeli Hasbara
By Ramzy Baroud When the Libyan people took on their reviled dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, Israeli officials seemed puzzled by the […]
Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that […]
‘From the Gulf to the Ocean’: The Middle East is Changing
By Ramzy Baroud Now that the Egyptian people have finally wrestled their freedom from the hands of a very stubborn […]
Hurriya is Arabic for Freedom: Just Listen to Egypt Roar
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Just listen to that roar,’ urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, […]
Palestine Papers: The Palestinians’ ‘Generous Offer’
By Ramzy Baroud As Palestinians are becoming increasingly confident about the authenticity of the Palestine Papers – 1,600 leaked documents […]
Tunisia: How We Got Here and the Task Ahead
By Ramzy Baroud Hunger strikes. These were the last resort for Tunisian activists as they fought against a brutal and […]
The Palestine Papers: Offering Palestine, Selling Out Its Refugees
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestine Papers had damaged whatever little credibility the Ramallah-based authority still enjoyed among Palestinians The Palestine […]
Generalizing Tunisia: Context Overrides Story
By Ramzy Baroud When faced with problems, most authoritarian regimes maintain a policy of rigidity when the appropriate response would […]
Failure of Academia: A Book Not Meant to Be Published
By Ramzy Baroud Deepak Tripathi’s most recent book, Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (Potomac Books) raises […]
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure
By Ramzy Baroud When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years […]
