- December 22, 2024
My Home is Beit Daras: our Lingering Nakba
By Ramzy Baroud When Google Earth was launched in 2001, I rushed immediately to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different reality. Although I was born and raised in a Gaza refugee camp, and then moved to and lived in the United States, finding a village […]
Ramzy Baroud Speaking at the Rally for Gaza in Sydney (VIDEO)
Hundreds of supporters gathered in Sydney on Tuesday night in solidarity with the Palestinian protesters killed by the Israeli military as the US celebrated the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem. “The Israelis and their American friends are dancing. They are celebrating while my people have dug 58 more graves just today,” Dr Ramzy […]
Eclipsing Factionalism: The Missing Story from the Gaza Protests
By Ramzy Baroud The Gaza border protests must be understood in the context of the Israeli Occupation, the siege and the long-delayed ‘Right of Return’ for Palestinian refugees. However, they should also be appreciated in a parallel context: Palestine’s own factionalism and infighting. Factionalism in Palestinian society is a deep-rooted ailment that has, for decades, […]
Gazan Gandhis: Gaza Bleeds Alone as ‘Liberals’ and ‘Progressives’ Go Mute
By Ramzy Baroud Three more Palestinians were killed and 611 wounded last Friday, when tens of thousands of Gazans continued their largely non-violent protests at the Gaza-Israel border. Yet as the casualty count keeps climbing – nearly 45 dead and over 5,500 wounded – the deafening silence also continues. Tellingly, many of those who long […]
Why Israel Feels Threatened by Popular Resistance in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud Why did Israel kill many unarmed Gaza protesters and wound over 2,000 on Friday, March 30 and on the following days, when they clearly posed no threat to Israeli soldiers? Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, many of them snipers, were deployed to the deadly buffer zone that the Israeli army has created between […]
The Infamy of the Palestinian Elites: An Imminent Split within Fatah?
By Ramzy Baroud The Fatah movement is involved in a massive tug-of-war that will ultimately define its future. Though the conflict is between current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and once Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan is in no way motivated by ending the Israeli occupation, their war will likely determine the future political landscape of […]
ഗാസ: പറഞ്ഞു തീരാത്ത കഥകൾ (Malayalam Edition)
Order Your Copy from the Publisher: Other Books Gaza : paranhu Theeratha Kathakal, a translation of Ramzy Baroud’s My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story, is the fifth book in our series of books on Palestine. An important, yet engrossing, book that chronicles the persisting ordeals of the people of Palestine. It is […]
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter (Korean Edition)
Available from Sansuya publishers, South Korea.
Résistant en Palestine : Une histoire vraie de Gaza
Comprenez, de l’intérieur de Gaza, comment le peuple palestinien a vécu la signature des Accords d’Oslo : les espoirs suscités et immédiatement déçus, la désillusion et la colère suscitée par l’occupation et la colonisation israéliennes qui continuent… La seconde Intifada, et la montée politique du Hamas… Titre : Résistant en Palestine. Sous-titre : Une histoire […]
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story
Baroud’s vivid and honest account reveals the complex human beings; revolutionaries, great moms and dads, lovers, and comedians that make Gaza so much more than just a disputed territory. ISBN: 9780745328812 Extent: 232pp Release Date: 09 Dec 2009 Size: 230mm x 150mm Format: Paperback Order from the publisher – Pluto Press. Order from Amazon. […]
