- April 27, 2024
Making Kahane Proud: Ben-Gvir is Playing the Long Game
Making Kahane Proud: Ben-Gvir is Playing the Long Game
Assassinating Humanity: Why Israel Killed the WCK Workers in Gaza
The latest killing of the internationals in Gaza was done to serve the same goal: ensuring that no aid distribution mechanism is allowed.
Israel’s Irremediable Defeat: On Tel Aviv’s Other Unwinnable War
All of Netanyahu’s political shenanigans, which served him well in the past, would fall short from allowing him to return to power.
Ramzy Baroud on AJA’s The Listening Post
Six months into Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, the United Nations Security Council has finally passed a resolution demanding a ceasefire. The United States’s abstention marks a pivotal moment in Israel’s increasing international isolation. In the Israeli media, the opposition to the UN vote is near-unanimous and unsurprising. More striking is the lack of interest […]
Complicit in Genocide: Who Gave Israel the Murder Weapon?
Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the west are openly disowning its behavior in Gaza, weapons continue to flow.
Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy is Prolonging Gaza Genocide
By Ramzy Baroud When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen. These terrible things are, in fact, already taking place in the Gaza Strip, where well over 100,000 people have been killed, wounded or are missing, and an outright […]
On Du’a and Action: A Supplication for Gaza, and Humanity
If Gaza has not given up, why should we? Even giving up is a privilege. Gaza does not have that privilege nor should we grant it to ourselves.
To Save Israel: The US is Destroying the International System It Once Constructed
There will be consequences to all of this, and the coming years shall prove that the crisis in international legitimacy, resulting from the abuse of power, will hardly be rectified with superficial changes and reforms.
On Solidarity and Kushner’s Shame: How Gaza Revitalized Global Solidarity
The critical mass for meaningful solidarity has finally been achieved, signaling that, once more, Palestinians have imposed themselves as the guardians of their own struggle.
End of Complicity: Time to Translate Words into Actions in Gaza
Indeed, it is now time to turn words into actions, especially when thousands of children are being killed for no fault of their own but for being born Palestinian.
Zionism and the Annihilation of Gaza: The Problem in Palestine is Not Political, but Ideological
All of this – the language of genocide, the genocide itself and the threats of committing a greater genocide – is rooted in Zionism.
The Injured Gaza Boy and His Drawing: Do Palestinians Have the Right to Self-Defense?
It is interesting how the colonizers and the colonized continue to build relations and solidarity around the same old principles. The Global South is, again, rising in solidarity with the Palestinians, while the North, with a few exceptions, continues to support Israeli oppression.
Europe’s Moral Crisis: Is the EU a Direct Partner in the Israeli Genocide in Gaza?
If Borrell truly wishes to develop a political backbone, he should fully back international law, and advocate for the use of the EU’s massive economic leverage to put pressure on Israel to end its war and military occupation of Palestine.
Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank
This genocidal war continues to create opportunities for religious Zionism to acquire new followers, and to lay deeper roots within Israel’s political establishment.
The Inimitable John Pilger: The Warrior of Principled Journalism Has Passed Away
He stood firmly on the side of oppressed people, spoke strongly against the injustices meted out by the powerful, and uncompromisingly defended free speech whenever it is threatened.
100 Days and Counting of War: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall
By Ramzy Baroud Law number one in the ‘law of holes’, is that “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Law number two, “if you are not digging, you are still in a hole”. These adages sum up Israel’s ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war […]
From Gaza to Congo: How Palestinians Became Victims of Zionist History
Not only is Israel now assuming the role of the mass killer but the rest of the Western world continues to play the role assigned to them in this historical tragedia.
A ‘Genocidal Maniac’: What is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?
Netanyahu must be restrained. If not, the Israeli genocide in Gaza will multiply into other genocides throughout the Middle East.
Rage over Gaza: Washington Will Pay for Its Support of Israel
“In the end, love will return in a different way,” Kafka wrote. He is right. But hate, too, tends to return as well, manifesting itself in myriad ways.
‘In a Roaring Flood’: How Israel Provoked October 7 Attacks, Yet Was Caught by Surprise
While Israel is determined to end Palestinian Resistance, the Palestinian people’s determination to win their freedom is far greater.
When I Grow Older – A Gaza Poem
A poem to Gaza’s little angels – in heaven, and here on earth.
Urinating on Prisoners: How Palestinian Pride Canceled Israel’s ‘Politics of Humiliation’
Throughout its history – violent birth and equally violent existence – Israel has purposely humiliated Palestinians as an expression of its disproportionately greater military power over a hapless, confined and mostly refugee population.
A Day to Remember: How ‘Al-Quds Flood’ Altered the Relationship between Palestine and Israel Forever
What is crystal clear is that the fundamental relationship between the Israeli occupation and occupied Palestinians after October 7, 2023, is likely to be altered, and permanently so.
Ambassador of Israeli Crimes: This is How Gilad Erdan Become a Defender of Women’s Rights in Iran
A defender of war crimes, like Gilad Erdan, must not be allowed to serve two roles: an apologist for the mistreatment of women in Palestine, and a freedom fighter for women anywhere else.
Tel Aviv’s Losing Brands: Israeli ‘Coup’ and the Death of False Democracy
Certainly, what is taking place in ‘democratic’ and ‘stable’ Israel is truly unprecedented. Israel’s current vulnerability is accentuated by the massive and rapid changes to the political map of the Middle East and the world.
A ‘Terrorist Onslaught’? This is Why Netanyahu, Gallant Blame Iran for West Bank Violence
For Israel to understand the reasons behind the growing Palestinian resistance in all of its forms, it needs to look at the devastated refugee camps of Jenin, Balata and Nur Shams – not Tehran – for the answers.
Friend or Foe? Russia’s West Jerusalem Consulate is Very Worrying
Unlike the previous two prime ministers, Bennett and Lapid, Netanyahu was keen on maintaining a degree of neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war and the resulting global conflict.
Palestinians Welcome China’s New Middle East Role, but It is Not Mediation They Need
Palestinians need China, as they need other powerful players in the Global South, but it is not mediation that they desperately require.
Balancing Act is over: Israeli Protests are Not about Democracy, but Ideology
Ideological shifts do not appear and disappear overnight. Regardless of the outcome of Israel’s protests, the ideological shifts in Israel are seismic and long-lasting.
US and Israel: Is the ‘Unbreakable Bond’ Finally Breaking?
Though much of Israel’s self-proclaimed ‘independence’ was an outcome of unconditional US support, Israelis hardly acknowledge this fact.
