Articles by Ramzy Baroud
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The Horrors a Rafah Invasion Would Bring
Ramzy Baroud | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2024
5 Mar 2024 – The Palestinian city of Rafah is not just older than Israel, it is as old as civilization itself and has existed for thousands of years. An Israeli invasion of Rafah will not alter the battlefield in favor of the Israeli army, but it will be horrific for the displaced Palestinians.
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On Hypocrisy and Genocide: How Gaza Has Exposed the West like Never Before
Ramzy Baroud | Palestine Chronicle – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2024
1 Mar 2024 – The Israeli genocide in Gaza will be remembered as the moral collapse of the West. Now that some western leaders have begun to feel increasingly uncomfortable as the enormity of the Gaza genocide unfolds, a few, though bashfully, are declaring that Netanyahu may be ‘going too far.’
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‘In a Roaring Flood’: How Israel Provoked October 7 Attacks, Yet Was Caught by Surprise
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jan 2024
28 Dec 2023 – The Spark That Lit the Fire: The Untold Story
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When I Grow Older – A Gaza Poem
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jan 2024
25 Dec 2023 – To Gaza’s little angels – in heaven, and here on earth.
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Ours Is an Indigenous Struggle: How Gaza United the World
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
The consequences of this war will certainly be felt for many years to come, not only in Palestine or even the Middle East, but worldwide as well.
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China’s Diplomatic Evolution: A Potential Ally for Palestinians’ Quest for Justice
Ramzy Baroud | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
16 Aug 2023 – It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran last April, Chinese diplomacy has shown exceptional maturity.
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From ICC to ‘Sportswashing’: West’s Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated
Ramzy Baroud | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
3 Jul 2023 – The denunciation of the ICC came two days after the court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes. The speed with which the case against him was lodged, discussed, and followed by concrete action raised questions about the integrity, balance and political agenda of the Western-inclined court.
→ read full articlePermanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants to Reactivate E1 Plan
Ramzy Baroud | CounterPunch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 – The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1.
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Global South Aims to Fix the UN
Ramzy Baroud | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
23 May 2023 – Calls to reform the Security Council have been made many times in the past, but Beijing’s position is particularly important in both language and timing.
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New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 May 2023
17 May 2023 – It is the unity of those resisting on the ground, from Gaza to Nablus, and from Jenin to Sheikh Jarrah, that matters most.
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Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2023
30 Jan 2023 – Palestinian journalists pay a heavy price for carrying out their mission of spreading the truth about the Israeli oppression of Palestinians. Their work is critical not only to balanced media coverage but to the very cause of justice and freedom in Palestine. However, the harm inflicted on Palestinian journalists is not only physical and material. They are also constantly exposed to a very subtle but equally dangerous threat: the constant delegitimization of their work.
→ read full articleTime for Action is Now: What Will Happen after the ICJ Delegitimizes Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2023
11 Jan 2023 – The ICJ’s opinion is very important, but without meaningful action, a legal opinion alone will not reverse the sinister reality on the ground in Palestine, especially when this reality is bankrolled, supported and sustained by Washington and Israel’s other western allies.
→ read full articlePalestine/Israel: Australia Hammers Final Nail in US ‘Deal of the Century’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
On 17 Oct 2022, the Australian government announced it is revoking its 2018 recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Expectedly, the new decision was strongly criticized by Israel, celebrated by Palestinians, and welcomed by Arab countries. As long as Palestinians continue to resist and fight for their freedom and international solidarity continues to grow around them, the Palestinian cause will remain central to all Arabs and to all conscientious people around the world.
→ read full articleDeliberate Misrepresentation: Western Media Bias Makes Possible Israeli War of Aggression against Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2022
26 Aug 2022 – While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case. The deadly Israeli wars on Gaza are made possible, not only by western weapons and political support, but through an endless stream of media misinformation and misrepresentation.
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The Shameful UN ‘List of Shame’: Equating the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jul 2022
21 Jul 2022 – This is not what Palestinians are expecting from the United Nations, an organization that supposedly exists to end armed conflicts and bring about peace and security for all.
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15 Years of Failed Experiments: Myths and Facts about the Israeli Siege on Gaza
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
6 Jul 2022 – 15 years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip, subjecting two million Palestinians to the longest and most cruel blockades in history. Inevitably, the experiment has backfired and the only way out is for the Gaza siege to be completely lifted and, this time, for good.
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Palestinians ‘Are Not Animals in a Zoo’: On Kanafani and the Need to Redefine the Role of the ‘Victim Intellectual’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jul 2022
29 Jun 2022 – But for the Palestinian narrative to be truly relevant, Palestinians must indeed assume the role of the Gramscian intellectual, as “purveyors of consciousnesses” and abandon the role of the ‘victim intellectual’ altogether.
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‘Rationality Is Not Permitted’: Chomsky on Russia, Ukraine and the Price of Media Censorship
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
23 Jun 2022 – The unprecedented control and censorship over the Ukraine war narrative is because western governments do not want their public to know that the world is vastly changing. Ignorance might be bliss, but not in this case.
→ read full articleAngela Davis, John Pilger, Roger Waters Rave about Just-Released ‘Our Vision for Liberation’
Ilan Pappé & Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 May 2022
18 May 2022 – In commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Professor Ilan Pappe and Dr. Ramzy Baroud announce the release of their latest book, ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out.’
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Palestine’s Widening Geography of Resistance: Why Israel Cannot Defeat the Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Apr 2022
13 Apr 2022 – If Israel continues to subjugate the Palestinian people under the current system of military occupation and deepening apartheid, Palestinians will surely continue to respond until their oppressive reality is changed.
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Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua: The US-Russia Conflict Enters a New Phase
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Feb 2022
9 Feb 2022 – As the plot thickens in Eastern Europe, Russia’s move in South America promises to add a new component that would make a win-lose scenario in favor of the US and NATO nearly impossible.
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From Pegasus to Blue Wolf: How Israel’s ‘Security’ Experiment in Palestine Became Global
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – The truth is, for as long as Israel maintains its military occupation of Palestine, and as long as the Israeli military continues to see Palestinians as subjects in a mass ‘security experiment’, the Middle East—in fact, the entire world—will continue to pay the price.
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Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Nov 2021
3 Nov 2021 – The truth is that a thousand or a million more statements by western governments will not end the Israeli occupation, or even slow down the pace of Israeli military bulldozers as they uproot Palestinian trees, destroy homes and construct yet more illegal colonies.
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On Propaganda and Failed Narratives: New Understanding of Afghanistan Is a Must
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Sep 2021
1 Sep 2021 – Afghanistan is now in urgent need of a government that truly represents the people of that country. This is the true national narrative of Afghanistan that must be nurtured outside the confines of the self-serving Western mischaracterization of Afghanistan and her people.
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US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington No Longer Calling the Shots
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Aug 2021
“Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business,”
— Jonah Goldberg quoting Michael Ledeen in The National Review, before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003
How Ben & Jerry’s Has Exposed Israel’s Anti-BDS Strategy
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Aug 2021
28 Jul 2021 – By calling an ice cream company ‘terrorist’ for simply adhering to international law, Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed the absurdity of the official Israeli strategy to counter the BDS movement.
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Say This, Don’t Say That: Time to Confront the Misleading Language on Palestine, Israel
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2021
On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza. To avoid pointless social media spats, one only needs to reference the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. According to Article 2 of the 1948 Convention, the legal definition of genocide is:
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Power at Any Cost: How Opportunistic Mansour Abbas Joined Hands with Avowed ‘Arab Killers’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2021
7 Jun 2021 – We are led to believe that history is being made in Israel, following the formation of a government coalition that for the first time includes an Arab party, Ra’am. In truth, Mansour Abbas, a Palestinian Arab politician who is willing to find common ground with extremists and proud ‘Arab killers’, only represents himself. The future shall attest to this claim.
→ read full articlePalestine’s Moment: Despite Massive Losses, Palestinians Have Altered the Course of History
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2021
26 May 2021 – Finally, it can unequivocally be asserted that the Palestinian resistance scored a major victory, arguably unprecedented in its proud history. This is the first time that Israel is forced to accept that the rules of the game have changed, likely forever.
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Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 May 2021
21 May 2021 – Speak up. Speak out. The Palestinians have risen. It is time to rally behind them.
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Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios?
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2021
13 Apr 2021 – While Palestinians remain cautious about the future of the investigation, hope is slowly rising that, this time around, things may be different and that Israeli war criminals will eventually be held accountable for their crimes. Time will tell.
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From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah’s Future
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2021
7 Apr 2021 – If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA President, Mahmoud Abbas, such a scenario is more dangerous than another strong Hamas showing in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections.
→ read full articleThe Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah: How Israel Uses ‘the Law’ to Ethnically Cleanse East Jerusalem
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Mar 2021
24 Mar 2021 – While the Israeli State claims to play an impartial role in this scheme, it is actually the facilitator of the entire process. The final outcome manifests in the ever-predictable scene, where an Israeli flag is triumphantly hoisted over a Palestinian home and a Palestinian family is assigned an UN-supplied tent and a few blankets.
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‘Freedom Is Never Voluntarily Given’: Palestinian Boycott of Israel Is Not Racist, It Is Anti-Racist
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2021
3 Feb 2021 – The boycott movement aims at holding the oppressor accountable as it places a price tag on military occupation and apartheid. Not only is the Palestinian boycott movement not racist, it is essentially a rallying cry against racism and oppression.
→ read full articleEscalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2020
4 Nov 2020 – Israeli racism is the core of a sophisticated plan that aims at the political marginalization and economic strangulation of Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority within a constitutional, thus ‘legal’, framework.
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Richard Falk: Palestinians Are Winning the ‘Legitimacy War’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
9 Oct 2020 – According to Professor Falk, history is clearly on the side of Palestinians, who are already “winning the legitimacy war”.
→ read full articleThe ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Gantz Escalates Israel’s War on the Dead
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2020
On 2 Sep the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army. While in the past, Israel has only kept the bodies of alleged ‘Palestinian attackers’ who belonged to ‘terror groups’, the latest decision would extend the rule to all Palestinians, even those who have no political affiliations.
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List of Israeli Targets Leaked: Tel Aviv Fears the Worst in ICC Investigation of War Crimes
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2020
29 Jul 2020 – The fact that a “secret list” exists is an indication that Tel Aviv understands that this era is different and that international law, which has failed Palestinians for over 70 years, may, for once, deliver, however a small measure of justice.
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On Israel’s Bizarre Definitions: The West Bank Is Already Annexed
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jul 2020
8 Jul 2020 – The fact is, annexation is not a new Israeli political agenda dictated by political circumstances in Tel Aviv and Washington. Rather, annexation has been the ultimate Israeli colonial objective from the very onset.
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How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
15 May 2020 – Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling the first raid and the second. The final attack on the peaceful village followed a scorched-earth military strategy, leaving in its wake scores of dead and wounded, and the entirety of the village on the run. Among the thousands of ethnically-cleansed Palestinians in Beit Daras, a family of six, including an infant, salvaged a few old blankets and some supplies and went searching for a safe place, with the hope that they would return home in a few days. Their nearly one hundred descendants are yet to return to Beit Daras, 72 years later.
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(Français) 100 Ans de Honte : L’annexion de la Palestine a Commencé a San Remo
Ramzy Baroud | Investig'Action - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 May 2020
18 Mai 2020 – Porté par le soi-disant accord du siècle de Donald Trump, Benyamin Netanyahou se prépare à annexer de nouveaux territoires palestiniens. L’histoire se répète-t-elle? Il y a cent ans déjà, les représentants de quelques puissants pays se sont réunis dans une ville endormie de la Riviera italienne pour sceller le sort des vastes territoires confisqués à l’Empire ottoman après sa défaite lors de la Première Guerre mondiale.
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What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of Israeli War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 May 2020
On April 30 Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, released a 60-page document diligently laying down the legal bases for the decision, concluding that “the Prosecution has carefully considered the observations of the participants, and remains of the view that the Court has jurisdiction over the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
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Portugal Leads the Way: How European Countries Fared in Their Treatment of Refugees
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2020
28 Apr 2020 – Although one of the poorest European countries, Portugal has decided to legalize all of its undocumented refugees and migrants, therefore, providing them with the same medical attention and support as its own citizens. Neglecting the refugees while fighting to halt the spread of the coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that provisional and self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.
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A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine: On Faith, Humor and ‘Dutch Candy’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Apr 2020
6 Apr 2020 – Call it a ‘quarantine’, a ‘shelter-in-place’, a ‘lockdown’ or a ‘curfew’, we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were lived in virtual ‘lockdown’. My father’s ‘quarantine’ was experienced much earlier, as did his father’s ‘shelter-in-place’ before him. They both died and were buried in Gaza’s cemeteries without ever experiencing true freedom outside of their refugee camp in Gaza. Currently in Gaza, the quarantine has a different name. We call it ‘siege’, also known as ‘blockade’.
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Technology of Death: The Not-so-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2020
25 Mar 2020 – The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is now the dumping ground for military hardware, an ominous sign for the years ahead.
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On Hanging from the Blades of a Bulldozer: Al-Naem Is Every Palestinian
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Mar 2020
27 Feb 2020 – Naem’s death will not end resistance in Gaza, as subsequent events have demonstrated. Instead, it would further accentuate the savagery of Israel as a heartless military occupier in the minds of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, and anyone who can see through Israeli state-sanctioned lies and propaganda.
→ read full articleBreaking with Washington: Arabs and Muslims Must Take a Stance for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Feb 2020
12 Feb 2020 – A negotiated solution to the ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict’, at least the way envisaged by successive US administrations, has failed. Now, Palestinians and their allies would have to explore a whole new path of liberation that does not go through Washington.
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Crisis and Opportunity: The ‘Deal of the Century’ Challenge for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2020
5 Feb 2020 – After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed ‘Deal of the Century’, in Washington on Jan 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is the Palestinian leadership’s greatest challenge. Will it move forward with a Palestinian-centric strategy or persist in the same place, regurgitating old language and reminiscing of the good old days?
→ read full articleIn the Name of ‘Israel’s Security’: Retreating US Gives Israel Billions more in Military Aid
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2020
22 Jan 2020 – Despite the fact that the US is retreating from the region, lacking strategy and future vision, lawmakers in Washington are congratulating themselves on passing yet another generous aid package to Israel. In their confused thinking, a ‘secured’ Israel is the only guarantor of US dominance in the Middle East. That is a theory that has been proven false, time and time again.
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These Chains Will Be Broken: New Book Delivers Resistance Message from Palestinian Prisoners to the World
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jan 2020
20 Jan 2020 – Today, Clarity Press announced the launch of These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, by Ramzy Baroud and The Palestine Chronicle Editorial Team with a foreword by Khalida Jarrar, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and an Afterword by Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.
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On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
25 Dec 2019 – What is Gaza to us but an Israeli missile, a rudimentary rocket, a demolished home, an injured child being whisked away by his peers under a hail of bullets? On a daily basis, Gaza is conveyed to us as a bloody image or a dramatic video, none of which can truly capture the everyday reality of the Strip – its formidable steadfastness, the everyday acts of resistance, and the type of suffering that can never be really understood through a customary glance at a social media post.
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From a Blessing to a Curse: How UN Resolution 2334 Accelerated Israel’s Colonization in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
Three years ago, the UNSC passed Resolution 2334. Immediately after its adoption, Israel thumbed its nose at the whole world by announcing plans to construct thousands of new homes in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Gone are the days of traditional American “peace-making” and its adjoining elaborate discourse centered on a two-state and other make-believe solutions. Now, Israel is single-handedly formulating its own “vision”.
→ read full article(Português) O próximo passo de Israel é o verdadeiro perigo contido na decisão dos EUA de normalizar assentamentos ilegais
Ramzy Baroud | Monitor do Oriente Médio – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2019
26 nov 2019 – A decisão dos EUA de desafiar o direito internacional sobre assentamentos não é perigosa porque viola o direito internacional, pois este último quase nunca foi motivo de preocupação para Washington. O perigo está no fato de que a política externa dos EUA em relação à ocupação israelense se tornou um mero carimbo de borracha que permite ao governo de extrema direita de Israel determinar sozinho o destino do povo palestino e plantar as sementes da instabilidade e da guerra no Oriente Médio por muitos anos.
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Israel’s Next Move: The Real Danger in the US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2019
28 Nov 2019 – The US decision to defy international law on settlements is not dangerous because it violates international law, for the latter has hardly ever been a concern for Washington. The danger actually lies in the fact that US foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp that allows Israel’s extreme right-wing government to determine single-handedly the fate of the Palestinian people and sow the seeds of instability and war in the Middle East for many years to come.
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How Western Media Bias Allows Israel to Get Away with Murder in Gaza
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2019
17 Nov 2019 – Sadly, US bias regarding Palestine has extended to mainstream media in European countries that were, to some degree, fairer, if not somewhat sympathetic, with the Palestinian peoples’ situation.
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On Racism and ‘Wild Beasts’: Why Israel Besieges Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2019
8 Oct 2019 – The Israeli Apartheid Wall, which is being built largely on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, once more underscores the ugliness of military occupation. As such, it truly epitomizes the nature of Israeli apartheid and also delineates the siege-driven, isolationist mentality that dominates the ruling-class thinking in Israel.
→ read full articlePalestinians Need to Learn from South Africa’s Mistakes
Ramzy Baroud – Al Jazeera,
7 Oct 2019
4 Oct 2019 – Palestinians who look up to post-apartheid South Africa have to critically examine its many failures.
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Israel’s War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Courts
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Aug 2019
7 Aug 2019 – Ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli military and police is so widespread and systematic that videos and reports of their arrests are almost a staple on social media platforms concerned with Palestine and Palestinian rights. The sad reality is that Muhammad Elayyan, 4, and Qais Obaid, 6, and many children like them, have become a target of Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2019
5 Jun 2019 – Israeli war crimes must not go unpunished; Israel’s judicial system is untrustworthy, and the ICC has the legal right and moral duty to carry out the will of the international community and hold to account those responsible for war crimes anywhere, including Israel.
→ read full articleResurrecting the PLO Is Palestine’s Best Response to the ‘Deal of the Century’
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2019
29 May 2019 – Palestinian groups, Fatah, Hamas and others should not confine themselves to merely rejecting the Trump Administration’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. Instead, they should use their resistance to the new American-Israeli plot as an opportunity to unify their ranks.
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Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques and Churches Are Also Burning
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2019
24 Apr 2019 – The Israeli army bombed the historic Al-Omari Mosque in northern Gaza. The ancient mosque dates back to the 7th century and has since served as a symbol of resilience and faith for the people of Gaza. As Notre Dame burned, I thought of Al-Omari too. While the fire at the French cathedral was likely accidental, destroyed Palestinian houses of worship were intentionally targeted. The Israeli culprits are yet to be held accountable.
→ read full articleGreat March of Return Is Palestinians’ Cry for Justice
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2019
3 Apr 2019 – The aims of the Great March of Return protests, which began in Gaza on March 30 last year, are to put an end to the suffocating Israeli siege and implement the right of return for Palestinian refugees who were expelled from their homes and towns in historic Palestine 70 years ago. But there is much more to the protests than a few demands, especially bearing in mind the high human cost associated with them.
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Enough of Western Interventions: Let the People of Venezuela Decide
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Feb 2019
13 Feb 2019 – The situation in Venezuela is dire, with children reportedly dying as a result of the lack of medicine and food. The country is also gearing up for a US military intervention and possible civil war. Considering that all such tragic predictions have already been witnessed in Iraq, Syria, Libya and elsewhere, South American leaders and the few sensible voices around the world must move to block any further US meddling, and allow the people of Venezuela, through democratic means, to determine their own future.
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Tales of Torture from Israel’s Prisons
Ramzy Baroud and Abdallah Aljamal – Al Jazeera,
28 Jan 2019
22 Jan 2019 – Earlier this month, Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced plans to “worsen” already horrific conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s jails. We asked six former inmates about their experiences.
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When Bolsonaro and Netanyahu Are ‘Brothers’: Why Brazil Should Shun the Israeli Model
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jan 2019
9 Jan 2019 – Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, is set to be the arch-enemy of the environment and indigenous and disadvantaged communities in his country and promises to be a friend of like-minded, far-right leaders the world over. A special friendship is blossoming between Bolsonaro and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel exports wars to its neighbors, war technology to the rest of the world, and should not be seen as the model to follow, but rather the example to avoid.
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‘Combat Proven’: Israel’s Thriving War Business in Europe
Romana Rubeo & Ramzy Baroud – Al Jazeera,
24 Dec 2018
Europe is increasingly sharing Israel’s racist approach to border security and adopting its deadly technologies.
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From Central America to Syria: the Conspiracy against Refugees
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2018
5 Dec 2018 – Watching the ongoing debate between liberal and right-wing pundits on US mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding chaotic situation in Central America. In fact, no other country is as accountable as the United States for the ongoing chaos and resulting refugee crisis.
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Israel’s $72m ‘War Chest’ to Fight BDS Arrives in Europe
Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo – Al Jazeera,
19 Nov 2018
14 Nov 2018 – The Israeli war on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement took a serious turn last year when Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated a largesse of about $72m to defeat the civil society-led campaign. But every Israeli attempt to discredit the Palestinian boycott movement is helping it gain more supporters. No amount of money could have saved the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa when it came tumbling down decades ago.
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‘A Cruel Choice’: Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2018
Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. “Popular terror,” is an Israeli army code for protests. The students, of course, have every right to protest, not just the Israeli military Occupation but also the encroaching colonization of the settlements.
→ read full articleWhy Israel Demolishes: Khan Al-Ahmar as Representation of Greater Genocide
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2018
19 Sep 2018 – Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sep. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located East of Jerusalem, are all-too-familiar. The strategic location of Khan Al-Ahmar makes the story behind the imminent Israeli demolition of the peaceful village unique amid the ongoing destruction of Palestinian homes and lives throughout besieged Gaza and Occupied West Bank.
→ read full articleThe Veiled Danger of the ‘Dead’ Oslo Accords
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018 – Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli ‘peacemaker’ is like the mythical phoenix, continually resurrecting from its ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea of a confederation between Israel and Palestine. Bizarrely, Beilin is promoting a version of an idea that was pushed by Israel’s extremist Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman.
→ read full articleWhat Lies Beneath: The US-Israeli Plot to ‘Save’ Gaza
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2018
5 Sep 2018 – With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades, constituted the legal and political foundation for the so-called ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict.’ It aims to create a new reality in which Israel achieves its strategic goals while the rights of Palestinians are limited to mere humanitarian issues.
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Mission Accomplished: Why Solidarity Boats to Gaza Succeed Despite Failing to Break the Siege
Ramzy Baroud – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
15 Aug 2018 – Between 2008 and 2016, 31 boats have sailed to Gaza from many destinations, all intercepted, their cargo seized and their passengers mistreated. The most tragic of these incidents was in May 2010 when the Israeli navy attacked the “Mavi Marmara” ship killing ten activists and wounding many more. Even then, the stream of solidarity boats continued to arrive, not only unhindered by the fear of Israeli retribution, but also stronger in their resolve.
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Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
25 Jul 2018 – Israel has made its choice and it is, unmistakably, the wrong one. The rest of the world must now make its choice as well, hopefully, the right one: standing on the right side of history – against Israeli Jewish Apartheid and for Palestinian rights.
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The Massacre of Inn Din: How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 – “In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? We are not fools.” — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein to a Burmese official’s claim that his country is not targeting Rohingya in a genocidal campaign but is defending the rights of all its citizen.
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Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis Is about to Worsen
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jul 2018
11 Jul 2018 – A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions among various European countries. Considering the gravity of the matter, Europe’s self-serving policies are set to worsen an already tragic situation.
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Stop the Wars to End the Refugee Crisis
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jun 2018
19 Jun 2018 – European politicians should confront the question honestly: what are the reasons for millions of people leaving their homes? They must then fashion equally honest and humane solutions. Put simply, they need to stop the wars to end the refugee crisis. Look at the facts.
→ read full articleThe International Community Should Not Stand by as Israel Abuses Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2018
13 Jun 2018 – What is taking place in Palestine is not a ‘conflict’. We readily utilize the term but, in fact, the word ‘conflict’ is misleading. It equates oppressed Palestinians with Israel, a military power that stands in violation of numerous United Nations Resolutions.
→ read full articlePalestine Is Not Occupied, It Is Colonized
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jun 2018
Israel has already, and repeatedly, violated most conditions of what constitute an ‘Occupation’ from an international law perspective.
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8 Things I Learned about Palestine while Touring 8 Western Nations
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2018
30 May 2018 – Interacting with hundreds of people and being exposed to multiple media environments in both mainstream and alternative media, I learned much about the changing political mood on Palestine in the western world and gained a good perspective on the ideas, perceptions, and attitudes of people in government, media, academia and civil society.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Premature Celebration: Gazans Have Crossed the Fear Barrier
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2018
23 May 2018 – ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’, White House officials announced, paying no heed to the ludicrousness of the statement when understood within the current context. Peaceful protesters were not threatening the existence of Israel; rock-throwing kids were not about to overwhelm hundreds of Israeli snipers, who shot, killed and wounded Gaza youngsters with no legal or moral boundary whatsoever.
→ read full articleEclipsing Factionalism: The Missing Story from Gaza Protests
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2018
10 May 2018 – Palestinians, disenchanted with factional division, are laboring to create a new political space, independent from the whims of factions; because, for them, the real fight is that against Israeli Occupation, for Palestinian freedom and nothing else.
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Media Cover-Up: Shielding Israel Is a Matter of Policy
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 – The term ‘media bias’ does not do justice to the western corporate media’s relationship with Israel and Palestine. The current disgraceful coverage of Gaza’s popular protests indicates that the media’s position aims at suppressing the truth on Palestine, at any cost, and by any means.
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Media Cover-up: Shielding Israel a Matter of Policy
Ramzy Baroud – teleSUR,
23 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 – Media spin will continue to provide Israel with the needed margins to carry out its violent policies against the Palestinian people, with no moral accountability.
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The New Cold War Is Happening in Africa
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2018
31 Jan 2018 – There is a new Cold War that is brewing and the African continent is slated to be its epic center. With China’s impressive rise as an economic superpower and Russia’s re-emergence as a strong military contender, the United States government is giving more attention on Africa.
→ read full article‘Whitewashing’ Genocide in Myanmar
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2018
30 Jan 2018 – Although the genocide of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar has gathered greater media attention in recent months, there is no indication that the international community is prepared to act in any meaningful way, thus leaving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded in border camps between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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‘Race Law’ Takes Jerusalem a Step Closer to Being a Jewish-Only City
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jan 2018
3 Jan 2018 – The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and precluding any future peace settlement based on sharing the city between Israel and a future Palestinian state.
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Palestine: It Is Time for a New Beginning
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2017
13 Dec 2017 – Now that the American mask has completely fallen, Palestinians require an urgent rethink in their own political priorities, alliances and national liberation strategy. Business should not go on as usual after Trump accepted Israel’s definition of Jerusalem as its capital.
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70 Years of Broken Promises: The Untold Story of Israel’s Partition Plan
Ramzy Baroud - teleSUR,
27 Nov 2017
Thousands of Palestinians were killed in the rebellion as they continued to reject the prejudicial partition.
→ read full articleThe Balfour Declaration Destroyed Palestine, Not the Palestinian People
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2017
11 Oct 2017 – Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. But the ‘promise’ made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’ to the leaders of the Zionist Jewish community in Britain one hundred years ago, was only honored in part: it established a state for the Jews and attempted to destroy the Palestinian nation.
→ read full articleThe Fight Ahead: 13 Questions about the Origins, Objectives and War on BDS
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2017
4 Oct 2017 – BDS stands for ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’. The BDS Movement was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity. Building on a decades-long tradition of civil disobedience and popular resistance, and invigorated by growing international solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, Palestinians moved into action.
→ read full articleAl-Araqeeb Village: Palestinian Bedouins Refuse to Surrender 116 Times
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2017
16 Aug 2017 – On August 1, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time. As soon as Israeli bulldozers finished their ugly deed and soldiers began evacuating the premises, the village resident immediately began rebuilding their homes. 22 families, or about 101 residents, are estimated to live here. By now, they are all familiar with the painful routine, considering the first round of destruction took place in July 2010.
→ read full articleIsrael vs. the United Nations: The Nikki Haley Doctrine
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2017
21 Jun 2017 – The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. Haley seems to truly think of herself as the new sheriff in town, who will “kick ’em every single time”, before riddling the bullies with bullets and riding into the sunset, along with Netanyahu. Since the Negroponte doctrine of 2002, thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Israelis were killed in an occupation that seems to know no ends.
→ read full articleThe Unwanted ‘Bride’: Can the 1967 War Offer Opportunity for Peace?
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2017
5 Jun 2017 – There is a saying that goes: “Be careful what you wish for, for you may get it.” This has been Israel’s dilemma from the very beginning. The Zionist movement, which held its first conference in Basel, Switzerland 120 years ago, wanted Palestine but not the Palestinians. They achieved this objective 50 years later, in what Israel termed as its ‘war of independence.’
→ read full articleFear as an Obstacle to Peace: Why Are Israelis Afraid?
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2017
24 May 2017 – Bat-Hen Epstein Elias’s long article on Iranian Jews is interesting. Parts of it, in fact, are heartwarming. Yet, despite the lack of any serious evidence, the story is entirely framed in the language of fear.
→ read full articleHow Israel’s Violent Birth Destroyed Palestine
Ramzy Baroud – Al Jazeera,
8 May 2017
As Israel celebrates the Palestinian Nakba as its triumphant independence on May 1, it is preparing for a massive celebration for the 50th anniversary of its occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Two dates are often used to frame the so-called Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Nakba Day on May 15 and Naksa Day on June 5.
→ read full articleNormalization under Occupation: How Israel Understands the Arab Peace Initiative
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Apr 2017
Trump assigned his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, an Orthodox Jew and a strong supporter of Israel’s rightwing, to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is controversial even in the eyes of some Israelis, due to his close association with extremist Jewish parties that labor to seize Palestinian Muslim and Christian properties in Occupied East Jerusalem.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Vision for the Future Is Terrifying – Doublespeak Abolished
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2017
15 Feb 2017 – Empirical historical evidence combined with little common-sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has in store for the Palestinian people: perpetual apartheid or ethnic cleansing, or a mix of both.
→ read full articleThe Uncomfortable Truth: Are We Hating Donald Trump for the Wrong Reasons?
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2017
Trump may be described with all the demeaning terminology that one’s livid imagination can muster: evil, wicked, tyrannical, misogynist, war-mongering, rich buffoon, ‘insulting our allies’, infatuating with ‘dictators’, etc. But do not miss the point. There is hardly a single bad deed that Trump has carried – or intends to carry out – that does not have roots in another policy championed by previous administrations.
→ read full articleIsrael Rejoices in Unbridled Colony Expansion amid Trump’s Havoc
Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2017
7 Feb 2017 – Within days of Donald Trump being sworn in, the Israeli government announced the approval of around 2,500 new housing units. Within the first two weeks of Trump’s presidency, the number of new housing units, all to be built illegally on Palestinian land, was raised to 5,500, including the first brand-new government-sanctioned colony in years.
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