Ramzy Baroud

It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary in how the West should behave in response to the Russia-Ukraine war. But does the centenarian politician have the answers? Every major global conflict that involved the US and its NATO allies in the past … Continue reading “Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West”

All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of "security" and "fighting terrorism." Israel’s biggest challenge throughout many of these wars was hardly the Palestinian Resistance, however steadfast and resilient. The challenge has always been Tel Aviv’s ability to kill many Palestinians, including … Continue reading “New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’”

Khader Adnan was not a "terrorist" with "Israeli blood on his hands," as pro-Israeli propagandists have been repeating in the news and on social media. If the former Palestinian prisoner, who died in his Israeli prison cell following 87 days of an uninterrupted hunger strike was, indeed, directly involved in armed resistance, the story would … Continue reading “‘My Family, My People’: How Khader Adnan Unified Palestinians From His Prison Cell”

The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese tensions in the Taiwan Strait. In fact, the US debacle in Iraq and the Middle East, and the humiliating retreat from Afghanistan were only signs of the decline in US power. Leading US … Continue reading “Winners and Losers in Sudan: On Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the Global South”

Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as the "Catastrophe," when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were made refugees and nearly 500 towns and villages were ethnically cleansed of their inhabitants in historic Palestine between late 1947 and mid-1948. The depopulation of Palestine carried on for months; in fact, years after the Nakba … Continue reading “Erasure vs. Sumud: How the Nakba Came To Define the Collective Palestinian Identity”

When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only. Indeed, neither Hamas nor the other Gaza-based groups engaged directly in the fighting. The war then raised more questions than answers. Israel rarely distinguishes between one Palestinian group and another. For Tel Aviv, … Continue reading “Losing ‘Deterrence’: How Palestinian, Arab Resistance Changed Rules of War With Israel”

By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. Netanyahu’s motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked Israel, starting … Continue reading “Quest for Religious War: How Israel Is Unifying Arabs and Muslims Around Palestine”

By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a "fascist homophobe." This declaration, which he made on January 16, should be enough to accentuate the violent nature of the new political concoction created by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last December. Though Smotrich is not the only politician in Netanyahu’s cabinet with … Continue reading “Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem Is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism”

The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: "We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza." That was the summary of a news report published on the … Continue reading “Victory Is Defeat: Palestinian Children’s Art Exposes Israel’s Cultural Genocide”

Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any UN proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is “very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure” undertaken by the Israeli … Continue reading “On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine”