Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is editor of the Palestine Chronicle. His latest book is My Father was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story (Pluto Press).

Jenin is Just the Start: Did Palestinians Finally Bury the Ghosts of the Past?

The deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin on July 3 was not a surprise. Unsurprising also is the fact that the killing of 12 Palestinians, wounding of 120 more, and the destruction of nearly 80 percent of the Jenin Refugee Camp’s homes and infrastructure will not make an iota of a difference. Even Israeli Prime Minister … Continue reading “Jenin is Just the Start: Did Palestinians Finally Bury the Ghosts of the Past?”

Netanyahu: No Palestinian State and the PA ‘Works for Us’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just against the establishment of a Palestinian state, he wants to eliminate the very aspirations for such a state. This was the gist of Netanyahu’s remarks, made at a meeting of the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. They were reported in Israeli media on June 26. … Continue reading “Netanyahu: No Palestinian State and the PA ‘Works for Us’”

The Armed Revolt: Why Israel Cannot Crush the Resistance in Palestine

Numbers can be dehumanizing. However, when placed in their proper context, they help to illuminate wider issues and answer urgent questions, such as why is Occupied Palestine at the threshold of a major revolt. And why Israel cannot crush Palestinian resistance no matter how hard, or violently, it tries. That’s when numbers become relevant. Since … Continue reading “The Armed Revolt: Why Israel Cannot Crush the Resistance in Palestine”

‘We Will Not Surrender’: The Extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin

On June 19, a large Israeli military force raided the northern Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin from multiple directions. Not only did the raid fail, it backfired, and it also created a precedent in Israel’s decades-long war on the ever-rebellious Palestinian region. Israel killed eight Palestinians and wounded 91 more, following hours of … Continue reading “‘We Will Not Surrender’: The Extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin”

Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants To Reactivate E1 Plan

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. Though Israeli construction in the East Jerusalem area has supposedly been halted under international pressure, the Israeli government has found ways to keep the plan alive. It … Continue reading “Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants To Reactivate E1 Plan”

A Man Without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is Provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank

After signing a military decree on May 18, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement. The latter revelation was reported by Axios on May … Continue reading “A Man Without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is Provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank”

Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West

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”

New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’

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’”

‘My Family, My People’: How Khader Adnan Unified Palestinians From His Prison Cell

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”

Winners and Losers in Sudan: On Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the Global South

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”