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Editorials
When Namibia Stands Up to Germany: Why the Global South is Rising for Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud So when Namibia took a strong stance against Israel’s largest military supporter in Europe – Germany – it did so based on Namibia’s total awareness of its history. The distance between Gaza and […]
Assassinating Humanity: Why Israel Killed the WCK Workers in Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud The latest killing of the internationals in Gaza was done to serve the same goal: ensuring that no aid distribution mechanism is allowed. Israel described its clearly deliberate killing of seven humanitarian aid […]
Israel’s Irremediable Defeat: On Tel Aviv’s Other Unwinnable War
By Ramzy Baroud In this scenario, all of Netanyahu’s political shenanigans, which served him well in the past, would fall short from allowing him to return to power. Historically, wars unite Israelis. Not anymore. […]
On Kuffiyehs and Watermelon: Revealing the Meaning of Palestinian Symbols
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Some symbols, although employed even before the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, became far more popular after October 7. Those who admonish Palestinian Resistance, armed or otherwise, have […]
Complicit in Genocide: Who Gave Israel the Murder Weapon?
By Ramzy Baroud Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the west are openly disowning its behavior in Gaza, weapons from various western and non-western countries continue to flow. Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since […]
Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy is Prolonging Gaza Genocide
By Ramzy Baroud How many more Palestinians would have to die for Biden to hear the chants of the people, ‘Ceasefire now’? When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as […]
On Du’a and Action: A Supplication for Gaza, and Humanity
By Ramzy Baroud 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. ‘All we can […]
To Save Israel: The US is Destroying the International System It Once Constructed
By Ramzy Baroud 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 […]
On Solidarity and Kushner’s Shame: How Gaza Revitalized Global Solidarity
By Ramzy Baroud 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. Jared Kushner, a former US official […]
On Hypocrisy and Genocide – How Gaza Has Exposed the West Like Never Before
By Ramzy Baroud 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 […]
End of Complicity: Time to Translate Words into Actions in Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud 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. Left to […]
Zionism and the Annihilation of Gaza: The Problem in Palestine is Not Political, but Ideological
By Ramzy Baroud All of this – the language of genocide, the genocide itself and the threats of committing a greater genocide – is rooted, not in a rational political theory, but in Zionism. The problem is not the absence […]
The Injured Gaza Boy and His Drawing: Do Palestinians Have the Right to Self-Defense?
By Ramzy Baroud It is interesting how the colonizers and the colonized continue to build relations and solidarity around the same old principles. On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on […]
Breaching the ‘Iron Wall’: How Palestinians Crushed Jabotinsky’s Century-Old Ideas
By Ramzy Baroud The fact that Israeli ministers and other leading politicians quickly began advancing plans for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza immediately after October 7, indicates that Zionism has never abandoned those early […]
Europe’s Moral Crisis: Is the EU a Direct Partner in the Israeli Genocide in Gaza?
By Ramzy Baroud This is not a simple case of Western double standards. Israel sees Europe as a lackey, though Europe, collectively, carries significant economic weight. Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the […]
As We Celebrate, Gaza is Disappointed with ICJ Ruling – This is Why
By Ramzy Baroud The following comments were presented by Dr. Ramzy Baroud, editor-in-chief of The Palestine Chronicle, at a private conference on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, held in London on January 27. The […]
Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank
By Ramzy Baroud This genocidal war continues to create opportunities for religious Zionism to acquire new followers, and to lay deeper roots within Israel’s political establishment. If what is currently happening in the occupied […]
The Inimitable John Pilger: The Warrior of Principled Journalism Has Passed Away
By Ramzy Baroud John Pilger 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. The first […]
100 Days and Counting of War: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall
By Ramzy Baroud 100 days of war on Gaza has taught us that superior firepower no longer influences outcomes when a nation takes the collective decision of resisting. Law number one in the ‘law […]
From Gaza to Congo: How Palestinians Became Victims of Zionist History
By Ramzy Baroud 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?
By Ramzy Baroud This article was written shortly before Israel assassinated the Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut on January 2. The assassination is a further illustration of the Israeli […]
Rage over Gaza: Washington Will Pay for Its Support of Israel
By Ramzy Baroud “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. A famous quote […]
Gaza, Saudi, Iran, Venezuela and More: Some of the Most Significant Geopolitical Events of 2023
By Ramzy Baroud All of these geopolitical shifts are likely to stay with us in 2024, leading to yet other significant changes to the world’s political map and, unfortunately, yet more conflicts, as well. […]
‘In a Roaring Flood’: How Israel Provoked October 7 Attacks, Yet Was Caught by Surprise
By Ramzy Baroud While Israel is determined to end Palestinian Resistance, the Palestinian people’s determination to win their freedom is far greater. The dramatic, earth-shattering events in Palestine starting on October 7 have taken […]
Urinating on Prisoners: How Palestinian Pride Canceled Israel’s ‘Politics of Humiliation’
By Ramzy Baroud 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 […]
Secret of Shejaiya – The ‘Brave’ Gaza Neighborhood that Israel Cannot Break
By Ramzy Baroud When Israelis claim that the only ‘solution’ to Gaza is displacing the Palestinians, they do not seem to have much knowledge of Gaza’s history. Shortly before Palestinian fighters killed and wounded […]
‘Let It Be a Tale’: Israel Kills the Storytellers of Gaza but Will Not Kill the Story
By Ramzy Baroud These storytellers were all killed by Israel, with the hope that the stories will die with them. But Israel will fail because the collective story is bigger than all of us. […]
Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia Ready for a Major Shift in Its Middle East Policy?
By Ramzy Baroud Time will tell whether Russia will be able to stake a claim and help define a new Middle East in the post-Gaza war. Gaza was among the main topics on the […]
Dying to Be Free: Releasing Palestinian Detainees is Not a Numbers Game
By Ramzy Baroud While Israelis see their captives, whether civilians or military, held in Gaza in terms of numbers, Palestinians approach the issue from an entirely different perspective. There is a reason why Palestinians […]
The Untold History of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence and Rebirth
By Ramzy Baroud What is taking place in Gaza now is but an episode, a traumatic and a defining one, but nonetheless, a mere chapter in the history of a people who proved to […]