The intentional misreading of UN security council resolution 1973 resulted in Nato’s predictably violent Operation Odyssey in Libya last year. The Logic of Unintended Consequences: The ‘Mess in Mali’ by Ramzy Baroud People from northern Mali march against the seizure or their home region by Tuareg and Islamist rebels, in the capital Bamako, April 10, 2012. [...]
Redefining Our Relationship to A People’s Struggle Hana Shalabi is every Palestinian woman. (Alternative News) By Ramzy Baroud (Based on talks delivered by Ramzy Baroud at Israeli Apartheid Week conferences in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, Canada – March 5, 6 2012) In the Winter 2012 Edition of Palestine News – published by the Palestine [...]
By Yousef M. Aljamal – Gaza, Palestine For the 7th week in row, the Center for Political and Development Studies, (CPDS) – a Gaza based think-tank – held a lecture via Skype with Palestinian and international activists, aiming at drawing attention to crucial issues related to Palestine. Palestinians have been misrepresented and defamed [...]
Media speak of right, left, center .. (Creative Commons) By Ramzy Baroud Regardless of who may rule Israel, little change ever occurs in the country’s foreign policy. Winning parties remain obsessed with demographics and retaining absolute military dominance. They also remain unfailingly focused on their quest to initiate racist laws against non-Jewish residents of the [...]
The UN must be reformed to live up to its own ideals. (UN) By Ramzy Baroud Theodore MacDonald was too ill to attend the launch of his book, Preserving the United Nations; Our Best Hope for Mediating Human Rights. Less than three weeks later, on March 7, 2011, the longtime champion of human rights [...]
Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh welcomes Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie before their meeting at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Cairo on Dec. 26, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany) By Ramzy Baroud There was an unmistakable hint of triumph in the comments made by Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the elected Hamas [...]
Picture of Tunis street after clashes between protesters and security forces. (AFP/Fethi Belaid, File) By Ramzy Baroud The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.While it is widely understood that revolutions endeavor to overthrow political structures and aim to change the social [...]
By Ramzy Baroud, Special to Gulf News According to various media commentators, the rapid Arab League mobilisation against Syria is proof of the organisation rising to an urgent collective responsibility against impending dangers. However, such an assumption is either misguided or misconstrued. The so-called Arab Spring has largely been credited for [...]
The Palestinian people are fed up with symbolic victories. (UN Photo/file) By Ramzy Baroud – Arab News When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to go to the United Nations to request the admission of Palestine as a full member, he appeared to have had an epiphany. Had he finally realized that for the past [...]
Palestinian-American journalist, author, There is now no turning back. By Ramzy Baroud As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests. Arabs may disagree on many things, but few disagree on the [...]
Now in Arabic Ramzy Baroud’s My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza‘s Untold Story’is now availabe in Arabic. The original English version of the book is available at Amazon,Amazon UK, Barnes & Nobles and Pluto. Learn More. Watch a short promo in English& Arabic. Now in Turkish Ramzy Baroud’s The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle is [...]
(Image Credit: Dana A. Shams, Gulf News) By Ramzy Baroud As the Baath regime attempts to quell an unprecedented popular uprising in Syria, it is doing so with a level of brutality that has far surpassed other Arab revolutions (with the exception of Libya). The barbarism of its response has characteristics of Israel’s cruelty in [...]
Palestinians chanting for unity. (Aljazeera) By Ramzy Baroud If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only be available when international donors find it in their hearts to make up for the huge shortage of funds currently facing [...]
