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Writer: Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo
An Iranian Retaliation is Coming: This is Why – ANALYSIS
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The matter has been resolved. Israel, in the words of the Iranian mission to the United Nations, will be “punished”. This punishment is not just the direct outcome of […]
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 […]
‘Who’s Driving’? – How Netanyahu Broke Israel up to Warring Camps
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo October 7 has complicated the political scene in Israel in ways that even the masterful politician, Netanyahu, could not handle. Who runs Israel? This is not an easy question […]
‘We Can’t Find Witnesses’: Israeli Police Contradicts NYT Report on Oct. 7 Sexual Assaults
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This failure comes after nearly three months of investigation by all branches of the Israeli police and military. Only seven days after the publication of what was meant to […]
‘Hannibal’: Is Israel Killing Its Own Captives in Gaza? – ANALYSIS
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The question imposes itself once more: Is Israel killing its own hostages as part of the Hannibal Directive? In a statement on Saturday, Abu Obeida, the military spokesman for […]
Step Closer to Victory in Gaza: Burns’ ‘Expansive Deal’ Could Only Mean One Thing – ANALYSIS
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Hamas’ position has not changed. The same cannot be said about Israel. The Israeli position, whether political or military, is that of confusion and contradictions. As soon as Al-Qassam […]
Ours is an Indigenous Struggle: How Gaza United the World
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo 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. For decades, […]
Mein Kampf in Gaza and ISIS Flags in Israel? Israeli Hasbara is Falling Apart
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo A whole generation, if not more, has already built a perception of Israel as a genocidal regime and no number of future lies, Hollywood movies or Maxim Magazine spreads […]
Why We Should Be Talking about Ain Al-Hilweh – ANALYSIS
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Starting on July 30, fighting erupted in Ain Al-Hilweh, one of the most crowded Palestinian refugee camps in South Lebanon. What is the bigger picture and why should Palestinians […]
When the Torturer is the ‘Savior’: Can BRICS, Global South Help Us Escape the West’s Hegemony, Contradictions
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Without downplaying the internal contradictions among the main countries that established the BRICS group or the newcomers, one cannot help but ponder a world without US-Western domination. At the […]
Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). […]
The ‘Principal Threat’: Time to Talk about the Palestinian Class Struggle
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On Monday, October 31, Palestinians in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Occupied East Jerusalem, observed a general strike. The strike was declared to be part of the community’s […]
Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and […]
The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance?
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo It should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. What truly […]
Banning of Palestinian NGOs: How Israel Tries to Silence Human Rights Defenders
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorist organizations’. Gantz claimed that they […]
Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On February 4, representatives from the Palestinian Movement, Hamas, visited Moscow to inform the Russian government of the latest development on the unity talks between the Islamic Movement and […]
Zionist War on Palestinian Festival in Rome is Ominous Sign of Things to Come
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo A Zionist-led war on a Palestinian cultural festival in Rome has exposed the fragility of the Italian political system when it comes to the conversation on Palestine and Israel. […]
‘Palestine is Still the Issue’: UN Vote Exposes, Isolates Canada
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The notion that ‘Canada is better’, especially when compared with US foreign policy, has persisted for many years. Recent events at the United Nations have, however, exposed the true […]
Will the ICC Investigation Bring Justice for Palestine?
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known, […]
What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and […]
What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied […]
Portugal Leads the Way: How European Countries Fared in Their Treatment of Refugees
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international […]
Will the Coronavirus Change the World? On Gramsci’s ‘Interregnum’ and Zizek’s Ethnocentric Philosophy
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The prophecies are here and it is a foregone conclusion: the post-coronavirus world will look fundamentally different from anything that we have seen or experienced, at least since the […]
The Mussolini-Jabotinsky Connection: The Hidden Roots of Israel Fascist Past
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo It is hardly surprising that Italian opposition leader, Matteo Salvini, has vowed that if he becomes Italy’s next Prime Minister, he will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. […]
The ‘Great Game’ is Afoot: Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom ‘out of the frying pan into the fire.’ US President Donald Trump and Israeli […]
Israel’s ‘Environmental Crisis’ Is of Its Own Making
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Gaza’s growing humanitarian crisis is finally registering in Israel as a pressing problem requiring “clear and immediate” action. However, it is not the impact of the crisis on the […]
Gaza Rallies for Caracas: On the West’s Dangerous Game in Venezuela
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of the besieged Gaza to show their support for the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela is struggling […]