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Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is the editor of PalestineChronicle.com. He taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story.

 Recent Articles

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    Tuesday Jun 18

    It’s time for another ‘Arab awakening’

    Resurrecting the nationalism of yesteryears may no longer be possible, but there is a compelling need for an alternative discourse to the intellectual extremism that seeks to justify the butchering of innocents in Syria

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    Tuesday Jun 4

    Mursi must remedy Mubarak’s Gaza policy

    It is time the Muslim Brotherhood government understands that Palestinians will continue to dig tunnels to survive if Cairo does not allow commercial exchange and humanitarian relief

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    Tuesday May 21

    Church of Scotland and Stephen Hawking challenge Israel

    Never before has Israel lost control over its carefully tailored narrative of military occupation and violations of human rights in Palestine as is the case these days

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    Tuesday May 7

    Of Boston bombings and twisted logic

    Hate-mongering is an essential component of ensuring that a largely uninformed public is always on board whenever the US is ready for yet another military adventure involving a Muslim country

  • Tuesday Apr 23

    Time for a credible narration of history

    Like Deir Yassin, many massacres of Palestinians are hidden beneath the fact that unless recognised by Israeli historians, to western audiences they never happened

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    Tuesday Apr 9

    The price of Tel Aviv’s ‘apology’

    Despite assurances by Turkey that its policies regarding Israel and the Palestinians remain as principled as ever, there is little doubt that a hasty shift is underway and this is causing much confusion and inconsistency

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    Tuesday Mar 26

    Post-Barack Obama visit, what’s left for Palestinians?

    To pretend that US President’s first trip to Israel was momentous is inaccurate media hype

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    Tuesday Mar 12

    World’s silence over Rohingya is deafening

    More voices must join those who are speaking out in support of the rights of the Muslims of Myanmar and their perpetual suffering must end

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    Tuesday Feb 26

    Ten years on, Iraq continues to bleed

    Considering Syria’s sadistic war, a manifestation of US vision has prevailed

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    Tuesday Feb 12

    What Palestinians can expect from Obama

    Without a real mechanism to force an Israeli change of course, little on the ground is likely to change as a new team takes charge in Washington

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