Cognitive dissonance: perplexed US foreign policy is prolonging Gaza genocide US officials admit over 25,000 Palestinian civilians killed, yet shipments of weapons to Israel continue. But now Biden’s private frustration with Netanyahu is starting to become impossible to hide from the public, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Thursday 23rd Mar 2023 Kicked out of the African Union: how Israel fluffed 20 years of diplomatic efforts Claiming it would revitalise local economies and fight desertification, Israel was looking to make money and political friends – in Addis Ababa, that dream just came crashing down in spectacular fashion, reports RAMZY BAROUD
Thursday 02nd Mar 2023 The truth behind the UN’s condemnation of Israel’s illegal settlements If the US joining criticism of Israel's expansion into the West Bank at the UN sounds too good to be true, that is because it is — and Palestinians will not be tricked into celebrating this empty gesture, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Monday 23rd Jan 2023 A state for some of its citizens: captured black soldier’s saga highlights racism in Israel By Ramzy Baroud
Thursday 12th Jan 2023 What will happen after the ICJ delegitimises Israel’s occupation of Palestine? The world court is likely to rule that every Israeli action in Palestine since 1967 has been illegal – the strongest UN indictment yet. But don’t expect change under Israel’s new extreme-right government, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Wednesday 04th Jan 2023 The international community laments the end of ‘liberal’ Israel — but it was never a democracy The howls of outrage over the new far-right ministers are a form of whitewashing of Tel Aviv’s long anti-democratic history, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Thursday 22nd Dec 2022 Opinion The Lions’ Den umbrella group is not a fleeting phenomenon: Palestine’s looming armed revolt New militants who originated in a single West Bank city are now spreading, defying not only Israel but the Palestinian Authority. The popularity of a fresh armed revolt against the occupation now is undeniable, reports RAMZY BAROUD
Sunday 11th Dec 2022 The Nakba Day triumph: How the UN is correcting a historical wrong The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Wednesday 30th Nov 2022 ‘Deliberate ambiguity’ — Israel’s nuclear weapons are the greatest threat to the Middle East As Israel has descended further into right-wing extremism and away from sensible diplomacy, just what it might class as an 'existential threat' justifying the use of nuclear weapons is an increasingly terrifying prospect, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Tuesday 25th Oct 2022 End of the deal: by revoking its stance on Jerusalem, Australia isolates Israel, not Palestinians With Australia dropping former PM Scott Morrison’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, it is clear that Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ was not an irreversible historical event, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Thursday 15th Sep 2022 ‘Avenging Sabra and Shatila’ — Israeli massacres and Palestinian resistance When the survivors of one of the most infamous crimes against the Palestinian diaspora took Israel to court in Belgium, the US used its influence to block the case — but the struggle for justice does not end there, writes RAMZY BAROUD