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B’Tselem’s Historic Declaration: Israel’s Open War on Its Own Civil Society | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 24, 2021 “A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid,” was the title of a Jan. 12 report by t ...

The ‘Insurrection’ and Its Discontents: ‘American Exceptionalism’ Revisited | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- Politics Today Jan. 19, 2021 History is being written in the United States today. Even the most pessimistic about the prospects of American democracy have rarely ventu ...

Fearing the Palestinian Narrative: Why Israel Banned ‘Jenin Jenin’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 17, 2021 On Jan. 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation ...

2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 3, 2021 2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored "peace process." While 2021 will not reverse the monument ...

The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 27, 2020 On Dec. 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spendin ...

A Country in Turmoil: Why Netanyahu is a Symptom, Not Cause of Israel’s Political Crisis | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 20, 2020 It is convenient to surmise that Israel’s current political crisis is consistent with the country’s unfailing trajectory of short-lived ...

When the People Rose: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse around Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2020 Dec. 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, howe ...

‘Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process’: Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 6, 2020 No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President ...

Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 29, 2020 Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the United States, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people fr ...

The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change under Biden | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 29, 2020 Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nothing to worry about: the man who will directly handle America’s foreign poli ...

Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 24, 2020 Once again, Europe's top diplomats expressed their "deep concern" regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking ...