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The ‘Palestinian Revolt of 2021’ will go down in history as one of the most influential events that irreversibly shaped collective thinking in and around Palestine. Only two other events can be compared with what has just transpired in Palestine: ...

Monday, 17 May 2021, 6:16 am On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. It is called ‘Welcome to Bethlehem’. The mural, which quickly became popular in the town and on social media, was the work of a well-known Italian artist and photographer, Eduardo Castaldo. Castaldo, who is a cinematic and television photographer, is not your typical ar...

You are here Home » Opinion » Ramzy Baroud » Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah May 11,2021 - Last updated at May 12,2021 There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories - one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis.  The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Pale...

You are here Home » Opinion » Ramzy Baroud » Palestine’s moment of reckoning: On Abbas’ dangerous decision to ‘postpone’ elections Palestine’s moment of reckoning: On Abbas’ dangerous decision to ‘postpone’ elections May 04,2021 - Last updated at May 04,2021 The decision on April 30 by Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, to “postpone” Palestinian elections, which would have been the first in 15 years, will deepen Palestinian division and could, potentially,...

Bottom-up politics: Grassroots activism behind pro-Palestine shift in the US  Apr 28,2021 - Last updated at Apr 28,2021 At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian human rights.  Sanders believes that the US “must be willing to bring real pressure to bear, including restricting US aid, in response to mo...

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 7:02 am The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has been finally declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It will be made clear that Israel is a country with rule of law that knows how to investigate itself,” Netanyahu said in a statement on April 8. Subsequently, Israel “completely rejects” any accusations that it has commi...

Home » Opinion » Ramzy Baroud » Recognition of Palestine is ‘symbolic’ but also critical: The Australian case Recognition of Palestine is ‘symbolic’ but also critical: The Australian case Apr 13,2021 - Last updated at Apr 13,2021 Australia’s Labour Party’s(ALP) recognition of Palestine as a State on March 30 is a welcomed position, though it comes with many caveats. Pro-Palestinian activists are justified to question the sincerity of the ALP’s stance and whether Australia’s L...

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:56 am Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare a stance on whether they support or reject upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for May 22 and July 30. But there are no easy answers. The long-awaited decree by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last January to hold legislative and presidential elections in the coming months was widely welcomed, not as a triumph for de...

Mansour Abbas splinters Arab vote in Israel Mar 02,2021 - Last updated at Mar 02,2021 At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted the Arab body politic for many years. This time, however, the reasons behind the split are quite different. As Israel readies for its fourth general elections within two years,  scheduled for March 23, Israel’s Palestinian Arab voters ...

What is taking place in Burma right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismissal of the government by military decree and the imposition of Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of ...