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Znet Article Baroud: Durban II: Politicizing Racism

Znet Article, March, 13 2009 Ramzy Baroud
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Many countries are set to participate in the Conference against Racism, scheduled to be held in Geneva, April 20-25. But the highly touted international meet is already marred with disagreement after Israel, the United States and other countries d...

Znet Article Baroud: Was Hamas the Work of the Israeli Mossad?

Znet Article, March, 06 2009 Ramzy Baroud
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While various Western governments are struggling to define a possible relationship with the Palestinian movement Hamas, some progressive and leftist circles are also uneasy regarding their own perception of the Islamic movement.

Znet Article Baroud: The PLO: Why an Alternative and Why the Panic?

Znet Article, February, 12 2009 Ramzy Baroud
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When Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared before a cheering crowd in Doha, Qatar, on January 28, the need for a new leadership, his words generated panic amongst leaders of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority as well as traditional Palestini...

Znet Article Baroud: Olympic Follies and Triumphs

Znet Article, August, 29 2008 Ramzy Baroud
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To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of rigorous training, proper gear, a particular diet, regular check-ups, mental focus and preparation, and a variety of gadgets depending on one's budget...

Znet Article Baroud: Legalizing Occupation: Bush’s Last Manoeuvre in Iraq

Znet Article, June, 18 2008 Ramzy Baroud
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When US forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the same frenzied scenario took place in Teheran, Damascus, and elsewhere.

Znet Article Baroud: Engaging Syria: Losing Ground

Znet Article, June, 06 2008 Ramzy Baroud
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On 21 May, media reports revealed that Israel and Syria were engaged in mediated peace talks in Turkey. Both sides sounded upbeat...

Znet Article Baroud: No Checkpoints in Heaven

Znet Article, April, 04 2008 Ramzy Baroud
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I still vividly remember my father’s face - wrinkled, apprehensive, warm - as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family’s home in a Gaza refugee camp wearing old yellow pyjamas and a seemingly anci...

Znet Article Baroud: Haider Abdul-Shafi: Passing Undefeated

Znet Article, October, 07 2007 Ramzy Baroud
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The recent death of Haider Abdul-Shafi could not have come at a worse time. Bearing in mind the grim shortcomings of the Palestinian leadership and the lack of any serious attempt to rectify the situation, the loss of this unique and iconic leader...

Znet Article Baroud: Countdown for Iran

Znet Article, February, 13 2007 Ramzy Baroud
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The relationship between Iran and the United States is one of peculiar temperament: intense but accommodating at times, barefaced and seemingly self-destructive at others. Currently, the latter estimation rings truer: the US naval military build ...

Znet Article Baroud: Aljazeera

Znet Article, December, 18 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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The launch of Aljazeera International on November 15, the English arm of Aljazeera Satellite Television was hardly an ordinary event. It was another notable addition to the growing global efforts aimed at counterbalancing American-European domina...

Znet Article Baroud: Hudna or Not

Znet Article, December, 08 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Palestinian groups have recently suggested a ceasefire, in exchange for a cessation of Israeli violence. Ehud Olmert responded with a conciliatory speech, cleverly timed with President Bush's arrival to Jordan on November 29 for a two-day conferen...

Znet Article Baroud: Democrats Must Truly Change Course

Znet Article, November, 25 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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The Democrats' ascendancy within the US Congress could signal the regaining by the public, of its country's direction The astounding results of the US Congressional elections of 7 November were undoubtedly a welcome sign of change, not in the Ame...

Znet Article Baroud: The Next Palestinian Struggle

Znet Article, September, 26 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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LONDON - An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement Sept...

Znet Article Baroud: Bush PR Campaign

Znet Article, September, 17 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Removed from reality, self-consumed and desperate, the Bush administration went on another PR offensive, in what is considered the “third most major public relations effort” in the last year. In his first of a series of speeches, ...

Znet Article Baroud: Kidnapped in Gaza

Znet Article, September, 11 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Two Fox News journalists, Steve Cantani and Olas Wing were released by their Palestinian kidnappers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, August 27. Just one day earlier, two Reuters’ cameramen were seriously wounded in an apparently deliberate Isr...

Znet Article Baroud: Extraordinary Precision

Znet Article, August, 09 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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A Sky News newscaster, interviewing British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Sunday, July 30 demanded an answer to this paraphrased question: if indeed Israel had precise intelligence that a Hezbollah operative was present in the village of Q...

Znet Article Baroud: More to Lebanon War than Meets the Eye

Znet Article, July, 24 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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At first glance, history seems to repeat itself in Lebanon, where a lengthy cold war is intermittently interrupted by an extreme show of violence as traditional players quickly sprint into action, stacking their support behind one party or the oth...

Znet Article Baroud: Why is Israel Back in Gaza?

Znet Article, July, 19 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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The disparity between Israel's public narrative and its actual intents cannot possibly be any more palpable than in the current Gaza onslaught following the capture by Palestinians of an Israeli solider near Gaza in a daring June 25 raid on a mili...

Znet Article Baroud: Racism Plagues Western Media Coverage

Znet Article, July, 13 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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Racism is "the belief that one 'racial group' is inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined as a combination of power, prejudice and discrimination." This is...

Znet Article Baroud: And Israel Shall Be Safe Again

Znet Article, July, 05 2006 Ramzy Baroud
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The June 25 Palestinian fighters' raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel "scrambling to defend itself," the voice of a BBC news reporter declared on the evening news. The report was followed by an unchallengin...

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