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Baroud: Europe and the Middle East: Will EU Be a More Just Mediator?
Znet Article, October, 18 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East's most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willingness doesn't necessarily indicate readiness.
Baroud: The Palin- Biden Debate: High Time to Move Beyond Clichés
Znet Article, October, 11 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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One should rightly assume that the weight of the US financial crisis, the full impact of which is just beginning to unravel, and the widening military debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, would compel new thinking amongst leading US politicians. And ...
Baroud: Life after Bush: Forecasting Peace in Palestine
Znet Article, October, 04 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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President Bush sounded much less uncertain of his peace "vision" when he received Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Sept. 25. Certainly much has changed since the Nov. 2007 conference in Annapolis, Maryland, where Bush and his...
Baroud: Palestinian Economy: From Bad to Wretched
Znet Article, September, 29 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most wretched states, and the disaster is mostly, if not entirely manmade, thus reversible.
Baroud: Marathon for Children: Running for the Right to Play
Znet Article, September, 25 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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I was ecstatic as I read an email sent by a manager at a Canadian toy company. The company donates a large number of toys each year to inner city kids throughout North America, using various NGOs. A few years ago, they decided to ship several thou...
Baroud: Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?
Znet Article, September, 19 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as studying the possibility of imposing s...
Baroud: The Syria-Israel Peace Gambit
Znet Article, September, 14 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness for peace. In fact, while the discussions seemed concerned with the occupied Syrian ...
Baroud: Global Realignment: How Bush Inspired a New World Order
Znet Article, September, 06 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home, might devastate the US's world standing much sooner than most analysts predict. What was difficult to fore...
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...
Baroud: The Saakashvili Experiment
Znet Article, August, 22 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Just as the world's attention was focussed on China's Beijing Olympics, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on 7 August, invaded the tiny breakaway province of South Ossetia. The initial attack on the South Ossetian capital, Tskninvali, soon e...
Baroud: Family Politics and the New Gaza Crisis
Znet Article, August, 15 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Yet more haunting images of blindfolded, stripped down Palestinian men being contemptuously dragged by soldiers in uniform from one place to another. Yet more footage of bloodied men lying on hospital beds describing their ordeals to television re...
Baroud: United by Misery: Two Boys from Gaza and Nilin
Znet Article, August, 09 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Ahmed Moussa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohamed Bahloul is a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza City. The former was shot and killed 29 July by Israeli forces following a peaceful prote...
Baroud: Obama Joins the Club
Znet Article, August, 03 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs of relief. But what is ahead under the next US president; more of the same, regardless of who wins, or change?
Baroud: ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo’s Justice
Znet Article, July, 26 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbours, including Chad, which has played a dubious role in sustaining the seething conflict. Equally disgraceful is the politic...
Baroud: Revealing a Massacre, or Stating the Obvious
Znet Article, July, 21 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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For some folks interested in genealogy, tracing one's roots is a stimulating activity. It's immensely interesting and meaningful to learn where one's life started. DNA testing has made it possible to trace one's roots back many generations and the...
Baroud: A Kodak Moment: The Not-So-Historic Talabani-Barak Handshake
Znet Article, July, 12 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near Athens were it not for the moment when Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shook the hand of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
Baroud: Journalistic Imperatives: Saying What Others Mightn't
Znet Article, July, 05 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do not serve the cause of a free press. Outside as well as inside pressures and interests often compromis...
Baroud: On Humiliation, and Gaza’s Dying Children
Znet Article, June, 22 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a [tank] shell," Associated Press (AP) reported the next day. The Israeli military said the soldiers opened fire in retaliatio...
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.
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...
Baroud: John Hagee's Not-So-Bright Vision
Znet Article, May, 29 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The recent uproar surrounding Pastor John Hagee is only remarkable in the sense that it took so long in coming. The fundamentalist pastor of the 19,000-member Cornerstone "mega-church" in San Antonio, Texas has long shown himself to be not just an...
Baroud: Coexistence, Not Apartheid
Znet Article, May, 23 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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For the last 60 years, all those who have sought a genuinely peaceful and fair solution for Israel and Palestine have faced the same obstacle — Israel's sense of invincibility and military arrogance, abetted by the US and other Western governments...
Baroud: 60 Years of Denial
Znet Article, May, 17 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Don't ask for what you never had,' is the underlying message made by supporters of Israel when they claim Palestine was never a state to begin with.
Baroud: US Terrorism Report: Selective Data, Wrong Lessons
Znet Article, May, 10 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The data provided in the US State Department's annual terrorism report for 2007 points to some interesting if puzzling conclusions. The much publicised document, made available 30 April via the State Department's website, makes no secret of the fa...
Baroud: Beyond Media Revolutions: Is Arab Media Truly Free?
Znet Article, May, 07 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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On February 12, 2008, Arab League information ministers issued a communique outlining 'tough' guidelines for Arab satellite channels. The new guidelines specifically prohibited the broadcasting of negative reporting of heads of state, religious or...
Baroud: The Bomb Squads: How to Survive a Gaza Refugee Camp
Znet Article, May, 02 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Excerpts from Baroud’s upcoming book...
Baroud: Peace and Democracy must go Hand in Hand
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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After years of marked absence, the Bush administration has finally decided to upgrade its involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The announcement of a Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland has raised red flags for anyone wh...
Baroud: Articulating the Unprintable: Ramzy Baroud Discusses Media Response to His Book
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The silence has been deafening. Let me clarify: The Second Palestinian Intifada has received wide coverage in the progressive, alternative, Asian, African, and Arab media, and has been reviewed many academic journals, in print and online. But not ...
Baroud: Somalia: What the News Failed to Report
Znet Article, April, 26 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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The people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of suffering as Ethiopian forces wreck havoc in the capital, Mogadishu. Apparently in response to an attack on one of its units, and the dragging of a soldier’s mutilated body through the city’s...
Baroud: Mixed Priorities: Why Palestinian Unity is Not an Option
Znet Article, April, 25 2008
Ramzy Baroud
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Just days after the Hamas-Fatah clash last June in Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looked firm and composed as he shook hands with members of his new emergency government. He made sure his move appeared as legitimate as possibl...
