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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...
Baroud: Reclaiming America: Democrats Must Truly Change Course
Znet Article, November, 25 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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Reclaiming America: Democrats Must Truly Change Course
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...
Baroud: Killing Hope in Beit Hanoun
Znet Article, November, 18 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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“God is greater than Israel and America,†was ...
Baroud: Treacherous Road to Oslo Begins Here
Znet Article, November, 11 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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Attempts to coerce Palestinians into submission have not always manifested themselves in the crude form of a tank, a bullet, the withholding of aid, or the denial of freedom of movement. These efforts were at times more imaginative and shrewd, thr...
Baroud: American Voters Must Not Reward Failure
Znet Article, October, 30 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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How critical is the situation in Iraq? It depends on who you ask and when. Common sense tells us that the situation th...
Baroud: Nuclear Dual Standards
Znet Article, October, 24 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The US administration’s double standards in dealing with the intensifying nuclear crisis in North Korea further strengthens the argument that President George W Bush’s colonial designs are either exasperated by the vulnerability...
Baroud: The Logic behind Rice's Grin
Znet Article, October, 15 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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In its struggle for the regional order it wants, the US is reaching new lows in its deceitful and disingenuous stance towards the Palestini...
Baroud: Palestinian Power-Struggle: Siege Within
Znet Article, October, 10 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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It is no secret that the Palestinian people have always struggled with the problem of impotent, self-seeking leaderships, who have historically invested far greater time fending for their own status and position at the helm — however worth...
Baroud: Risk of Misreading US-Iran Dispute
Znet Article, September, 30 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The ongoing war of words between US President George W. Bush and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, coupled with deluded western media misconceptions or intentional misrepresentations of the true nature of the escalating conflict, can be utterly misleadi...
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...
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, ...
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...
Baroud: The Real Terrorism Plot
Znet Article, August, 25 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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And yet another menacing terror plot was thwarted 10 August, with the arrest of 24 suspects, all British Muslims. It was an ominous conspiracy aimed at committing "mass murder" on an "unimaginable" scale, British authorities quickly concluded. US ...
Baroud: The Real Terrorism Plot
Znet Article, August, 23 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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And yet another menacing terror plot was thwarted 10 August, with the arrest of 24 suspects, all British Muslims. It was an ominous conspiracy aimed at committing "mass murder" on an "unimaginable" scale, British authorities quickly concluded. US ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Baroud: Re-Interpreting Iraq
Znet Article, June, 28 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war’s early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly ...
Baroud: Al-Zarqawi Death
Znet Article, June, 21 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The convenient emergence and sudden disappearance of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi signals an end of an era. Though Washington and London insist on telling us that the ‘good news’ don’t necessary mean an end to Iraq’s bloods...
Baroud: Trying Times for Palestinians
Znet Article, June, 19 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The political and ideological division separating Palestinian society in the Occupied Territories has metamorphosed into a formidable chasm, despite the urgent need to consolidate Palestinian national unity in this current crisis. And a time of c...
Baroud: Iran and US
Znet Article, May, 11 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice couldn't possibly have been more accurate when she accused Iran of "playing games" with the international community. Rice was specifically referring to an announcement made April 30, by the deputy head of ...
Baroud: National Sovereignty and Military Occupation Not Compatible
Znet Article, May, 06 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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In a seemingly poignant analysis of the situation in Iraq, BBC news online analyst, Jim Muir assessed Iraqi politics following the choice of Jawad Al Maliki as prime minister designate. Muir’s detailed analysis failed to even hint at the ...
Baroud: The Case for the Palestinian Government
Znet Article, April, 23 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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Responding to successive decisions made by the US, the European Union and various European and non-European countries to boycott the Palestinian Authority and deprive it of urgently needed funds, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh described...
Baroud: Imminent Decline of Empire?
Znet Article, April, 12 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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The miscalculated policies of the US administration in the Middle East are quickly depleting the country’s ability to sustain its once unchallenged global position. Winds of change are blowing everywhere, and there is little that Washingto...
Baroud: US Attitude to Hamas
Znet Article, April, 05 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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What is currently transpiring in the Occupied Territories is by far a worst-case scenario, ironically one made possible with the direct help of many Palestinians themselves. The democratically elected Palestinian government is now officially isola...
Baroud: The Jericho Prison Raid
Znet Article, March, 21 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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Could it be possible that the Israeli army raid on a Jericho prison on March 14 was done without careful coordination between Israel, the United States and Britain? Could it also be possible that the timing of the onslaught was equally innocent, o...
Baroud: Remembering Atwar Bahjat
Znet Article, March, 20 2006
Ramzy Baroud
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A few weeks ago I learned that a journalist who was one of my colleagues was kidnapped, then, five days later, released unharmed with his driver in Baghdad. I was shocked, then relieved. I somehow managed to find some humor in the not-so-humorous...
