19.5 C
Srinagar
Sunday, July 12, 2026

AUTHOR NAME

Ramzy Baroud

413 POSTS
0 COMMENTS

When the Torturer is the ‘Savior’: Can BRICS, Global South Help Us Escape the West’s Hegemony, Contradictions?

At the zenith of the mass protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, Twitter, Facebook and other Western-based social media platforms appeared to be...

‘Bread and Circuses’: Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction

‘Panem et circenses’, said the Romans - ‘Bread and circuses’. This maxim served the Romans well. In times of crisis and whenever they needed a...

A ‘Terrorist Onslaught’? This is why Netanyahu, Gallant blame Iran for West Bank violence

Despite their complicated and often uneasy relationship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant agree on one thing: Iran is...

Friend or Foe? Russia’s West Jerusalem Consulate is Very Worrying

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, a global cold war has also kicked in. As a strong ally of Washington and the home of...

Saviors and Villains: On Military Coups and Starvation: Is Western Media’s Perception of Africa Racist?

Racism goes beyond the use of certain words or the discriminatory practices of everyday life. It is also about political perceptions, intellectual depictions, and...

Palestinians Welcome China’s New Middle East Role, But It Is Not Mediation They Need

It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case...

US and Israel: Is the ‘unbreakable bond’ finally breaking?

Israeli President Isaac Herzog added nothing of great value in his speech at the United States Congress on July 19. His was the typical language....

From ICC To ‘Sportswashing’: West’s Self-Serving Narratives Must Be Combated

In March, the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) denounced what it described as the ‘imperialist bias' of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The denunciation of...

Burning of the Quran and the counter-offensive: Why the West is panicking

Desecrating, then burning the Holy Quran in Sweden has, once again, raised a political storm of condemnation, but also of justification, if not outright...

No Palestinian State And The PA ‘Works For Us’: Netanyahu’s Remarks Should Inspire Paradigm Shift

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just against the establishment of a Palestinian state, he wants to eliminate the very aspirations for such...

The Beloved ‘Cavaliere’: Berlusconi’s Death Will Not Resolve Italy’s Democracy Problem

"Berlusconi is there because others have failed." These words by Italian columnist Massimo Franco were made to the Washington Post in 2018, shortly before...

The Irony of ‘World Refugee Day’: ‘Celebrating’, then Blaming the victims

Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern...

Permanent Apartheid In Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants To Reactivate E1 Plan

The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion...

Neoliberalism, Geopolitics and Ideology: The Taming of Giorgia Meloni

Europe keeps reminding us that geopolitical interests trump ideology. European politics is the prime example of how states and political parties are willing to ditch...

China And Palestine: No To ‘Piecemeal Crisis Management’

Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable, in terms of their consistency...

Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West

It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary in how the West...

‘Not On Our Dime!’: Why US Democrats Are Growingly Challenging Israel

Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering,...

Led By China And India: On The Global South Efforts To Fix The UN

In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China’s foreign policy chief, Yang...

New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’

All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and ‘fighting...

‘My Family, My People’: How Khader Adnan Unified Palestinians from His Prison Cell

Khader Adnan was not a ‘terrorist’ with ‘Israeli blood on his hands,’ as pro-Israeli propagandists have been repeating in the news and on social...

Who Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed’?: European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel

A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message...

Winners and Losers in Sudan: On Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the Global South

The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese tensions in...

Erasure vs. Sumud: How the Nakba Came to Define the Collective Palestinian Identity

On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as the...

The Rise Of The South: Can BRICS Weaken The Dominance Of The IMF And World Bank?

Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF...

Quest for religious war: How Israel is unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine

By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime...

Lying about lying: Why we must revisit the definition of ‘Fake News’

The phrase 'fake news' continues to be deployed routinely in US politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and Democrats distrust media organizations...

Xi’s ‘Chilling’ remarks: A multipolar world offers challenges and opportunities to the Middle East and Africa

The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current...

Algeria’s Gas vs. Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem?

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on March 9, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv...

Silent In Ukraine: Weapons Perpetuate, Do Not End Wars

As is the case of long wars, the warring parties and their affiliated media in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have painted each other using uncompromising...

Mass Protests And False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court Is No Friend Of The Palestinian People

As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the...

Latest news