From Gaza to the West Bank: Israel’s Unyielding War Machine
"A year of combat"—this is how Israel's new Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, described 2025 at a conference organized by the Israeli ministry of defense. The exact sentence, translated from…
Ramzy Baroud
The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure
The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on January 27 felt as if history was choreographing one of its most earth-shattering events in recent memory.…
Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath
The problem with political analysis is that it often lacks historical perspective and is mostly limited to recent events. The current analysis of the Israeli war on Gaza falls victim…
The Gaza Genocide: The Fall of Israel’s Immunity
A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to escape justice in Brazil. Vagdani was accused by…
Israel Destroyed Gaza ‘for Generations to Come’ and the World Stayed Silent
The first official reference to Gaza becoming increasingly uninhabitable was made by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2012, when the population of the Gaza Strip…
A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and Unanswered Questions
The story of the Israeli war on Gaza can be epitomized in the story of the Israeli war on Beit Lahia, a small Palestinian town in the northern part of…
Israel to Annex the West Bank – Why Now? And What are the Likely Scenarios?
Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road to Palestinian freedom and will likely serve as…
Unity Above Else: The Only Road to the Liberation of Palestine
A new kind of unity around Palestine is finally finding its way to the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide. The reason behind this unity is obvious: Gaza. The world’s first live-streamed…
‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’ – Israel’s Extremists Have a Plan for the Day after the Genocide
Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza border region, on October 20-21.…
‘Terrorist Organization’? What’s Behind the Israeli War on UNRWA
Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake. But striking over 120 schools, killing and wounding thousands of civilians sheltered…
Dear West: Your ‘Age of Monsters’ Has Begun
Antonio Gramsci was not a professional philosopher. His intellect was refreshingly situated within an inherent bias towards the common people, the 'subaltern' classes, particularly the working class. He argued that…
Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy is Prolonging Gaza Genocide
When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen. These terrible things are,…
Words vs. Action: A Supplication for Gaza, and Humanity
‘All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who feel helpless before the Israeli genocide in Gaza. …
‘Two-State Solution’ as a Distraction – The Problem is Zionism
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to…
Breaching the ‘Iron Wall’: How Palestinians Crushed Jabotinsky’s Century-Old Ideas
It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”. Feiglin’s comments were made…
History, Olive Trees and Football: What Keeps Palestinians Strong
Despite the horrific war in Gaza and the unprecedented number of casualties, millions of Palestinians in the Middle East and around the world took a brief respite from their collective…
Europe Exposed: Is the EU a Direct Partner in the Israeli Genocide in Gaza?
Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a genocide. In fact, Europe remained silent when the…
Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank
If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our attention would have been completely fixated on that region in Palestine. The ongoing…
John Pilger, a Friend of Palestine and All Oppressed Nations, Has Passed Away
The first and the last time I met John Pilger in person was in 2018. I was invited to deliver a speech at the NSW Parliament in Sydney, Australia. Among…
100 Days of War and Resistance: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall
Law number one in the ‘law of holes’, is that “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Law number two, “if you are not digging, you are still…
From Gaza to Congo: On Zionism and the Unlearned History of Genocide
Thousands of miles separate Uganda and Congo from the Gaza Strip, but these places are connected to Palestine in ways that traditional geopolitical analyses would fail to explain. On January…
A ‘Genocidal Maniac’: What is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?
This article was written shortly before Israel assassinated the Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut on January 2. The assassination is a further illustration of the…
Rage over Gaza: Washington Will Pay for Its Support of Israel
A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, “Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.” The same…
Gaza, Saudi, Iran, Venezuela and More: Some of the Most Significant Geopolitical Events of 2023
It would have been outlandish to suggest that a small region like Gaza, seemingly bereft of significant natural resources, political will of its own, and let alone sovereignty, would become…
‘We Will Come to You in a Roaring Flood’: The Untold Story of the October 7 Attacks
The dramatic, earth-shattering events in Palestine starting on October 7 have taken many people by surprise. However, attentive observers are not. Few expected that Palestinian fighters would be parachuting into…
‘Let It Be a Tale’: On Refaat Alareer and the Martyrdom of the Gaza Intellectual
What is taking place in Gaza is meant for the history books: an epic tale of a small nation under a long, brutal siege for many years, facing one of…
Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia Ready for a Major Shift in its Middle East Policy?
Gaza was among the main topics on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in the Middle East region on Wednesday, December 6. Some news reports referred…
Dying to Be Free: Releasing Palestinian Captives is Not a Numbers Game
There is a reason why Palestinians are keen on releasing their prisoners, despite the heavy price they continue to pay for their freedom. It may seem rational to ask the…
History of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence and Rebirth
Those unfamiliar with Gaza and its history are likely to always associate Gaza with destruction, rubble and Israeli genocide. And they can hardly be blamed. On November 3, the…
United for Gaza: Time Now for Palestinians to Protect Their Collective Sumud
Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on Gaza, the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, Pedro Sanchez and Alexander De Croo, appeared in a joint…
One Small, Red Triangle: Palestine, We Are Finally Looking
Did you know that there was an international conference held in France on November 9 under the title ‘International Humanitarian Conference for Gaza’s Civilian Population’? According to the French foreign…
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