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Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion | Ramzy Baroud

Israel is accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: ActiveStills.org) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 3, 2021 The international uproar in response to Israel’s approva ...

The West’s China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior | Ramzy Baroud

Modern buildings in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin, China. (Photo: Alexander Needham, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 2, 2021 “Could Chin ...

Jerusalem’s ‘Liveliest Parties’: Has Biden Proved Different from Trump on Palestine? | Ramzy Baroud

Trump Obama Biden Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 27, 2021 When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, ...

Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa | Ramzy Baroud

The Ennahda group at the Tunisian Constituent Assembly in 2011. (Photo: Parti Mouvement Ennahdha, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 25, 2012 When the news circulated that M ...

The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney’s Decision to Boycott Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Best-selling and award-winning Irish novelist Sally Rooney. (Photo: Video Grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2021 The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winnin ...

Empty Gestures or Substantive Change? On the Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Discontents | Ramzy Baroud

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. (Photo: Palfest, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 18, 2021 The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel ...

Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

A fishing boat carrying refugees dock in Lampedus, Italy. (Photo: Vito Manzari, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2021 Language is politics and politics is power. This ...

The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided | Ramzy Baroud

Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub attends by video conference a meeting with deputy Hamas chief Saleh Arouri. (Photo: Video Grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 29, 2021 The political divis ...

Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban? | Ramzy Baroud

Taliban fighters. (Photo: Isafmedia, via Wikimedia Commons) On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2021 An urgent task awaits us: Considering the progress ...

Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul International Airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidat ...

One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on Sept. 6, tunneled their way o ...