( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian city of Rafah is not only older than Israel, it is also as old as civilisation itself. Rafah has existed for thousands of years. The Canaanites referred to it as Rafia, and Rafia has been almost always there, guarding the southern frontiers of Palestine, ancient and modern. […]
Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia ready for a major Shift in its Middle East Policy?
( Middle East Monitor ) – Gaza was among the main topics on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in the Middle East on 6 December. Some news reports referred to the trip as “rare”, especially since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022. We know that the situation […]
How Israel’s war on Palestinian History turned into a War on UNESCO
by Dr Ramzy Baroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine” complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence. The decision was […]
Palestinians welcome China’s new Middle East Role, but they want more than Mediation
by Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, however, mediation is hardly the issue. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between […]
Israel’s Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ that serves as a ‘homeland’ for all Jewish people, everywhere, does it not follow that the ‘struggle’, at least from an Israeli viewpoint, is essentially a religious one? If only […]
Netanyahu’s Remarks on Needing Palestine Authority should Prompt a major Paradigm Shift in Occupied Palestine
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is known to be against the establishment of a Palestinian state, but now he has made it clear that he wants to go even further. “We need to eliminate [Palestinian Arab] aspirations for a state,” he told the Knesset’s Foreign […]
The Irony of ‘World Refugee Day’: ‘Celebrating’, then blaming the Victims
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – 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 history of the Mediterranean. Only 104 people have been rescued from a boat that carried an estimated 750 refugees after […]
Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This is why Israel wants to reactivate E1 Plan
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1. Though Israeli construction in the East Jerusalem area has supposedly been halted under international pressure, the […]
Is China trying to supplant Washington as Peacemaker between Israel and Palestine?
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied Palestine were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law. Compared with the position of the US, which perceives the UN and the Security Council in particular as a […]
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