https://znetwork.org/author/ramzybaroud/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/ramzybaroud/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-as-a-linchpin-six-reasons-why-netanyahu-is-prolonging-conflict-in-the-middle-east/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-as-a-linchpin-six-reasons-why-netanyahu-is-prolonging-conflict-in-the-middle-east/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:38:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293342 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded his visit to the United States, returning home after reportedly securing yet another round of political backing from Donald Trump. As with previous encounters, the meeting provided Netanyahu with diplomatic cover and strategic reassurance, reinforcing Israel’s ability to sustain its military posture in Gaza and across the region with limited [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-as-a-linchpin-six-reasons-why-netanyahu-is-prolonging-conflict-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-architecture-of-extermination-why-the-gaza-genocide-is-premeditated-and-repeatable/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-architecture-of-extermination-why-the-gaza-genocide-is-premeditated-and-repeatable/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:38:39 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292863 Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly eighty years of relentless massacres were not a prelude to this moment, and that Israel had never before sought the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-architecture-of-extermination-why-the-gaza-genocide-is-premeditated-and-repeatable/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-expelling-israel-from-eurovision/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-expelling-israel-from-eurovision/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:07:44 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292835 The term ‘hypocrisy’ is the most convenient term, but certainly not the most apt to describe the inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. We must search for other terms that could possibly explain why a country that has just committed one of the most horrific genocides in modern history is celebrated as a hub [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-case-for-expelling-israel-from-eurovision/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-three-narratives-gaza-as-the-last-moral-frontier-against-israels-policy-of-annihilation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-three-narratives-gaza-as-the-last-moral-frontier-against-israels-policy-of-annihilation/#respond Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:22:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292579 Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact. The first narrative belongs to the Trump administration, largely embraced [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-three-narratives-gaza-as-the-last-moral-frontier-against-israels-policy-of-annihilation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-gaza-resistance-ends-what-history-tells-us-about-the-palestinian-fate/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-gaza-resistance-ends-what-history-tells-us-about-the-palestinian-fate/#respond Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:57:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292291 US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is reportedly set to be announced before the year’s end. This news coincides with increasing reports that the US administration is serious about pushing forward the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire. However, many critical questions remain unanswered. How can a governing council be superimposed on Gaza when Palestinians are [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/if-gaza-resistance-ends-what-history-tells-us-about-the-palestinian-fate/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deliberate-contradiction-how-the-west-plays-dumb-and-kills-people-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deliberate-contradiction-how-the-west-plays-dumb-and-kills-people-in-gaza/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292019 First, let’s dissect this puzzle. On February 29, 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the House Armed Services Committee that over 25,000 Palestinian women and children had been killed by Israel in Gaza up to that date. Austin, the military chief of the Biden Administration, delivered a fact [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deliberate-contradiction-how-the-west-plays-dumb-and-kills-people-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unsc-2803-the-us-israeli-scheme-to-partition-gaza-and-break-palestinian-will/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unsc-2803-the-us-israeli-scheme-to-partition-gaza-and-break-palestinian-will/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291736 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will come at a price: more Palestinian deaths, extensive destruction, and the expansion of Israeli violence to the West Bank and elsewhere in the Middle East. The resolution, passed on November 14, 2025, was a consolation prize to Israel after failing to achieve [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unsc-2803-the-us-israeli-scheme-to-partition-gaza-and-break-palestinian-will/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-kill-zone-gazas-borders-after-the-ceasefire/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-kill-zone-gazas-borders-after-the-ceasefire/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291521 The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on October 10, the first day of the announced ceasefire, Israel transitioned tactics: moving from indiscriminate aerial bombardment to the calculated, engineered demolishing of homes and vital infrastructure. Satellite images, corroborated by [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-kill-zone-gazas-borders-after-the-ceasefire/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polishing-genocide-israels-desperate-war-to-erase-history/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polishing-genocide-israels-desperate-war-to-erase-history/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:59:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291242 Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the entire legacy of Israeli colonialism in Palestine and the Middle East. The perfect little story, built on myths and outright fabrications — that of a small nation fighting for survival amid ‘hordes of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polishing-genocide-israels-desperate-war-to-erase-history/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/verdict-from-the-people-why-the-gaza-tribunal-is-about-accountability-not-symbolism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/verdict-from-the-people-why-the-gaza-tribunal-is-about-accountability-not-symbolism/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290961 In the face of the international legal and political systems’ paralyzing silence and utter failure to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza, international civil society has refused to stand idly by. Instead, it continues to forge a path, presenting essential working models for what true justice in Palestine must look like. The latest, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/verdict-from-the-people-why-the-gaza-tribunal-is-about-accountability-not-symbolism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-the-unbreakable-bond-is-the-us-reclaiming-the-wheel-from-a-self-destructive-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-the-unbreakable-bond-is-the-us-reclaiming-the-wheel-from-a-self-destructive-israel/#respond Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:20:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290719 Has Donald Trump’s sharp rebuke of Israel in his October 23 Time Magazine interview fundamentally changed the calculus in the Middle East? His comments immediately sparked two opposing views: for some, his position represents the clear demarcation of a genuine shift in US foreign policy; for others, it is nothing more than a political ploy designed to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-the-unbreakable-bond-is-the-us-reclaiming-the-wheel-from-a-self-destructive-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-unvanquished-will-gazas-triumph-of-spirit-against-the-architecture-of-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-unvanquished-will-gazas-triumph-of-spirit-against-the-architecture-of-genocide/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:54:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290374 For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centers on two core principles: grief and defiance. Grief has characterized life in Gaza for many years, a consequence of successive Israeli wars, the unrelenting siege, and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-unvanquished-will-gazas-triumph-of-spirit-against-the-architecture-of-genocide/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cannot-fight-the-world-the-hidden-meaning-behind-trumps-warning-to-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cannot-fight-the-world-the-hidden-meaning-behind-trumps-warning-to-israel/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290078 A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel’s decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. “Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi,” [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/you-cannot-fight-the-world-the-hidden-meaning-behind-trumps-warning-to-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ramzy-baroud-palestinian-and-global-resistance-to-israeli-occupation/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ramzy-baroud-palestinian-and-global-resistance-to-israeli-occupation/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:03:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1289954 On October 6th, 2025, the Palestine Action of South Sound (PASS), a Palestine Solidarity group in Olympia, Washington organized a gathering for its members. They asked Ramzy Baroud to speak but he was out of the country. Instead, he sent a video highlighting Palestinian and global resistance to Israeli occupation and the ongoing genocide.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ramzy-baroud-palestinian-and-global-resistance-to-israeli-occupation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-sabra-and-shatila-to-gaza-the-vicious-cycle-of-us-israeli-peace-ploys/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-sabra-and-shatila-to-gaza-the-vicious-cycle-of-us-israeli-peace-ploys/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289913 The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza proposal,’ which appears to be little more than a veiled strategy to defeat the Palestinians and facilitate the ethnic cleansing of a significant portion of Gaza’s population. Since the start of the current [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-sabra-and-shatila-to-gaza-the-vicious-cycle-of-us-israeli-peace-ploys/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-defeat-of-israel-and-the-rebirth-of-palestinian-agency/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-defeat-of-israel-and-the-rebirth-of-palestinian-agency/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:28:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289870 For decades, the prevailing notion was that the ‘solution’ to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only dialogue can achieve peace” has been the relentlessly peddled mantra in political circles, academic platforms, media forums, and the like. A colossal industry burgeoned around that idea, expanding dramatically in the lead-up to, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-defeat-of-israel-and-the-rebirth-of-palestinian-agency/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/melonis-gaza-challenge-the-people-vs-netanyahus-cronies/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/melonis-gaza-challenge-the-people-vs-netanyahus-cronies/#respond Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:23:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289454 What is happening in Italy regarding Gaza is unprecedented in the history of solidarity between the country and any other international cause anywhere. A popular uprising is underway, the consequences of which are likely to alter, not only Rome’s position on the Israeli genocide in the Strip, but the country’s own political structure altogether.  To [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/melonis-gaza-challenge-the-people-vs-netanyahus-cronies/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-point-of-no-return-why-accountability-in-gaza-is-a-global-imperative/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-point-of-no-return-why-accountability-in-gaza-is-a-global-imperative/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289106 Every day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition among international bodies and governments alike. The latest indictment came from the United Nations Human Rights Council. “The Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have had and continue to have the genocidal [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-point-of-no-return-why-accountability-in-gaza-is-a-global-imperative/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy-2/#respond Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:15:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288849 In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem belated to the tens of thousands of lives lost in the genocide-stricken Strip, it is, nonetheless, critical for the future of the Palestinian cause. The political shift underway in Europe is a development of strategic [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:38:18 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288752 In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem belated to the tens of thousands of lives lost in the genocide-stricken Strip, it is, nonetheless, critical for the future of the Palestinian cause.  The political shift underway in Europe is a development [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-peoples-push-how-grassroots-solidarity-reshaped-spains-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-symbol-of-global-resistance-why-israel-fears-the-gaza-flotillas/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-symbol-of-global-resistance-why-israel-fears-the-gaza-flotillas/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:56:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288452 One needs only to examine the actions and rhetoric of the Israeli government to fully appreciate the profound significance of the solidarity flotillas bound for Gaza. As the latest and most significant of these efforts, the Global Solidarity Flotilla sets sail, Israel’s hostile discourse has intensified, articulated most forcefully by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-symbol-of-global-resistance-why-israel-fears-the-gaza-flotillas/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-global-awakening-how-people-power-is-reshaping-western-policy-on-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-global-awakening-how-people-power-is-reshaping-western-policy-on-palestine/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288195 Is it finally happening? Is the West turning against Israel? Or are we, whether motivated by hope or driven by despair, simply engaging in wishful thinking? The matter is not so simple. Last July, a significant number of countries and organizations signed the ‘New York Declaration,’ a strong statement that followed a high-level meeting titled, “Conference on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-global-awakening-how-people-power-is-reshaping-western-policy-on-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-price-of-genocide-how-us-funding-sustains-an-unraveling-israeli-economy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-price-of-genocide-how-us-funding-sustains-an-unraveling-israeli-economy/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:43:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287912 In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global has decided to divest from yet more Israeli companies.  Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is the world’s largest, with total investments in Israel once estimated at $1.9 billion. The decision to divest was taken gradually [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-price-of-genocide-how-us-funding-sustains-an-unraveling-israeli-economy/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-war-on-truth-why-are-palestinian-journalists-being-systematically-erased/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-war-on-truth-why-are-palestinian-journalists-being-systematically-erased/#respond Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:22:50 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287647 The killing of seven Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza on August 10 has prompted verbal condemnations, yet has inspired little to no substantive action. This has become the predictable and horrifying trajectory of the international community’s response to the ongoing Israeli genocide. By eliminating Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqeh, Israel [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-war-on-truth-why-are-palestinian-journalists-being-systematically-erased/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-arab-the-left-and-those-who-remained-silent-history-will-not-forgive-you/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-arab-the-left-and-those-who-remained-silent-history-will-not-forgive-you/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:31:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287332 The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international conspiracy of moral inertia and silence, will not be relegated to history as just another “conflict” or a mere tragedy. The Gaza genocide is a catalyst for major events to come. Israel and its benefactors [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-arab-the-left-and-those-who-remained-silent-history-will-not-forgive-you/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-verdict-of-history-how-political-calculations-betrayed-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-verdict-of-history-how-political-calculations-betrayed-gaza/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:53:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287062 The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide. However, the delay in publishing such an indictment is troubling and adds to an existing problem of politically motivated decision-making processes that have, in their own right, prolonged the ongoing Israeli war crimes. The [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-verdict-of-history-how-political-calculations-betrayed-gaza/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/critical-mass-achieved-why-the-world-can-no-longer-ignore-palestine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/critical-mass-achieved-why-the-world-can-no-longer-ignore-palestine/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:57:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286881 I rarely visit Rome without stopping at the Campo de’ Fiori to pay homage to Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher who, in 1600, was brutally burned at the stake by the Roman Inquisition. His crime was daring to challenge entrenched dogmas and to think freely about God and the infinite nature of the universe. As I stood [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/critical-mass-achieved-why-the-world-can-no-longer-ignore-palestine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-gazas-shadow-the-unseen-war-for-the-west-banks-future/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-gazas-shadow-the-unseen-war-for-the-west-banks-future/#respond Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:40:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286612 Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron (Al-Khalil) municipality of its administrative powers over the venerable Ibrahimi Mosque. Worse, according to Israel Hayom, it granted these powers to the religious council of the Kiryat Arba Jewish settlement, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-gazas-shadow-the-unseen-war-for-the-west-banks-future/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fragmenting-a-nation-israels-enduring-pursuit-of-palestinian-disunity/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fragmenting-a-nation-israels-enduring-pursuit-of-palestinian-disunity/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286351 Israel is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine’s future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the ‘day after’ its genocide in Gaza. The latest, bizarre iteration of this strategy proposes fragmenting the occupied West Bank into so-called ’emirates,’ starting with the ’emirate of Hebron.’ This unexpected twist in Israel’s protracted search for alternative [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fragmenting-a-nation-israels-enduring-pursuit-of-palestinian-disunity/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beit-hanouns-fury-how-gazas-obliterated-northern-town-defies-israeli-victory/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beit-hanouns-fury-how-gazas-obliterated-northern-town-defies-israeli-victory/#respond Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:01:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286174 As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu geared up for what was intended as a triumphant visit to Washington, commencing on Monday, July 7, 2025, Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades in Beit Hanoun were meticulously preparing their own stark counter-narrative. On the very inaugural day of the Israeli leader’s high-stakes diplomatic trip, the battalion launched a devastating strike, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beit-hanouns-fury-how-gazas-obliterated-northern-town-defies-israeli-victory/feed/ 0