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Ramzy Baroud - Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?

By Ramzy Baroud • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as studying the possibility of imposing sanctions on quarrelling Palestinians.
“I am extremely angry with the Palestinian organisations… We are studying the measures to be [...]


Ramzy Baroud - Olympic Follies and Triumphs

By Ramzy Baroud • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Features, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, War

To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of rigorous training, proper gear, a particular diet, regular check-ups, mental focus and preparation, and a variety of gadgets depending on one’s budget. Ironically, the poorest countries in Africa have also produced some of the world’s best marathon runners.
I [...]


Ramzy Baroud - On Humiliation and Gaza’s Dying Children

By Ramzy Baroud • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Human Rights, Newswire, Palestine, War

A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. “Medics say the girl was decapitated by a [tank] shell,” Associated Press (AP) reported the next day. The Israeli military said the soldiers opened fire in retaliation against “militants launching rockets into Israel”. AP dispassionately elaborated that, [...]


Ramzy Baroud - Beyond Media Revolutions: Is Arab Media Truly Free?

By Ramzy Baroud • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Internet and Communication, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

On February 12, 2008, Arab League information ministers issued a communique outlining ‘tough’ guidelines for Arab satellite channels. The new guidelines specifically prohibited the broadcasting of negative reporting of heads of state, religious or national figures.
In following days, a massive campaign of denunciation, led by those who felt targeted by the new policy, joined by [...]