The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 27, 2020 On Dec. 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spendin ...

Make Panama Great Again? (31 years ago this week) — Mickey Z.

A U.S. Army M113 in Panama — DoD photo by PH1(SW) J. Elliott (public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 17, 2020 (It’s been a while since I indulged my political history snark and this tim ...

Escalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 1, 2020 The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approva ...

Signs of Early Onset Activist Syndrome — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 6, 2020 In my very young days, I lived in a fourth-floor apartment in a five-story, pre-war, walk-up building. On the second floor, you’d find a ...

‘They Tried to Freeze Me to Death’: Torture and Resistance in Israeli Prisons | Mohammad al-Deirawi and Ramzy Baroud

Mohammed al-Deirawi and his wife Ghadeer. Credit: Middle East Monitor Mohammad al-Deirawi and Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 28, 2020 Mohammad Ibrahim Ali al-Deirawi was born on Jan. 30, 1978, ...

Virginia Beach, the Iranian Air Force, and the Sound of Freedom — Mickey Z.

Vintage postcard (public domain) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 26, 2020 Many, many years ago, me and three friends drove to Virginia Beach for a week-long getaway. Upon arriving, we stopped a ...

What Does Israel Have against Palestinian Singer, Mohammed Assaf? | Ramzy Baroud

Mohamamd AssafRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 25, 2020 Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer, Mohammed Assaf? On Oct., Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Part ...

The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- Ramzy Baroud Oct. 19, 2020 The outdated notion that China "just wants to do business" should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s p ...

European Hypocrisy: Empty Words for Palestine, Deadly Weapons for Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2020 In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While t ...

In Lieu of a Liberation Strategy: Palestinian Elections Are Designed to Buy Time | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 27, 2020 It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing P ...

Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 20, 2020 Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be ...