Ramzy Baroud 's items

Europe and the Middle East: Will EU Be a More Just Mediator? (Ramzy Baroud)

Oct. 19,2008 (World News Trust) -- Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East's most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willin ...

Life after Bush: Forecasting Peace in Palestine (Ramzy Baroud)

Oct. 8, 2008 (World News Trust) -- President Bush sounded much less uncertain of his peace "vision" when he received Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas in Washington Sept. 25. Certainly much has c ...

Palestinian Economy: From Bad to Wretched (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most wretched states, and the disaster is mostly, if not entirely manm ...

Marathon for Children: Running for the Right to Play (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- I was ecstatic as I read an email sent by a manager at a Canadian toy company. The company donates a large number of toys each year to inner city kids throughout North America, ...

The Syria-Israel Peace Gambit (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness for peace. In ...

Olympic Follies and Triumphs (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- 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 foc ...

Obama Joins the Club (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs of relief. But what is ahead under the next U.S. president; more of the same, regardle ...

ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo's Justice (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 30, 2008 The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbors, including Chad, which has ...

A Kodak Moment: The Not-So-Historic Talabani-Barak Handshake (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near Athens were it not for the moment when Israeli Defence Ministe ...

Journalistic Imperatives: Saying What Others Mightn't (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do not serve the cause of a free pr ...

On Humiliation, and Gaza's Dying Children| Ramzy Baroud

(World News Trust) -- A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a shell," Associated Press reported the next day. The Is ...