Common Grounds

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• I was in the BBC documentary ‘The Settlers.’ This is the part of my story they didn’t tell.

  
  May 13, 2025 15:14

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/i-was-in-the-bbc-documentary-the-settlers-this-is-the-part-of-my-story-they-didnt-tell/

   

  By Mohammad Hureini

  Published May 6, 2025

   

  I met Louis Theroux to share my story as a Palestinian under the constant threat of displacement. While the film is an important look into the Israeli settlers trying to erase us, there is one crucial part of our story that was left out. 

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• A Historic Hamas-US Deal – What are Its Potential Implications?

  
  May 13, 2025 15:21

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-historic-hamas-us-deal-what-are-its-potential-implications/

   

  By Robert Inlakesh

  Published May 12, 2025

   

  Do we employ Occam’s Razor and assume the obvious, or is the American President up to some broader agenda that is being shrouded in obscurity?

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• ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege

  
  May 20, 2025 14:49

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/gazan-children-starving-israeli-siege/

   

  By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Amer

  Published May 8, 2025

   

  With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.

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• Analysis | Trump Pushes to End Gaza War, but Netanyahu Resists for Symbolic Victory

  
  May 20, 2025 15:04

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-14/ty-article/.premium/trump-ups-pressure-to-end-gaza-war-but-netanyahu-isnt-ready-to-surrender/00000196-cdb2-df59-abde-efba60e50000

   

  By Ravit Hecht

  Published May 14, 2025

   

  After the U.S.-backed release of hostage Edan Alexander, Netanyahu quickly clarified it won't necessarily advance a broader deal. Meanwhile, his focus on defeating Hamas signals the ultra-Orthodox can forget about the conscription exemption law

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• Swift global intervention can halt Gaza genocide

  
  May 27, 2025 14:47

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2602227

   

  By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

  Published May 26, 2025

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• Preliminary Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Reached between Hamas, Trump Envoy

  
  May 27, 2025 14:24

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/preliminary-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-reached-between-hamas-trump-envoy/

   

  By Palestine Chronicle Staff

  Published May 26, 2025

   

  Washington is reportedly pressuring Tel Aviv to halt its Gaza offensive as Hamas signals conditional readiness for a long-term ceasefire.

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• Top genocide scholars unanimous that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: Dutch investigation

  
  May 27, 2025 14:33

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/top-genocide-scholars-unanimous-that-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-dutch-investigation/

   

  Sondos Asem reports in Middle East Eye on 17 May 2025

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• The war where women’s bodies lost their rights

  
  June 03, 2025 14:37

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-war-where-womens-bodies-lost-their-rights/

   

  By Mariam Khateeb

  Published May 19, 2025

   

  The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.

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• Israel's genocide in Gaza is a war on demographics

  
  June 03, 2025 15:56

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israels-genocide-gaza-war-demographics

   

  By Joseph Massad

  Published May 23, 2025

   

  Behind the mass killing and expulsion of Palestinians lies a strategic imperative: to restore Jewish demographic dominance across all territory under Israeli colonial control

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• Analysis | Performance, Punishment or Policy: What Would Recognizing Palestine Really Mean?

  
  June 03, 2025 16:14

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article/.premium/performance-punishment-or-policy-what-would-recognizing-palestine-really-mean/00000197-165c-de0d-a7f7-b67f167b0000

   

  By Dahlia Scheindlin

  Published May 28, 2025

   

  Nearly 150 countries have already recognized Palestinian statehood, with more in train. Opposing them are Israelis who dream of annexation, and even some Palestinians tired of symbolic declarations. Can the new French-Saudi two-state initiative break the mold?

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