Common Grounds

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• Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo

  
  April 23, 2021 13:32

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/04/19/breaking-israel-palestine-status-quo-pub-84167

   

  By ZAHA HASSAN,  DANIEL LEVY,  HALLAAMAL KEIR,  MARWAN MUASHER
  Published April 19, 2021

   

  A new U.S. approach should prioritize protecting the rights and human security of Palestinians and Israelis over maintaining a peace process and attempting short-term fixes.

   

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• ‘One system, one policy’: Why Human Rights Watch is charging Israel with apartheid

  
  April 28, 2021 11:13

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/hrw-apartheid-persecution-omar-shakir/

   

  By Amjad Iraqi

  Published April 27, 2021

   

  Israel has made it irrefutably clear it intends to make Jewish domination over Palestinians permanent between the river and the sea, says HRW's Omar Shakir in interview following landmark report.

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• It is necessary to be an anti-Zionist in order to reject anti-Semitism

  
  April 28, 2021 11:33

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210401-it-is-necessary-to-be-an-anti-zionist-in-order-to-reject-anti-semitism/

   

  By Asa Winstanley

  Published April 1, 2021

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• International law sides with Palestinian refugees. But can it solve their plight?

  
  May 04, 2021 16:46

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-refugees-international-law-review/

   

  By Sam Bahour 

  Published May 2, 2021

   

  A new book dives into the myriad laws that protect Palestinian refugees and their right of return. Its proposed solution, though, may be hard to swallow.

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• OPINION | Europe Beware! Biden Is Here and There Trumpian

  
  April 30, 2021 12:32

  Source: NRC News,The Netherlands

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/04/28/in-bidens-eerste-100-dagen-blijft-het-america-first-a4041654?utm_intern=nrc-web-reacties#reacties

   

  By Ko Colijn

  Published April 30, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  President Biden got off to a good start. But Europe must pay attention, says Ko Colijn*. The president draws his line. Sometimes it seems Trumpian.

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• Apartheid in Palestine and a Christ who stands on the other side of the wall

  
  May 19, 2021 13:58

  Source: Baptist News Global

  https://baptistnews.com/article/apartheid-in-palestine-and-a-christ-who-stands-on-the-other-side-of-the-wall/#.YKTeOagzZPY

   

  By Chris Conley

  Published May 13, 2021

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• Is Biden Sensitive to Growing US Criticism of Israel?

  
  May 20, 2021 12:24

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Merijn de Waal

  Published May 18, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

   

  The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is dominating world news - and is also occupying politics in Washington. In the meantime, the civil war in the Republican Party appears to have been resolved for the time being.

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• Don’t mourn a coexistence that never existed

  
  June 08, 2021 13:40

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/dont-mourn-a-coexistence-that-never-existed/

   

  Rami Younis writes in +972

  Published June 2, 2021

   

  After weeks of racist incitement, the Israeli media is suddenly talking about 'bringing back coexistence' — a paradise that was never even here

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• Recognize Palestine … then the negotiations can begin

  
  June 04, 2021 10:57

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1867501

   

  By DAOUD KUTTAB

  Published May 30, 2021

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• Absolving empire in Palestine

  
  June 08, 2021 13:51

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/4/absolving-empire-in-palestine

   

  By Ammar Rashid

  Published June 4, 2021

   

  What are the real reasons behind the US media and state institutions’ apparent pro-Israel bias?

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