Common Grounds

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• Vladimir and Volodymyr … Rulers of Peace?

  
  March 17, 2022 23:05

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/vladimir-and-volodymyr-rulers-of-peace/

   

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen

  Published March 18, 2022

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• Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war. Rightly so.

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/much-of-the-world-is-ambivalent-about-the-ukraine-war-rightly-so/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2022-03-17&utm_medium=email

   

  By Radha Stirling

  Published March 14, 2022

   

  There is a distinct sentiment across Asia, Africa and the Arab world that Europe is throwing itself into a disaster and that the international order itself is crumbling

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• Hypocrisy all round

  
  March 15, 2022 16:08

  Source: Weekly Worker

  https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1386/hypocrisy-all-round/

   

  By Moshe Machover

  Published March 10, 2022

   

  Moshé Machover highlights the selective condemnations of oppression and explains why Israel’s prime minister can pose as the peacemaker

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• The Evangelical Pope | Build a World Without Violence

  
  March 14, 2022 11:56

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, March 13, 2022

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• The Shift: The Double Standards of Western Media

  
  March 08, 2022 15:13

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-double-standards-of-western-media/

   

  Michael Arria writes in Mondoweiss

  Published March 4, 2022 

   

  The mainstream media is openly embracing armed resistance these days, just not for Palestinians.

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• What I Didn’t See as a Jewish Israeli

  
  March 08, 2022 15:34

  Source: Yes Magazine

  https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/07/israel-palestine-identity-sheikh-jarrah

   

  By Tzvia THIER

  Published March 7, 2022

   

  After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity.

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• Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine

  
  March 08, 2022 16:54

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/navigating-our-humanity-ilan-pappe-on-the-four-lessons-from-ukraine/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published March 4, 2022

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• Opinion | In the Ukrainian Crisis, Israel Looks At its Interests First

  
  March 11, 2022 11:40

  Source: NRC. NL

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/03/06/in-de-oekraiense-crisis-kijkt-israel-eerst-naar-zijn-belangen-a4097038

   

  Published March 6, 2022

  By Carolien Roelant

   

  Israel is being extremely cautious about the Russian raid on Ukraine. Israel doesn't want to rock the boat with Putin.

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• Palestinians Empathize With Ukrainian War Plight, but Not All Oppose Russia

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians-empathize-with-ukrainian-war-plight-but-not-all-oppose-russia-1.10680490?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=6ff55c3276

   

  The Associated Press

  Published March 17, 2022

   

  Dozens of Palestinian-Ukrainian families watch the unfolding war in Ukraine with trepidation, but Zelenskyy's support for Israel and historic ties with Russia leave the population split

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• Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: Financial Times 

  https://www.ft.com/content/7b341e46-d375-4817-be67-802b7fa77ef1

   

  By Max Seddon in Riga, Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv, Arash Massoudi in London and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv 

  Published March 16, 2022

   

  Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees

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