Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Suddenly, Everyone Fears for Israeli Democracy

  
  October 25, 2022 15:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-10-23/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/suddenly-everyone-fears-for-israeli-democracy/00000184-00d3-de24-a1df-fbfb72a50000?

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published October 23, 2022

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• Palestinian Granny’s Plea Evokes Sympathy among many except Europe, America and NATO

  
  October 25, 2022 15:14

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-grannys-plea-evokes-sympathy-among-many-except-europe-america-and-nato/

   

  By Iqbal Jassat

  Published October 20, 2022

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• What makes a martyr? The proclamation of Patriarch Kirill and the question of sacred violence

  
  October 25, 2022 15:39

  Source: ABC Religion & Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/patriarch-kirill-and-the-question-of-soldier-martyrs/14086850?j=1962924&sfmc_sub=357522572&l=16567_HTML&u=58970504&mid=518000040&jb=1008&utm

   

  By Jonathan Zecher

  Published October 17, 2022

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• The question of violence

  
  October 25, 2022 15:28

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/the-question-of-violence/

   

  By MITCHELL PLITNICK

  Published October 22, 2022

   

  The use of violence is a tragedy, in all cases. But it is even more tragic to allow it only to an oppressor while forbidding it to the oppressed. 

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• Opinion | Racism Is Part of the DNA of This Place

  
  November 08, 2022 15:43

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-11-07/ty-article/.premium/racism-is-part-of-the-dna-of-this-place/00000184-4e3c-d91b-adcc-ee3fc5100000

   

  By Tamar Kaplansky

  Published November 7, 2022

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• All you need to know about Israel’s ‘override clause’

  
  November 15, 2022 14:38

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-israels-override-clause/

   

  By Amir Fuchs

  Published November 11, 2022

   

  With no integral checks and balances to the Israeli system, this so-called reform would leave human rights and minorities susceptible to abuses by the majority

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• How Ben-Gvir blows apart the ‘security’ story of Israel’s occupation

  
  December 06, 2022 23:13

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-ben-gvir-occupation-security-blows-apart-how

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published December 6, 2022

   

  What Israeli generals are really worried about is how little will change when two ultra-nationalist, religious settlers are put in charge of the occupation

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• How Palestine became a ‘forbidden word’ in German high schools

  
  December 06, 2022 15:52

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/germany-education-israel-narrative-palestinians/

   

  By Hebh Jamal

  Published December 5, 2022

   

  From textbooks to trips, Germany's education system is aggressively pushing a pro-Israel narrative hostile to any Palestinian dissent in the classroom.

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• Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter of food

  
  December 01, 2022 13:30

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/netherlands-agriculture-technology/?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere_trending_now&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&location=alert

   

  By Laura Reiley

  Published November 21, 2022

   

  The Netherlands has used advances in vertical farming, seed technology and robotics to become a global model 

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• Why the Nakba should never be forgotten

  
  December 06, 2022 23:41

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2211856

   

  By DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB

  Published December 6, 2022

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