Common Grounds

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• Israel wants to be recognized as Jerusalem’s responsible sovereign. Tell the cops

  
  May 23, 2022 11:41

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-wants-to-be-recognized-as-jerusalems-responsible-sovereign-tell-the-cops/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-05-22&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published May 19, 2022

   

  The handling of Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral contradicted Israel’s claim to act as the capital’s wise and temperate authority. Those in charge have a lot to answer for

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• Five things the United States knew about the Nakba as it unfolded

  
  May 24, 2022 15:10

  Source: Middle East Institute

  https://www.mei.edu/publications/five-things-united-states-knew-about-nakba-it-unfolded

   

  By Josh Ruebner

  Published May 13, 2022

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• Israel Used to Be Beautiful. Then Came Zionism

  
  May 24, 2022 14:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-used-to-be-beautiful-then-came-zionism-1.10796712

   

  By Ofri Ilany

  Published May 12, 2022

   

  If the world's flora and fauna will need millions of years to rebound from the damage humanity has wrought on the planet, recovering from the ecological and aesthetic ravages of Zionism will take twice as long

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• Palestine, Corbyn and the Labour left

  
  May 24, 2022 14:43

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/palestine-corbyn-and-the-labour-left/

   

  Phil Bevin writes in SKWAWKBOX

  Published May 17, 2022

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• Why Israel refused Palestinian solidarity with Holocaust victims

  
  May 31, 2022 16:14

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-israel-has-appropriated-holocaust-service-zionism

   

  By Joseph Massad

  Published May 29, 2022

   

  Israeli Zionists have used the genocide for propagandistic purposes in asserting their 'right' to historic Palestine

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• Europe will always back Israel’s right to exist

  
  May 31, 2022 11:13

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/europe-will-always-back-israels-right-to-exist/

   

  By Roberta Metsola

  Published May 24, 2022

   

  President of the European Parliament: We firmly support a 2-state solution, with the secure State of Israel living beside an independent Palestinian State

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• Who’s winning the war for American public opinion: Israelis or Palestinians?

  
  May 31, 2022 15:53

  Source: Desert News

  https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/5/27/23142831/american-public-warming-to-both-israelis-palestinians-new-research-shows-pew-data-opinion-conflict

   

  By Mya Jaradat
  Published May 28, 2022

   

  The latest data from Pew Research Center shows that a majority of Americans view both Palestinians and Israelis in a favorable light

   

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• António Guterres: There is no alternative to the two-state solution

  
  December 07, 2017 14:52

   

   

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• Who Needs a Hegemon: Lessening the Impact of US-Induced Chaos

  
  June 07, 2022 15:05

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/who-needs-a-hegemon-lessening-the-impact-of-us-induced-chaos/

   

  By Ron Forthofer

  Published June 7, 2022

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• 60 Percent of Israeli Jews Favor Segregation From Arabs, Survey Finds

  
  June 07, 2022 14:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-06-06/ty-article/60-percent-of-israeli-jews-favor-segregation-from-arabs-survey-finds/00000181-351b-dee8-aba7-3d9fdfdf0000

   

  By Or Kashti

  Published June 6, 2022

   

  The support rose from 45 percent last year, before riots broke out in a number of mixed Jewish-Arab cities during the last round of fighting in Gaza

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