Common Grounds

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• Six major developments that shaped 2022 for Palestinians

  
  December 27, 2022 13:45

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/26/six-major-developments-that-shaped-2022-for-palestinians

   

  By Zena Al Tahhan and Maram Humaid

  Published December 26, 2022

   

  The UN called 2022 the deadliest year for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 16 years. Here are some of the year’s most important events.

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• Where to find hope

  
  December 20, 2022 15:27

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/12/where-to-find-hope/

   

  By MITCHELL PLITNICK 

  Published December 17, 2022

   

  It will take a long time for the Palestinian struggle to reach a tipping point. Not much will happen before it does, but the U.S. isn't the key to liberation. The Palestinian people are.

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• Opinion | As Crimes of Apartheid Worsen, the West’s Exceptionalism Toward Israel Must End

  
  December 27, 2022 14:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-12-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/as-crimes-of-apartheid-worsen-the-wests-exceptionalism-towards-israel-must-end/00000185-353f-de19-a3fd-b5bffce40000

   

  By Michael Sfard

  Published December 21, 2022

   

  Israel's new administration will be one that does not conceal its intention to preserve and further entrench the apartheid tyranny over the Palestinians, while fully cultivating Jewish supremacy as a political and legal credo

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• How not to fight antisemitism

  
  January 03, 2023 13:13

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/12/how-not-to-fight-antisemitism/

   

  By JONATHAN KUTTAB

  Published December 28, 2022

   

  The proper response to antisemitism is to increase solidarity with other oppressed groups, not demand support for Zionism.

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• As crimes of apartheid worsen, the West’s exceptionalism toward Israel must end

  
  January 10, 2023 14:10

  Source: Pearls and Irritations

  https://johnmenadue.com/as-crimes-of-apartheid-worsen-the-wests-exceptionalism-toward-israel-must-end/

   

  By Guest author Michael Sfard

  Published January 7, 2023

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• Thinking Less about Myself and More about Palestine: A New Year’s Eve Reflection

  
  January 03, 2023 16:13

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/thinking-less-about-myself-and-more-about-palestine-a-new-years-eve-reflection/

   

  By Paul Salvatori

  Published January 1, 2022

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• What 2022 taught Palestinians

  
  January 03, 2023 13:42

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/what-2022-taught-palestinians/

   

  By George Zeidan

  Published January 1, 2023

   

  The past year proved that Israel's impunity on the international stage knows no bounds. But looking ahead to 2023, there are still reasons to be hopeful.

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• Israel: the end of all illusions

  
  December 20, 2022 15:14

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/israel-the-end-of-all-illusions/

   

  Chris Hedges writes in JVL

  Published December 13, 2022

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• 'Israel' and Ukraine; two sides with one ideology?

  
  December 20, 2022 14:53

  Source: Al Mayadeen

  https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/israel-and-ukraine-two-sides-with-one-ideology

   

  By Fra Hughes 

  Published December 18, 2022

   

  It was the Russians who defeated Nazism in WWII, losing over 25 million of its people in the process. Without Russia, Europe would be today under the jackboot of the Third Reich.

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• World War II Begins with Forgetting

  
  December 07, 2022 19:07

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/opinion/america-world-war-iii.html

   

  By Stephen Wertheim

  Published December 2, 2022

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