Common Grounds

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• ‘Our Nakba and Their Independence’: On the Problem with the Zionists’ Version of Two Narratives

  
  May 10, 2022 15:40

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/our-nakba-and-their-independence-on-the-problem-with-the-zionists-version-of-two-narratives/

   

  By Benay Blend

  Published May 5, 2022

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• The new Palestinian year: A mixture of myths and hope

  
  February 22, 2022 15:35

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220219-the-new-palestinian-year-a-mixture-of-myths-and-hope/

   

  By Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

  Published February 19, 2022

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• Israeli, Palestinian figures propose 2-state confederation

  
  February 17, 2022 14:28

  Source: aol.com

  https://www.aol.com/israeli-palestinian-figures-propose-2-060904875-162449396.html

   

  By JOSEPH KRAUSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Published February 7, 2022

   

  Israel Palestinians Confederation Plan

  
  Yossi Beilin, a former senior Israeli official and peace negotiator who co-founded the Geneva Initiative, poses for a photo at his house in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Israeli and Palestinian public figures, including Beilin and Hiba Husseini, a former legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team who hails from a prominent Jerusalem family, have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.

  (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)ASSOCIATED PRESS

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• Opinion | If Speaking Against Injustice Is Antisemitic, I'm an Antisemite

  
  February 15, 2022 15:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/if-speaking-out-against-injustice-is-antisemitic-i-m-an-antisemite-1.10600450

   

  By Akiva Eldar

  Published February 9, 2022

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• Blinken Calls Abbas to Talk U.S.-Palestinian Relations, Also Speaks With Israel's Lapid

  
  February 10, 2022 13:15

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-blinken-holds-rare-phone-call-with-abbas-about-u-s-palestinian-relations-1.10581012

   

  By Ben Samuels and Jonathan Lis

  Published February 1, 2022

   

  The rare phone call to the Palestinian president comes after recent increased direct contacts between Israeli and Palestinian leaders

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• 'Holy Land Confederation': Oslo Accords Architect Presents New Peace Plan

  
  February 10, 2022 11:36

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-holy-land-confederation-oslo-accords-architect-presents-new-peace-plan-1.10601495?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=15ea3dbd92

   

  By Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published February 9, 2022

   

  Veteran Israeli peace negotiator Yossi Beilin and Palestinian attorney Hiba Husseini suggest the creation of a confederation, with people swaps involving settlers and refugees, as a way to revive the two state solution

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• The person I should have been in unoccupied Palestine

  
  February 08, 2022 15:17

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/02/the-person-i-should-have-been-in-unoccupied-palestine/

   

  By REEM A. HAMAD

  Published February 3, 2022

   

  Reem Hamadaqa is 22 years old and has never left the Gaza Strip. Photos in an old family album are her only window to a Palestine she has never seen.

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• Opinion | We've Obsessed Over Our Past With No Clear Future in Sight

  
  February 10, 2022 14:45

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-we-ve-obsessed-over-our-past-with-no-clear-future-in-sight-1.10593703

   

  By Carolina Landsmann

  Published February 6, 2022

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• The Evangelical Pope | Love … A River Flowing Through Life

  
  February 14, 2022 12:15

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, November 1, 2020

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• Opinion: Another group recognized Israel’s Palestinian apartheid. How will the world react?

  
  February 15, 2022 15:05

  Source: Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/13/israel-palestinians-amnesty-international-apartheid-wil-the-wolrd-act/

   

  By Mariam Barghouti
  Published February 13, 2022

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