Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Zionist Protesters in Tel Aviv Forgot Their Palestinian Neighbors

  
  January 24, 2023 13:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-01-22/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-zionist-protest-forgetting-their-palestinian-neighbors/00000185-d614-da66-a1bf-ff9e27520000

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published January 22, 2023

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• Russia-Ukraine war: How the US paved the way to Moscow's invasion

  
  January 13, 2023 10:03

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-us-invasion-paved-how

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 10, 2023

   

  Nearly a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the western narrative of an ‘unprovoked’ attack has become impossible to sustain

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• Why does Israeli democracy matter, but Palestinian democracy doesn't?

  
  January 24, 2023 14:56

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230116-why-does-israeli-democracy-matter-but-palestinian-democracy-doesnt/

   

  By Motasem A Dalloul

  January 16, 2023

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• Is this Western war on Russia simply stupidity?

  
  January 27, 2023 11:40

  Source: Al Mayadeen

  https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/is-this-western-war-on-russia-simply-stupidity

   

  By Alastair Crooke

  Published January 22, 2023

   

  Not only is there no threat from Russia that is independent of American policy, but it is also the expansion of NATO to ‘meet the threat from Russia’ that creates the very threat that expansion was supposed to meet.

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• When Zionism splits: Israel and the warning from colonial history

  
  January 31, 2023 15:04

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/when-zionism-splits-israel-and-the-warning-from-colonial-history/

   

  David Hearst  writes in Middle East Eye 

  Published January 26, 2023

   

  The divide between the shock troops of the Zionist project to create a Jewish state and the Zionist mainstream has been swept under the carpet so many times. Today it's breaking out into the open

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• The myth of the ‘cycle of violence’

  
  January 31, 2023 14:48

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/cycle-violence-jenin-jerusalem/

   

  By Amjad Iraqi
  Published January 31, 2023

   

  Palestinians spotlight Israeli brutality to demand an end to their oppression;

  Israelis spotlight Palestinian violence to justify that oppression.

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• Trends of zionism in the domestic politics of Israel

  
  July 26, 2022 14:37

  Source: Global Village Space

  https://www.globalvillagespace.com/trends-of-zionism-in-the-domestic-politics-of-israel/

   

  By Muhammad Adam Khan

  Published July 21, 2022

   

  Zionism started by Theodor Herzl was a completely political organization that stressed political actions to establish a homeland for the Jewish people. Chaim Weizmann who became the first president of Israel was also a dominant figure in political Zionism. He was among the very first members of World Zionist Organizations.

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• How Ties Between Mizrahi Jews and Arabs Were Ruined – With Help From Ashkenazi Israelis

  
  November 01, 2022 13:14

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-10-31/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/how-ties-between-mizrahi-jews-and-arabs-were-ruined-with-help-from-ashkenazi-israelis/00000184-2929-dd56-adc7-6b2fb3e40000

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published October 31, 2022

   

  Scholar Hillel Cohen embarks on a journey to the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, offering in his new book a sharp indictment of the country's racist elites

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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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• 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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