Common Grounds

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• Analysis | Abbas Got It Wrong, but Was Quick to Correct Himself: On Double Standards

  
  August 18, 2022 20:29

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2022-08-18/ty-article/.premium/abbas-got-it-wrong-but-was-quick-to-correct-himself-not-so-israel/00000182-ad44-d1f9-a59e-fd6c4e3d0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=42eec86fc4&lts=1660834046539

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  The Palestinian leader eventually walked back his faux pas, but Israel won't correct the injustices it causes the Palestinians every day

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• In Wake of Holocaust Comments, Israeli Defense Minister Defends Past Meetings With Abbas

  
  August 18, 2022 19:50

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-18/ty-article/.premium/in-wake-of-holocaust-comments-israeli-defense-minister-defends-past-meetings-with-abbas/00000182-b03f-d018-adae-b93f5d500000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=42eec86fc4

   

  By Sam Sokol

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  Benny Gantz, who has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas three times in the last year, refused to rule out further in-person meetings despite the former's widely criticized Holocaust remarks

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• Abbas faces outcry in Germany, Israel after Berlin remarks on Holocaust

  
  August 18, 2022 19:41

  Source: Arab Weekly

  https://thearabweekly.com/abbas-faces-outcry-germany-israel-after-berlin-remarks-holocaust

   

  Published August 17, 2022

   

  "For us Germans in particular, any relativisation of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. I condemn any attempt to deny the crimes of the Holocaust, ”  said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

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• Mahmoud Abbas’s lifelong falsification of Jewish history

  
  August 18, 2022 19:36

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/mahmoud-abbass-lifelong-falsification-of-jewish-history/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-08-18&utm_medium=email

  
  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published August 17, 2022

   

  The PA president’s remarks in Berlin reconfirm his abiding rejection of Jewish history – ancient and modern, in Israel and in exile. It’s why he has failed his people and ours

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• The Palestinian misuse, and Zionist abuse, of the Holocaust

  
  August 18, 2022 19:28

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/8/18/palestinian-misuse-and-zionist-abuse-of-the-holocaust

   

  By Marwan Bishara

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  Both sides are guilty of invoking the Holocaust to justify their positions. Mahmoud Abbas is only the latest to do so.

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• US Hypocrisy and Israeli Crimes

  
  August 23, 2022 15:17

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-hypocrisy-and-israeli-crimes/

   

  By Ron Forthofer

  Published August 22, 2022

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• Israel Raids Outlawed Palestinian Rights Groups' Offices in West Bank

  
  August 23, 2022 11:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-18/ty-article/.highlight/israel-raids-outlawed-palestinian-rights-groups-offices-in-west-bank/00000182-af5a-d1f9-a59e-ff7a07050000

   

  By Hagar Shezafv, Jack Khoury and The Associated Press

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared six Palestinian human rights groups terrorist organizations in 2021, however, several European countries claim Israel had failed to prove these allegations

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• Letter to Biden Administration Following Israel's Recent Actions Against Palestinian CSOs

  
  August 23, 2022 15:07

  Source: Human Rights Watch

  https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/22/letter-biden-administration-following-israels-recent-actions-against-palestinian

   

  Published August 22, 2022

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• Don’t hand power to dangerous people (even when they really want it) — a modest Buddhist proposal

  
  August 25, 2022 11:42

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/jonathan-gold-buddhist-proposal-for-keeping-sociopaths-from-pow/13787074

   

  By Jonathan C. Gold

  Published March 8, 2022

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• The geography of suffering and the colour of empathy: The implications of the Ukraine crisis for the future

  
  August 25, 2022 12:37

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/eyal-mayroz-ukraine-geography-of-suffering-colour-of-empathy/13790828

   

  By Eyal Mayroz

  Published March 10, 2022

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