Common Grounds

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• The Grimmest Dilemma

  
  March 21, 2022 13:26

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/briefing/russia-ukraine-schelling-cold-war.html

   

  By David Leonhardt

  Published March 21, 2022

   

  The Biden administration is facing an old Cold War dilemma: Be weak or risk a world war.

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• Keep the Palestinian struggle out of Putin's war in Ukraine

  
  March 22, 2022 14:26

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220321-keep-the-palestinian-struggle-out-of-putins-war-in-ukraine/

   

  By Thembisa Fakude

  Published March 21, 2022

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• A Special Tribunal for Putin

  
  March 24, 2022 13:45

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/special-tribunal-putin-crime-of-aggression-by-murray-hunt-2022-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1e7df47bb9-op_newsletter_03_18_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-1e7df47bb9-93791313&mc_cid=1e7df47bb9&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By MURRAY HUNT

  Published March 11, 2022

   

  For many years, the international rule of law has been undermined not just by rogue dictators but also by the leading global powers. Against this ominous backdrop, Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine represents a new low – one that cannot be tolerated if there is to be peace in the twenty-first century.

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• Palestinian Authority caught between the U.S. and Russia on Ukraine

  
  March 22, 2022 15:07

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/03/palestinian-authority-caught-between-the-u-s-and-russia-on-ukraine/

   

  By RAMZY BAROUD

  Published March 17, 2022

   

  The PA has refused to condemn Russia following its invasion of Ukraine despite pressure from the Biden Administration. One reason for this is that joining the anti-Russia western chorus would further isolate an already isolated Palestine.

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• Refugees of apartheid: Why Israelis need to talk about Palestinian return

  
  March 22, 2022 14:43

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/refugees-of-apartheid-why-israelis-need-to-talk-about-palestinian-return/

   

  Yaara Benger Alaluf writes in +972 Magazine

  Published March 17, 2022

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• Palestinians Empathize With Ukrainian War Plight, but Not All Oppose Russia

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians-empathize-with-ukrainian-war-plight-but-not-all-oppose-russia-1.10680490?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=6ff55c3276

   

  The Associated Press

  Published March 17, 2022

   

  Dozens of Palestinian-Ukrainian families watch the unfolding war in Ukraine with trepidation, but Zelenskyy's support for Israel and historic ties with Russia leave the population split

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• Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war. Rightly so.

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/much-of-the-world-is-ambivalent-about-the-ukraine-war-rightly-so/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2022-03-17&utm_medium=email

   

  By Radha Stirling

  Published March 14, 2022

   

  There is a distinct sentiment across Asia, Africa and the Arab world that Europe is throwing itself into a disaster and that the international order itself is crumbling

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• Opinion | In the Ukrainian Crisis, Israel Looks At its Interests First

  
  March 11, 2022 11:40

  Source: NRC. NL

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/03/06/in-de-oekraiense-crisis-kijkt-israel-eerst-naar-zijn-belangen-a4097038

   

  Published March 6, 2022

  By Carolien Roelant

   

  Israel is being extremely cautious about the Russian raid on Ukraine. Israel doesn't want to rock the boat with Putin.

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• Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine

  
  March 08, 2022 16:54

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/navigating-our-humanity-ilan-pappe-on-the-four-lessons-from-ukraine/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published March 4, 2022

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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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