Common Grounds

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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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• From War of Choice to War of Perseverance

  
  March 21, 2022 09:50

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/war-of-perseverence-in-ukraine-by-richard-haass-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=3777643288-sunday_newsletter_03_20_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-3777643288-93791313&mc_cid=3777643288&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspaylog

   

  By RICHARD HAASS

  Published March 14, 2022

   

  What could make the situation in Ukraine more ripe for a peaceful resolution? There are three potential sources of pressure that could be brought to bear on Russian President Vladimir Putin, but none is likely to induce him to negotiate seriously.

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• Analysis | Putin Is Stuck in Ukrainian Mud, but He Still Has a Nuclear Option

  
  March 21, 2022 09:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-putin-is-stuck-in-ukrainian-mud-but-he-still-has-a-nuclear-option-1.10686105?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ba4426f36a

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published March 20, 2022

   

  After 25 days of fighting, it looks increasingly likely that Russia's armored columns won’t be driving victoriously down Kyiv’s broad boulevards. But that doesn’t mean Ukraine will avoid even greater suffering

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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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• 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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• It’s Now Putin’s Plan B in Ukraine vs. Biden’s and Zelensky’s Plan A

  
  March 21, 2022 09:51

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/opinion/putin-zelensky-ukraine.html?campaign_id=225&emc=edit_nttf_20220320&instance_id=56252&nl=thomas-friedman&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=86063&te=1&user_id=f9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By  Thomas L. Friedman

  Published March 20, 2022

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• Will a Holy Land Confederation Help Resolve the Long Simmering Palestinian-Israeli Dispute?

  
  February 17, 2022 15:38

  Source: InDepthNews

  https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/the-world/middle-east/5087-will-a-holy-land-confederation-help-resolve-the-long-simmering-palestinian-israeli-dispute

   

  By Thalif Deen

  Published February 16, 2022

   

  Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said at a briefing to the Security Council in 2021.

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• Guterres lauds efforts of Israeli-Palestinian confederation plan authors

  
  February 17, 2022 14:40

  Source: Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-696282

   

  By TOVAH LAZAROFF
  Published February 12, 2022

   

  The UN Secretary General has been a strong advocate of a two-state resolution to the conflict and reaffirmed that stance at a recent meeting.

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• There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

  
  January 25, 2022 11:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-there-s-a-mass-palestinian-grave-at-a-popular-israeli-beach-veterans-confess-1.10553968

   

  By Adam Raz

  Published January 20, 2022

   

  The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender

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• 1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil

  
  January 24, 2022 12:15

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/1000-strong-multifaith-crowd-rallies-around-jewish-community-at-post-standoff-vigil/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-01-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By JACOB MAGIDJACOB MAGID 

  Published January 18, 2022

   

  Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion

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