Common Grounds

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• A Ukrainian City Under a Violent New Regime

  
  May 18, 2022 17:48

  Source: The Newyorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/a-ukrainian-city-under-a-violent-new-regime

   

  By Joshua Yaffa
  Published May 16, 2022

   

  How the Russian occupation transformed life in Melitopol.

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• Palestine, Corbyn and the Labour left

  
  May 24, 2022 14:43

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/palestine-corbyn-and-the-labour-left/

   

  Phil Bevin writes in SKWAWKBOX

  Published May 17, 2022

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• Israel wants to be recognized as Jerusalem’s responsible sovereign. Tell the cops

  
  May 23, 2022 11:41

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-wants-to-be-recognized-as-jerusalems-responsible-sovereign-tell-the-cops/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-05-22&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published May 19, 2022

   

  The handling of Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral contradicted Israel’s claim to act as the capital’s wise and temperate authority. Those in charge have a lot to answer for

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• Nina L. Khrushcheva - Says More…

  
  April 21, 2022 20:28

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/say-more/an-interview-with-nina-l-khrushcheva-2022-03

   

  Published March 29, 2022

   

  This week in Say More, PS talks with Nina L. Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School.

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• The EU Goes After Russian Oil Sales to Europe—With an Eye on a Larger Target

  
  May 06, 2022 12:18

  Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/05/05/eu-goes-after-russian-oil-sales-to-europe-with-eye-on-larger-target-pub-87080?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buttonlink&mkt_tok=

   

  By Noah Gordon

  Published May 5, 2022

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• To Understand Putin, You First Need to Get Inside Aleksandr Dugin's Head

  
  March 24, 2022 14:04

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-to-understand-putin-you-first-need-to-get-inside-aleksandr-dugin-s-head-1.10682008?lts=1647804960100

   

  By Amit Varshizky

  Published March 17, 2022

   

  For Aleksandr Dugin, the most influential thinker in Russia, the war in Ukraine is a historic moment that will usher in a new world order

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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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• Zelensky Doesn’t Know the End of His Story. Churchill Didn’t Either.

  
  March 24, 2022 14:43

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/opinion/zelensky-churchill.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220324&instance_id=56553&nl=todaysheadlines&regi _id=69909790&segment_id=86412&user_id=f 9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By Andrew Marr

  Published March 23, 2022

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• Negotiating With Putin Is the Only Way Forward

  
  March 28, 2022 12:03

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negotiations-putin-ukraine-us-eu-only-way-forward-by-oscar-arias-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1b84672f3-sunday_newsletter_03_27_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-b1b84672f3-93791313&mc_cid=b1b84672f3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  
  By OSCAR ARIAS

  Published March 23, 2022

   

  If the Cold War powers could come together to complete the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the 1960s, and if Central America's warring parties could agree on settlements to end their conflicts in the 1980s, the same can happen today in Ukraine. In fact, there is no alternative to dialogue.

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