Common Grounds

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• World War II Begins with Forgetting

  
  December 07, 2022 19:07

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/opinion/america-world-war-iii.html

   

  By Stephen Wertheim

  Published December 2, 2022

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• John Mearsheimer on Putin’s Ambitions After Nine Months of War

  
  December 08, 2022 23:06

  Source: The New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/john-mearsheimer-on-putins-ambitions-after-nine-months-of-war

   

  By Isaac Chotiner

  Published November 17, 2022

   

  The realist political scientist explains why Russia’s move to annex four Ukrainian provinces isn’t imperialism.

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• Apartheid Israel, Genocidally Racist Zionism & Key Existential Nuclear, Poverty & Climate Threats

  
  December 13, 2022 14:18

  Source: Countercurrents

  https://countercurrents.org/2022/12/apartheid-israel-genocidally-racist-zionism-key-existential-nuclear-poverty-climate-threats/

   

  By Dr Gideon Polya 

  Published December 7, 2022

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• How Israel targets Palestinian society through family separation

  
  December 13, 2022 15:44

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221213-how-israel-targets-palestinian-society-through-family-separation/

   

  By Wafa Aludaini

  Published December 13, 2022

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• Why the ‘second Nakba’ government wants to remake the Israeli state

  
  December 13, 2022 15:38

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/nakba-government-secular-liberal-zionism/

   

  By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury 

  Published December 9, 2022

   

  The far right’s crusade on secular liberalism is provoking mass opposition in Israel, but it cannot be separated from the state's anti-Palestinian mission.

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• Iran’s Conservative Tightrope

  
  December 14, 2022 16:08

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-protests-morality-police-abolished-by-djavad-salehi-isfahani-2022-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=804505bc83-sunday_newsletter_12_11_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-804505bc83-93791313&mc_cid=804505bc83&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspaylog

   

  By DJAVAD SALEHI-ISFAHANI

  Published December 6, 2022

   

  The Islamic Republic has been unable to quell the civil unrest that erupted three months ago, after Mahsa Amini died after being detained for violating hijab rules. While the regime has now abolished the morality police, the protesters have broadened their demands.

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• 'Israel' and Ukraine; two sides with one ideology?

  
  December 20, 2022 14:53

  Source: Al Mayadeen

  https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/israel-and-ukraine-two-sides-with-one-ideology

   

  By Fra Hughes 

  Published December 18, 2022

   

  It was the Russians who defeated Nazism in WWII, losing over 25 million of its people in the process. Without Russia, Europe would be today under the jackboot of the Third Reich.

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• Where to find hope

  
  December 20, 2022 15:27

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/12/where-to-find-hope/

   

  By MITCHELL PLITNICK 

  Published December 17, 2022

   

  It will take a long time for the Palestinian struggle to reach a tipping point. Not much will happen before it does, but the U.S. isn't the key to liberation. The Palestinian people are.

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• Israel: the end of all illusions

  
  December 20, 2022 15:14

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/israel-the-end-of-all-illusions/

   

  Chris Hedges writes in JVL

  Published December 13, 2022

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• Six major developments that shaped 2022 for Palestinians

  
  December 27, 2022 13:45

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/26/six-major-developments-that-shaped-2022-for-palestinians

   

  By Zena Al Tahhan and Maram Humaid

  Published December 26, 2022

   

  The UN called 2022 the deadliest year for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 16 years. Here are some of the year’s most important events.

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