Common Grounds

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Is Ben-Gvir preparing a holy war against the Palestinians?

  
  January 10, 2023 15:24

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-ben-gvir-palestinians-holy-war-preparing-is

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 5, 2023

   

  By visiting Al-Aqsa, the Jewish Power leader showed he has the whip hand - and there are surely more provocations up his sleeve

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• As crimes of apartheid worsen, the West’s exceptionalism toward Israel must end

  
  January 10, 2023 14:10

  Source: Pearls and Irritations

  https://johnmenadue.com/as-crimes-of-apartheid-worsen-the-wests-exceptionalism-toward-israel-must-end/

   

  By Guest author Michael Sfard

  Published January 7, 2023

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• The Jewish path back to Israeli democracy

  
  January 10, 2023 14:50

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-path-back-to-israeli-democracy/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2023-01-05-2917892&utm_medium=email

   

  By Yossi Klein Halevi

  Published January 5, 2023

   

  I’ve been part of the Israeli story for too long to despair – sooner or later, this coalition of destruction will unravel

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• Russia-Ukraine war: How the US paved the way to Moscow's invasion

  
  January 13, 2023 10:03

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-us-invasion-paved-how

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 10, 2023

   

  Nearly a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the western narrative of an ‘unprovoked’ attack has become impossible to sustain

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• Opinion | Zionist Protesters in Tel Aviv Forgot Their Palestinian Neighbors

  
  January 24, 2023 13:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-01-22/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-zionist-protest-forgetting-their-palestinian-neighbors/00000185-d614-da66-a1bf-ff9e27520000

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published January 22, 2023

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