Common Grounds

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• Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace

  
  March 29, 2022 15:09

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-israel-palestine-zelensky-support-disgrace

   

  By Asad Ghanem

  Published March 22, 2022

   

  In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle

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• From Israel to Russia, occupiers are remaking the world order

  
  March 29, 2022 14:52

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/edition/russia-israel-occupiers/

   

  By Haggai Matar

  Published March 27, 2022

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• Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel

  
  March 29, 2022 14:44

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ukraine-is-not-palestine-russia-is-not-israel/

   

  By Issa Khalaf

  Published March 24, 2022

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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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• 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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• Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: Financial Times 

  https://www.ft.com/content/7b341e46-d375-4817-be67-802b7fa77ef1

   

  By Max Seddon in Riga, Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv, Arash Massoudi in London and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv 

  Published March 16, 2022

   

  Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees

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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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• War in a World that Stands for Nothing

  
  April 21, 2022 20:07

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-ukraine-war-highlights-truths-about-global-capitalism-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-04?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=9c6fbe2bbc-covid_newsletter_04_20_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-9c6fbe2bbc-93791313&mc_cid=9c6fbe2bbc&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  Bu SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK

  Published April 18, 2022

   

  Vladimir Putin’s war engine is being sustained not just by European payments for Russian oil and gas but also by a complicit class of “lumpen-bourgeoisie” motivated solely by the trappings of material wealth. Ukrainians, and everyone else, are learning the hard way how global capitalism trumps democracy and human rights.

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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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