Common Grounds

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• In Syria, the West’s humanitarian claims crumble to dust

  
  February 14, 2023 13:03

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/turkey-syria-earthquake-west-humanitarian-claims-crumble-dust

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published February 13, 2023

   

  The US said it wanted to free Syrians from a tyrant. Then it was willing to let them die of cold and hunger. The truth: for the West, Syria is only about power

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• The US’s empty commitment to a two-state solution

  
  February 14, 2023 14:19

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-uss-empty-commitment-to-a-two-state-solution/

   

  Jonathan Guyer writes in Vox on February 6, 2023

   

  An outdated policy stands in the way of efforts to defuse violence in Israel and Palestine.

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• ‘New Israel and Zionism Society’ of Exeter Wages War on Committed Scholarship

  
  February 14, 2023 13:22

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/new-israel-and-zionism-society-of-exeter-wages-war-on-committed-scholarship/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published February 13, 2023

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• Russia-Ukraine war 2.0: First tanks, then F16s...where does this end?

  
  February 17, 2023 11:04

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-first-tanks-then-f16s-where-end

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published February 7, 2023

   

  Increasingly, the war looks more like a feature than a bug of Washington's post-Cold War planning

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• America is 'deeply troubled', so what?

  
  February 21, 2023 14:28

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230220-america-is-deeply-troubled-so-what/

   

  By Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

  Published February 20, 2023

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• Israel Is Destroying the Fantasies of Liberal Zionism

  
  February 21, 2023 14:47

  Source: The Nation

  https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-liberal-zionism/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%202.20.2023&utm_term=daily

   

  By Saree Makdisi

  Published February 20, 2023

   

  Israeli apartheid is more obvious than ever, and liberal supporters of Zionism are being confronted with a reality that they have tried for so long to deny.

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• Israeli governmental map of West Bank erases Palestinian villages and cities

  
  February 21, 2023 14:55

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/israeli-governmental-map-of-west-bank-erases-palestinian-villages-and-cities/

   

  By Philip Weiss

  Published February 17, 2023

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• Opinion | Israelis Still Expect the Palestinians Will Surrender. They've Never Been More Wrong

  
  February 28, 2023 15:39

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-02-27/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/israelis-still-expect-the-palestinians-will-surrender-theyve-never-been-more-wrong/00000186-92f5-d716-a597-f6fdfb490000

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published February 27, 2023

   

  Israelis still falsely hope that their military operations will extinguish Palestinian opposition to living under occupation. Those army raids stoke retaliation, and they're the reason the Lion's Den militant group is so popular - they dare to take on the Israelis

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• The Problem with Israel’s So-Called ‘Crisis of Democracy’

  
  February 28, 2023 15:05

  Source: Counterpunch

  https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/the-problem-with-israels-so-called-crisis-of-democracy/

   

  By NEVE GORDON

  Published February 24, 2023

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• 'Truth, no matter what': Why watering down Palestinian reality is a crime

  
  February 28, 2023 15:51

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230224-truth-no-matter-what-why-watering-down-palestinian-reality-is-a-crime/

   

  By Dr Ramzy Baroud 

  Published February 24, 2023

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