Common Grounds
A civic Zionist’s powerful vision of a truly democratic Israel for all its citizens
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
David B Green writes in Haaretz on 8 March 2023
If this is the time for a paradigm shift in the nature of Israel’s political regime, social entrepreneur Shuli Dichter’s ideas have a great deal to contribute – as revealed in his just-translated memoir
Read MoreIsraeli occupation in Palestine must end as violence escalates
Source: Daily Sabah
By NAJLA M. SHAHWAN
Published March 16, 2023
As the occupation is 'eating away' both Israeli and Palestinian societies, Volker Turk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said 'the violence and tragedy in Palestine must end'
Read MoreNetanyahu's visit is a reminder that Israel's hard-right regime has much in common with our own
Source: Morning Star
By Morning Star Editorial
Published March 24, 2023
Read MoreThe Holy Land And Us: BBC Nakba series obscures ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Source: Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-nakba-series-palestine-ethnic-cleansing-obscures
Published March 22, 2023
The documentary hides the real villains: Western governments that left Jews with only one credible escape route from European antisemitism, by dispossessing Palestinians
Read MoreA Palestinian prisoner’s letter to his Israeli occupiers
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/tareq-barghout-prison-letter/
By Tareq Barghouth
Published March 23, 2023
Do I regret my imprisonment after being convicted of carrying out attacks? That’s complicated. I do regret one thing: letting them push me into a corner.
Read MoreTHE COVER-UP
Source: Seymour Hersh
By Seymour Hersh
Published March 22, 2023
The Biden Administration continues to conceal its responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines
Read MoreAsian leader warns Putin warrant could spark nuclear war
Source: RT
https://www.rt.com/news/573283-putin-warrant-nuclear-war/
By RT Staff
Published March 20, 2023
The ICC action against the Russian president could lead to dire implications in Europe and elsewhere, Cambodian PM Hun Sen believes
Read MoreOpinion | Who Cares if Palestinians Are Dead or Alive?
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published April 2, 2023
Read MoreIsrael’s rightwing government represents the Judaization of Zionism
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/03/israels-rightwing-government-represents-the-judaization-of-zionism/
Published March 31, 2023
Early Zionism sought to reform the "Ghetto Jew" into the secular Zionist militant. But now the new Israeli government not only wants to push society to the right, but to dismantle its secularism as well.
Read MoreThe pitfalls of redefining the Palestinian struggle
Source: Arab News
By RAMZY BAROUD
Published April 3, 2023
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