Common Grounds
Christian imperialists saw Palestinians as worthless infidels
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
By Avi Shlaim, Middle-East Eye
August 28, 2017The Balfour Declaration: A study in British duplicity
It’s been nearly 100 years since the document changed the course of history, yet Britain still fails to acknowledge Israel’s denial of the Palestinian right to national self-determination – and its own complicity
Read MoreThe stuff on Israel which Americans may not see
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
Telling the truth may be a defence against a libel action; it is no defence against the multi-headed hydra which is the American lobby in the USA. Forget the rational argument of free speech; think the religiosity of blasphemy. In an excerpt from his chapter in ‘Israel and Palestine : alternative perspectives on statehood’ Richard Silverstein tracks how the Israel lobby demonises Palestinians and does all it can to prevent any less than adoring picture of Israel being made public.
Read MoreUN: Israel settlements big hurdle to two-state solution
Source: Al Jazeera
Antonio Guterres condemns 'illegal' Israeli settlement construction, calling it an 'obstacle' that needs to be removed.
Read MoreOpinion // Israel's Minister of Truth
Source: Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.809867
By Gideon Levy
Aug 30, 2017
Israel Justice Minister Shaked said the truth loud and clear: Zionism contradicts human rights, and thus is indeed an ultranationalist, colonialist and perhaps racist movement
Read MoreIsrael is getting creative at countering its demographic disadvantage, but it may be too little, too late
Source: The National
By Jonathan Cook
August 31, 2017Still, opening the doors to "Jewish" non-Jews is a step too far
Read MoreAn open letter to Ambassador David Friedman about the occupation
Source: The Times of Israel
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-ambassador-david-friedman-about-the-occupation/
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
In 2003, Likud Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the following: “You cannot like the word, but what is happening is an occupation — to hold 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation. I believe that is a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians.”
Read MoreHow Palestinians can reverse Israel’s divide and conquer tactics
Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/how-palestinians-can-reverse-israels-divide-and-conquer-tactics/129577/
By Sam Bahour
Published September 5, 2017
Oslo allowed Israel to reduce Palestinians to disparate fragments, each with their own challenge to merely survive. It’s time to reset that reality and view the Palestinians for what they are — physically fragmented, politically divided, but a whole people.
Read MoreChina’s New Plan for Israel-Palestine
Source: Al-Shabaka
https://al-shabaka.org/memos/chinas-new-plan-israel-palestine/
By Zaid Shuaibi
September 13, 2017
China recently proposed a new four-point plan to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Is this a major departure along a new track that challenges US hegemony and European passivity? Or is China simply pursuing its own economic interests in the guise of peacemaker?
Read MoreWhat made me a hardline Zionist
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
By Gary C. Gambill, JPost
September 04, 2017The Accidental Zionist
How a pro-Palestinian Georgetown student became a Zionist.
Read MoreOpinion // The Occupation Will Corrupt, Is Corrupting, and Has Corrupted
Source: Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.810596
B. Michael
Published Sep 05, 2017
From now on we are neither democratic nor Jewish. We’re just a zealous, racist, evil, arrogant caliphate that is a danger to itself and its environment
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