Common Grounds

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• Opinion | For Decades, I Defended Israel From Claims of Apartheid. I No Longer Can

  
  August 15, 2023 13:09

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-10/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/for-decades-i-defended-israel-from-claims-of-apartheid-i-no-longer-can/00000189-d4ac-d821-afdd-dfacb4060000

   

  By Benjamin Pogrund

  Published August 10, 2023

   

  In Israel, I am now witnessing the apartheid with which I grew up in South Africa. The Israeli government's fascist, racist power-grab is the gift Israel's enemies have long awaited

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• Netanyahu's vision for 2-state solution: No Palestinian sovereignty involved

  
  August 15, 2023 12:41

  Source: Daily Sabah

  https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/netanyahus-vision-for-2-state-solution-no-palestinian-sovereignty-involved

   

  By Najla M. Shahwan

  Published July 19, 2023

   

  Israel's legalization of West Bank settlements has hindered the two-state solution and Palestinian aspiration for an independent and sovereign state

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• Zionism’s ethnic cleansing has been accomplished through the sword and the gavel

  
  August 15, 2023 12:47

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2023/08/zionisms-ethnic-cleansing-has-been-accomplished-through-the-sword-and-the-gavel/

   

  By Amjad ALQASIS

  Published August 8, 2023

   

  Since its founding, Israel has crafted legal tools to advance the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The current judicial overhaul is part of this process and shows the state's colonization plans are accelerating.

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Opinion | For Decades, I Defended Israel From Claims of Apartheid. I No Longer Can

  
  August 16, 2023 14:56

  Source: Haaretz
  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-10/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/for-decades-i-defended-israel-from-claims-of-apartheid-i-no-longer-can/00000189-d4ac-d821-afdd-dfacb4060000

   

  By Benjamin Pogrund
  Published August 10, 2023

   

  In Israel, I am now witnessing the apartheid with which I grew up in South Africa. The Israeli government's fascist, racist power-grab is the gift Israel's enemies have long awaited

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• Our Friday News Analysis | What the World Reads Now!

  
  August 17, 2023 22:56

   

  We’re on Vacation. We’ll be Back on Monday, 28 August 2023. Happy Holidays!

   

  
  The Hague, 18 August 2023 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

   

  
  GUEST EDITORIAL | IS AMERICA A WAR STATE?

   

  Thirty years after Bill Clinton ditched the "Peace Dividend," we seem to be in conflict everywhere, with no end. Do we need a fundamental re-think of our foreign policy priorities?

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• The Evangelical Pope | An Echo of Grace

  
  August 28, 2023 11:17

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, December 12, 2021 

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• Palestinian Resistance Tore Down the Green Line Long Ago

  
  August 29, 2023 15:37

  Source: The Nation

  https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinian-resistance-green-line/

   

  By AMJAD IRAQI

  Published August 10, 2023

   

  Despite their physical dispersal, the Palestinian people have never been more connected.

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• Itamar Ben-Gvir and his fascist ilk inadvertently advance the apartheid discourse

  
  August 29, 2023 15:05

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2023/08/itamar-ben-gvir-and-his-fascist-ilk-inadvertently-advance-the-apartheid-discourse/?utm_content=bufferd55a7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

   

  By JONATHAN OFIR

  Published August 28, 2023

   

  We should be thankful for the honesty of fascist MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Amichai Eliyahu. Their recent statements that the rights of Jews trump the rights of Palestinians are exposing the apartheid reality. 

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• Palestinian Mother of 12 Expelled to Gaza After Living in Israel for 30 Years

  
  August 29, 2023 15:18

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-27/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-mother-of-12-expelled-to-gaza-after-living-in-israel-for-30-years/0000018a-3370-d700-a7ef-fbf116f10000

   

  By Hagar Shezaf

  Published August 27, 2023

   

  Agzayeh Karan was born in Gaza but had been in Israel since 1992 after she married an Israeli citizen. A mother of 12 including four minors, Karan was not permitted to speak with her children or a lawyer once the deportation process began

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Palestinian Resistance Tore Down the Green Line Long Ago

  
  August 30, 2023 14:53

  Source: The Nation
  https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinian-resistance-green-line/

   

  By AMJAD IRAQI
  Published August 10, 2023

   

  Despite their physical dispersal, the Palestinian people have never been more connected.

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