Common Grounds

---

• Israel-Palestine war: Israel is caught lying time and again. And yet we never learn

  
  October 24, 2023 15:37

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-lying-time-again-never-learn

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published October 23, 2023

   

  Disinformation over the blast at Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital worked as planned, taking the focus off the victims and lifting pressure on Israel to stop its rampage

  Read More

• ‘Religious Reckoning’ in the Time of Genocide: Who Invented Zionism? – ILAN PAPPE

  
  October 24, 2023 14:35

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/religious-reckoning-in-the-time-of-genocide-who-invented-zionism-ilan-pappe/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published October 18, 2023

  Read More

• Our main dilemmas

  
  October 24, 2023 14:41

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/our-main-dilemmas/

   

  By Gershon Baskin

  Published October 22, 2023

  Read More

• ISRAEL’S LONG-HELD PLAN TO DRIVE GAZA’S PEOPLE INTO SINAI IS NOW WITHIN REACH

  
  October 31, 2023 16:08

  Source: Declassified UK

  https://www.declassifieduk.org/israels-long-held-plan-to-drive-gazas-people-into-sinai-is-now-within-reach/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published October 27, 2023

   

  As the UK and US back Israel’s aggression against Palestinians, including an imminent ground invasion of Gaza, are they also about to assist Israel’s ethnic cleansing proposal for a “Greater Gaza” - in Egypt?

  Read More

• ‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel

  
  October 31, 2023 14:54

  Source: The Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/us-evangelical-christians-israel-hamas-war

   

  By Adam Gabbatt

  Published October 30, 2023

   

  One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return

  Read More

• Israel-Palestine war: Will the West choose genocide or peace?

  
  October 31, 2023 15:54

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-will-west-choose-genocide-or-peace

   

  By Lubna Masarwa

  Published October 30, 2023

   

  Western leaders have a stark choice to make. They can be complicit in another Nakba, or push for a genuine political process that includes the Palestinian people

  Read More

• Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza

  
  November 07, 2023 14:23

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/5/why-israel-wants-to-erase-context-and-history-in-the-war-on-gaza

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published November 5, 2023

   

  The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza.

  Read More

• Israel vows to take 'security responsibility' of Gaza after war

  
  November 07, 2023 14:09

  Source: The Japan Times

  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/07/world/politics/israel-gaza-pause-aid-hostages/

   

  By JT staff

  Published November 7, 2023

  Read More

• The moral failure of Western institutions on Gaza is unparalleled

  
  November 07, 2023 14:14

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2404376?fbclid=IwAR2D4saGG3Z Bg5szZ4tEEtEPkyDC8YxQYFxjjoA8x_AIxEv-w_5AvhwKF0E_aem_AWOAPezw0xqOdO-AajeeJvpxD3_HHrXsbA7PuQpCZSlYqwK1s_nkkiXysKxK4qAS7KU

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published November 6, 2023

  Read More

• Condemn if you wish, but Palestinians will pay a heavy price

  
  November 14, 2023 15:09

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-11-10/condemn-palestinians-price/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published November 10, 2023

   

  The act of condemnation has been cynically weaponised. The aim is not to show solidarity with Israelis. It’s to fan the flames of hatred to rationalise crimes against Palestinians

  Read More