Common Grounds

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• A DIVIDE AMONG PEACE ACTIVISTS

  
  December 28, 2023 19:19

  Source: The New York Times Magazine

  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/magazine/israelis-palestinians-peace-forum.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-israel-gaza&variant=show&region=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&block=storyline_flex_guide_recirc

   

  By Susan Dominus

  Published December 14, 2023

   

  Tamar Shamir and Mohamed Abu Jafar tried for years to bring Jews and Palestinians together. Now, they wonder if the two sides ever understood each other.

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• ‘Are we the baddies?’ Western support for genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes

  
  January 02, 2024 15:50

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-baddies-western-support-genocide-gaza-yes

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published December 27, 2023

   

  The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades

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• Opinion | Will Israel's Sane Majority Please Stand Up?

  
  January 02, 2024 14:46

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-01-02/ty-article-opinion/.premium/will-israels-sane-majority-please-stand-up/0000018c-c6aa-ddba-abad-c6abc3080000

   

  By Ofra Rudner

  Published January 2, 2024

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• ‘The Hitleryugend’ or ISIS Israel: The Two Kooks who Nationalized Judaism – ILAN PAPPE

  
  January 02, 2024 14:56

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-hitleryugend-or-isis-israel-the-two-kooks-who-nationalized-judaism-ilan-pappe/

   

  By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle 

  Published January 1, 2024

   

  The phenomenon of religious Zionism originates in the teaching of two of the most respected Zionist rabbis, a father and son, belonging to the Kook family.

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• Why we have to make the Jewish Ghetto comparison

  
  January 09, 2024 14:55

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/why-we-have-to-make-the-jewish-ghetto-comparison/

   

  By MICHELLE WEINROTH

  Published January 7, 2024

   

  The horror of the past has returned in a new guise, and the comparison of the Jewish ghetto under Nazism with the Gaza ghetto under Israel’s current fascistic authority must cease to be sacrilegious. 

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• Zionism’s ideological shifts

  
  January 09, 2024 14:17

  Source: Dawn

  https://www.dawn.com/news/1803632

   

  By Tariq Suleman

  Published January 6, 2024

   

  THE overwhelming Israeli response to the actions of Hamas on October 7 has sparked a global outcry, critical of the disproportionality of these measures. This response, while reflective of a widespread humanitarian concern, warrants a deeper examination within the historical and ideological frameworks of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the lens of early Zionist thought.

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• Children eat rotten food, adults hunt cats: famine is coming for Gaza

  
  January 09, 2024 14:42

  Source: The Sunday Times

  https://archive.ph/v5IeW#selection-2513.0-2513.69

   

  By Amal Helles, al-Mawasi, Gaza | Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent 

  Published December 30, 2023

   

  Bombing has displaced more than a million in Gaza — but none of them are safe from hunger

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

  
  January 12, 2024 11:38

   

  What Were the Chosen Free to Choose? To be Good, Bad, or Ugly!

   

  
  The Hague, The Netherlands 12 January 2024 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

   

  
  THE BEST 7-MINUTE VIDEO DELIVERED BY CHRIS HEDGES

   

  Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Presbyterian Minister Chris Hedges

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• War on Gaza: The West will stand in the dock alongside Israel at the genocide court

  
  January 16, 2024 15:15

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-west-stand-dock-alongside-israel-genocide-court

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 9, 2024

   

  Israel’s allies aren’t just turning a blind eye to Gaza’s killing fields. They have cheered on the bloodshed, provided diplomatic cover and supplied the arms

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• Opinion | Israeli Trauma Awakened the Impulse to 'Kill or Be Killed.' It's Time to Look in the Mirror

  
  January 16, 2024 14:38

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-01-08/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-genocidaires-voice-within-israeli-society/0000018c-e569-db55-a39e-f7fd1a6a0000

   

  By Noa Landau

  Published January 8, 2024

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