Common Grounds

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

  
  December 29, 2023 11:50

   

  A Shared Identity (Part 5 of 5): Cut from the Same Cloth

   

   

  The Hague, The Netherlands 29 December 2023 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

   

  A DIVIDE AMONG PEACE ACTIVISTS 

  
  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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• The Evangelical Pope | God is On the Side of Justice: Compassionate and Merciful for the Oppressed and Oppressor

  
  January 01, 2024 12:12

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, January 1, 2024

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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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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘Are we the baddies?’ Western support for genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes

  
  January 03, 2024 14:45

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

  
  January 04, 2024 21:30

   

  Holier-Than-Thou Missed Opportunities

   

  
  The Hague, The Netherlands 5 January 2024 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

   

  
  REVELATION | LESSONS FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINE IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

   

  Despite a constant tug-of-war among its diverse ethnicities, look what Malaysia has accomplished since its independence from Great Britain in 1957, nine years after the State of Israel declared its independence with a modus operandi to steal, kill, and destroy.

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• The Evangelical Pope | Where East Meets West

  
  January 08, 2024 12:30

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, June 13, 2021

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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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