Common Grounds

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• Tony Blair says he regrets siding with Israel and George W Bush over Hamas boycott in 2006

  
  October 21, 2017 11:58

  Source: INDEPENDENT

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/tony-blair-israel-hamas-george-w-bush-boycott-2006-middle-east-quartet-a8001421.html

   

  By Samuel Osborne

   

  Former PM says the international community should have tried to 'pull Hamas into a dialogue and shifted their positions'

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• What attracted 1930s Zionists to fascism

  
  October 23, 2017 00:01

  Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=95865

   

  By Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam
  October 20, 2017

   

  Jabotinsky and Zionist Case for Fascism

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• Opinion // Dear Europe, Take Note: If You Want To, Israel Can Be Pressured

  
  October 22, 2017 23:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-1.818549

   

  By Amira Hass

   

  A recent case involving Dutch solar panels shows how friendly states can make Israel back down when it violates international humanitarian law

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• The One Big Reason No Nation (Think Iran) Would Wage a War on Israel

  
  October 24, 2017 12:26

  Source: The National Interest

  http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-one-big-reason-no-nation-think-iran-would-wage-war-22864

   

  By Kyle Mizokami

  October 23, 2017

   

  The establishment of a nuclear triad demonstrates how seriously Israel takes the idea of nuclear deterrence. The country will likely not declare itself a nuclear power any time soon; ambiguity over ownership of nukes has served the country very well. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and general instability across the Middle East has ensured that Israel will likely remain the only nuclear-armed state in the region for the foreseeable future, but a collapse of the agreement or some new nuclear program could easily change that. In the meantime, Israel’s ultimate insurance policy isn’t going anywhere.

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• What's dividing Israeli society? Just don't mention the occupation

  
  October 25, 2017 14:49

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/whats-dividing-israeli-society-just-dont-mention-the-occupation/130353/

   

  By Edo Konrad
  Published October 24, 2017

   

  Is it possible to discuss the sources of Israeli disunity without addressing the country’s military regime in the West Bank and siege on Gaza? Can Israelis ever accept Palestinians as part of that conversation?

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• PLO: Jerusalem ‘annexation’ plan means end of two-state solution

  
  October 26, 2017 15:01

  Source: The Times of Israel 

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/plo-jerusalem-annexation-plan-means-end-of-two-state-solution/

   

  By AFP and TOI STAFF

   

  Hanan Ashrawi says 'Greater Jerusalem' bill to make settlements part of capital kills hopes for independent Palestinian state

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• Opinion // The Balfour Declaration's Racism - and Why It Still Matters

  
  October 26, 2017 15:15

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.819174

   

  By James Renton

   

  The British policy elite's views reflected deeply embedded notions of the 'Jewish race' and 'Jewish power', the 'impurity' of the Palestinian Arabs - and the incapability of both to ever rule themselves. Those tropes still reverberate today

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• Charismatics take the lead in Christian Zionism

  
  October 30, 2017 14:24

  Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=95998

   

  By Emma Green, The Atlantic
  October 20, 2017

   

  White Evangelicals Used to Dominate Christian Zionism, but Not Anymore

   

  Why thousands of Christians from across the globe travel to Jerusalem each year to celebrate a Jewish holiday

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• Balfour Declaration: how Britain broke its feeble promise to Palestinians

  
  October 30, 2017 14:36

  Source: The National

  https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/balfour-declaration-how-britain-broke-its-feeble-promise-to-palestinians-1.671158

   

  By Jonathan Cook
  October 29, 2017

   

  A century after its creation, the Balfour Declaration delivered only heartbreak to Palestinians, writes Jonathan Cook

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• ‘The end of ethical Jewish history’

  
  October 30, 2017 15:00

  Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=95969

   

  By Marc H. Ellis, Mondoweiss
  October 25, 2017

   

  If the occupation is permanent, is an ethical Jewish future possible?

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