Common Grounds

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• The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence

  
  December 10, 2024 14:38

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-west-bank-villages-wiped-off-the-map-by-israeli-settler-violence/

   

  Oren Ziv writes in +972 on 4 December 2024

   

  Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.

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• Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: The Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

   

  By Julian Borger

  Published December 11, 2024

   

  Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people

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• Genocide Israel is living in the past

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/16/genocide-israel-is-living-in-the-past

   

  By Haidar Eid

  Published December 16, 2024

   

  A state founded on apartheid and settler colonialism is no longer viable.

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• Opinion | Israelis Feel the War Is Over. For Gazans It's a Different Story

  
  December 17, 2024 15:27

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-war-is-over-ask-the-dying-in-gaza/00000193-cba6-dd44-a9bb-fbe72c810000

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published December 16, 2024

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• I am living my own Nakba

  
  December 24, 2024 15:15

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/22/i-am-living-my-own-nakba

   

  By Asem Al Jerjawi

  Published December 22, 2024

   

  I have lost my home and I feel I may be losing my homeland too.

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• 'We Need to Protect the Palestinians in the Name of a Shared Future,' Says Israeli-German Philosopher Omri Boehm

  
  December 24, 2024 14:39

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israelis-need-to-protect-the-palestinians-in-the-name-of-a-shared-future/00000193-c0a8-d80a-ad9b-f6ad32780000

   

  By Netta Ahituv

  Published December 14, 2024

   

  The Israeli left, since October 7, has shown itself no less deserving of criticism than the global left, says the Israeli-German philosopher Omri Boehm, a universalist who advocates a one-state solution as the only way to achieve full human equality here

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• Inside ‘Greater Israel’: myths and truths behind the long-time Zionist fantasy

  
  December 24, 2024 15:05

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-greater-israel-myths-and-truths-behind-the-long-time-zionist-fantasy/

   

  By Qassam Muaddi

  Published December 17, 2024

   

  The expansive territorial ambitions of creating a "Greater Israel" once seemed only to be a right-wing Zionist fantasy. Today, current events in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria show it might be closer than many ever thought possible.

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• Genocide: The New Normal

  
  January 07, 2025 22:53

  Source: The Chris Hedges Report

  https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/genocide-the-new-normal

   

  By Chris Hedges

  Published January 6, 2025

   

  Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is consolidated.

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• Israel cannot lose a ‘humanity’ it never had

  
  January 07, 2025 22:53

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/israel-cannot-lose-a-humanity-it-never-had/

   

  By James Ray

  Published January 2, 2025

   

  A recent Haaretz editorial claimed, "Israel Is Losing Its Humanity in Gaza," but this ignores the brutal history of the Zionist colonization of Palestine, of which the Gaza genocide is just the latest chapter.

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• Jimmy Carter: A utopian dove or a shrewd driver of US empire?

  
  January 07, 2025 22:53

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-jimmy-carter-utopian-dove-shrewd-driver-empire

   

  By Nazia Kazi

  Published December 30, 2024

   

  The late president's greatest success was his ability to carry out the task assigned to all US presidents: expansion of an empire for the purpose of enriching a ruling elite

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