Common Grounds

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• I was in the BBC documentary ‘The Settlers.’ This is the part of my story they didn’t tell.

  
  May 13, 2025 15:14

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/i-was-in-the-bbc-documentary-the-settlers-this-is-the-part-of-my-story-they-didnt-tell/

   

  By Mohammad Hureini

  Published May 6, 2025

   

  I met Louis Theroux to share my story as a Palestinian under the constant threat of displacement. While the film is an important look into the Israeli settlers trying to erase us, there is one crucial part of our story that was left out. 

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• A Historic Hamas-US Deal – What are Its Potential Implications?

  
  May 13, 2025 15:21

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-historic-hamas-us-deal-what-are-its-potential-implications/

   

  By Robert Inlakesh

  Published May 12, 2025

   

  Do we employ Occam’s Razor and assume the obvious, or is the American President up to some broader agenda that is being shrouded in obscurity?

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• ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege

  
  May 20, 2025 14:49

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/gazan-children-starving-israeli-siege/

   

  By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Amer

  Published May 8, 2025

   

  With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.

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• Analysis | Trump Pushes to End Gaza War, but Netanyahu Resists for Symbolic Victory

  
  May 20, 2025 15:04

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-14/ty-article/.premium/trump-ups-pressure-to-end-gaza-war-but-netanyahu-isnt-ready-to-surrender/00000196-cdb2-df59-abde-efba60e50000

   

  By Ravit Hecht

  Published May 14, 2025

   

  After the U.S.-backed release of hostage Edan Alexander, Netanyahu quickly clarified it won't necessarily advance a broader deal. Meanwhile, his focus on defeating Hamas signals the ultra-Orthodox can forget about the conscription exemption law

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• Swift global intervention can halt Gaza genocide

  
  May 27, 2025 14:47

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2602227

   

  By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

  Published May 26, 2025

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• Preliminary Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Reached between Hamas, Trump Envoy

  
  May 27, 2025 14:24

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/preliminary-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-reached-between-hamas-trump-envoy/

   

  By Palestine Chronicle Staff

  Published May 26, 2025

   

  Washington is reportedly pressuring Tel Aviv to halt its Gaza offensive as Hamas signals conditional readiness for a long-term ceasefire.

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• Top genocide scholars unanimous that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: Dutch investigation

  
  May 27, 2025 14:33

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/top-genocide-scholars-unanimous-that-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-dutch-investigation/

   

  Sondos Asem reports in Middle East Eye on 17 May 2025

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• THINK! | A Way to Getting to Know the OTHER and One ANOTHER

  
  April 04, 2024 22:56

  Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

   

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Those who commit to 'healing our broken humanity' build intercultural bridges to learn to know and understand one another and others. Readers who thumb through the Building the Bridge (BTB) pages are not mindless sheep following other mindless sheep. They THINK. They want to be at the forefront of making a difference. They're in search of the bigger picture to expand their horizons. They don't need BTB or anyone else to confirm their biases.

   

  Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

   

  Accurate knowledge promotes understanding, dispels prejudice, and awakens the desire to learn more. Words have an extraordinary power to bring people together, divide them, forge bonds of friendship, or provoke hostility. Modern technology places unprecedented possibilities for good at our disposal, fostering harmony and reconciliation. Yet its misuse can do untold harm, leading to misunderstanding, prejudice, and conflict.

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