Common Grounds

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• My journey away from Zionism

  
  November 01, 2017 13:41

  Source: MONDOWEISS

  http://mondoweiss.net/2017/10/journey-away-zionism/

   

  By Jonathan Ofir

  October 31, 2017

   

  A friend who had read a number of my recent pieces on Israeli intolerance sent me a note the other day asking me whether Israel was ever good in my eyes, even as a child, when it changed, and why I left the place. These questions are all about my relationship with Zionism, a very long relationship indeed, and it seemed a good time to reflect on that experience.

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• Gaza’s young photographers record moments of happiness

  
  November 01, 2017 13:54

  Source:  If Americans Knew Blog

  https://israelpalestinenews.org/gazas-young-photographers-record-moments-happiness/

   

  Published on OCTOBER 31, 2017

   

  International Red Cross:

  A quick Google search for Gaza will show you multiple images of rubble and raw sewage pouring into the Mediterranean. These are the images that often appear in our mind together with the things we once heard or read about the place. For example, that it is “the world’s largest outdoor prison” or that it “will become unlivable”. But is this the way Gazans themselves see their homeland?

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• John Kelly erased slavery — just like Trump ignores the Palestinians

  
  November 02, 2017 12:47

  Source: Forward

  http://forward.com/opinion/386559/john-kelly-erased-slavery-just-like-trump-ignores-the-palestinians/?attribution=articles-hero-item-text-5

   

  By Peter Beinart

  October 31, 2017

   

  On Monday on Fox News, President Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, discussed the Civil War. He called Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee “an honorable man.” He blamed the conflict on “the lack of an ability to compromise.” And he never mentioned the word “slavery.”

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• Editorial // From Balfour to Two States

  
  November 02, 2017 13:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/1.820552

   

  By Haaretz Editorial

   

  No event the PM holds with his British counterpart will bring the Palestinians to accept Israeli rule, and no Palestinian protest will lead to mass Jewish emigration from Israel

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• US Senators Move to Protect Victims of Palestinian Terror

  
  November 03, 2017 15:24

  Source: Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center

   

  US Senators and Congressional Representatives are Moving in Support of the Terror Victims' Case Against the Palestinians.

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• Israel is not a democracy as long as the occupation exists

  
  November 06, 2017 13:28

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/israel-is-not-a-democracy-as-long-as-the-occupation-exists/130524/

   

  By Alon Mizrahi

  Published November 5, 2017

   

  An Israel that does not fight to free Palestinians from occupation is an Israel that will excel in occupation. This is the Left’s most urgent and important mission.

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• Palestinian girl, 11, to UK PM: Balfour celebration ‘a new obstacle to peace’

  
  November 06, 2017 13:44

  Source: The Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171101-palestinian-girl-11-to-uk-pm-balfour-celebration-a-new-obstacle-to-peace/

   

  Published November 1, 2017

   

  Below is a letter written by an 11-year-old Palestinian student living in Qatar address to British Prime Minister Theresa May who is planning to attend a celebration of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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• Which countries recognise Palestine?

  
  November 08, 2017 12:51

  Source: indy100.com from Independent

  https://www.indy100.com/article/palestinians-recognised-which-countries-palestinian-state-statehood-recognition-balfour-declaration-8033876

   

  By Joe Vesey-Byrne

   

  A century on from the Balfour Declaration, these are the countries that currently recognise Palestine as a state.

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• Legalising the annexation of Jerusalem

  
  November 08, 2017 13:02

  Source: Al Jazeera

  http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/legalising-annexation-jerusalem-171102061616140.html

   

  By Yara Hawari

  Published 7 Nov 2017

   

  In late October, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation was set to vote on the "Greater Jerusalem" Bill. If it had passed, it would have been presented before the Knesset floor for several readings, before a vote on whether or not to legislate it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously stated that he would support it, giving it serious political force and backing. The vote has now been postponed following requests for clarification on various aspects of the bill from the US administration.

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• Opinion // Fight the Right-wingers Rewriting History: Rabin Wanted a Palestinian State

  
  November 08, 2017 13:16

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-1.820520

   

  By Guy Ziv 

  Published Nov 02, 2017

   

  Opponents of a two-state solution assert loudly that Israel's assassinated premier contested the idea of Palestinian statehood. With the two-state solution on life support, we should end this dangerous fallacy

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