Common Grounds

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• The ‘Two State Solution’: Illusion, Delusion and Distraction

  
  August 06, 2025 11:05

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-two-state-solution-illusion-delusion-and-distraction/

   

  By Jeremy Salt

  Published August 2, 2025

   

  The time is long past for Israel to be asked. It has to be told what to do or face consequences that the ‘international community’ will not just threaten but is prepared to see through.

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• The humanitarian crisis facing 42,000 forcibly displaced Palestinians in the West Bank

  
  August 06, 2025 09:55

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/the-humanitarian-crisis-facing-42000-forcibly-displaced-palestinians-in-the-west-bank/

   

  By Zena al-Tahhan

  Published July 28, 2025

   

  Six months since Israel’s expanded military assault on the refugee camps of Jenin and Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, over 42,000 Palestinian refugees remain forcibly displaced and have no stable access to food, water, or shelter.

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• Opinion | It's Not Just War. It's Genocide – and It's Being Done in Our Name

  
  August 06, 2025 10:27

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-30/ty-article-opinion/.premium/its-not-just-war-its-genocide-and-its-being-done-in-our-name/00000198-5c7c-d843-af99-de7d5dfd0000?lts=1754396522067

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published July 30, 2025

   

  Two leading Israeli rights groups have named what others still deny: the campaign in Gaza is not just brutal or disproportionate – it is the deliberate destruction of a people. The evidence is overwhelming, the intent undeniable, and the silence complicit

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• Analysis | With an Empty Seat for Israel, Open Questions Remain in the Global Push for the Gaza War's Day After

  
  August 12, 2025 14:08

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2025-08-03/ty-article/.premium/un-two-state-solution-conference-leaves-israels-gaza-presence-hamas-fate-unresolved/00000198-6fd1-d0d4-adba-eff3934e0000

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published August 3, 2025

   

  In a document set to become a diplomatic benchmark, the conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia last week was the first to present sustainable operating principles, precise demands of both sides and offer mechanisms to ensure both Israel and the Palestinians meet their obligations – but left critical questions unanswered

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• While there is still a state to recognise

  
  August 12, 2025 14:17

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/while-there-is-still-a-state-to-recognise-israeli-annexation-plans-settlements-and-humanitarian-impacts/

   

  Brian Brivati writes in the Britain Palestine Project Substack on 6 August 2025:

   

  Israeli annexation plans, settlements, and humanitarian impacts.

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• From Toe Hold to Freehold: Zionist Occupation Strategies

  
  August 12, 2025 14:29

  Source: Groundviews

  https://groundviews.org/2025/07/31/from-toe-hold-to-freehold-zionist-occupation-strategies/

   

  By Bishop Duleep de Chickera

  Published July 31, 2025

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• Israel’s Genocide in Gaza? Let’s Talk about Something Else

  
  August 19, 2025 15:11

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-genocide-in-gaza-lets-talk-about-something-else/

   

  By Jeremy Salt

  Published August 15, 2025

   

  The flurry of recognition of Palestinian statehood is performative politics. Unwilling to do anything to stop the genocide, the actors divert the attention of the audience by talking about something else.

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• Opinion | All Talk, No Action: Why Doesn't the West Intervene in Gaza?

  
  August 19, 2025 14:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/all-talk-no-action-why-doesnt-the-west-intervene-in-gaza/00000198-a271-dff4-a39e-abfb1f180000?lts=1755604478182

   

  By Yagil Levy

  Published August 13, 2025

   

  Despite unprecedented civilian suffering and clear precedents for intervention, Western governments condemn Gaza's devastation but avoid any meaningful intervention

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• Israel’s starvation denial is an Orwellian farce

  
  August 19, 2025 14:49

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/9/israels-starvation-denial-is-an-orwellian-farce

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published August 9, 2025

   

  The Israeli ‘hasbara’ cannot disprove the obvious, but it can obfuscate and exhaust.

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• Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide - in the West Bank

  
  August 26, 2025 14:40

  Source: Substack

  https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/our-complicity-in-gaza-has-set-the

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published August 15, 2025

   

  As the dusting off of Israel's E1 Plan emphasises, the intended fate of Palestinians in the West Bank is ultimately no different from the fate of Palestinians in Gaza – unless we act

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