Common Grounds

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• Gaza and the unravelling of a world order built on power

  
  December 16, 2025 15:23

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/10/gaza-and-the-unravelling-of-a-world-order-built-on-power

   

  By Richard Falk

  Published December 10, 2025

   

  The tragedy in Gaza lays bare the contradictions of a world order built to manage power, not deliver justice or enforce its legal commitments.

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• A smaller cage: Israel’s ‘two-state solution’ on Gaza’s ruins

  
  December 23, 2025 14:55

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/a-smaller-cage-israels-two-state-solution-on-gazas-ruins/

   

  Muhammad Shehada writes in The New Arab on 11 December 2025

   

  Israel is redesigning Gaza's territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building

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• Western elites fear a ‘globalised intifada’ because they are its targets, not Jews

  
  December 23, 2025 15:07

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-12-20/western-elites-fear-globalised-intifada/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published December 20, 2025

   

  While Western publics are being demonised as racists, the technology and strategies used today against Palestinians will become the walls of tomorrow’s prisons for us all

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• Why Palestinians face the same fate, weapons or not

  
  December 23, 2025 15:42

  Source: The New Arab

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2625465

   

  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published December 8, 2025

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• How the Jewish Chronicle weaponises 'antisemitism' to fuel a moral panic

  
  December 30, 2025 12:54

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-jewish-chronicle-weaponises-antisemitism-fuel-moral-panic

   

  By Neve Gordon

  Published December 4, 2025

   

  Articles conflate pro-Palestinian activism with hatred of Jewish people, following the Israeli government's insidious playbook

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• Opinion | Trump's Gaza Cease-fire Is Theater Disguising Israel's Desire to Prolong the War

  
  December 30, 2025 13:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-12-23/ty-article-opinion/.premium/trumps-gaza-cease-fire-is-theater-disguising-israels-desire-to-prolong-the-war/0000019b-4a88-d034-ab9b-ca8fe17e0000

   

  By Mahmoud Shehada

  Published December 23, 2025

   

  Despite reports of tensions between Trump and Netanyahu, the U.S. president is not challenging Israeli goals in Gaza, but accelerating them: Towards a territory permanently trapped, without sovereignty, political resolution or accountability

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• The World Radicalized by the Gaza Genocide

  
  December 30, 2025 15:46

  Source: Al-Shabaka

  https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/the-world-radicalized-by-the-gaza-genocide/

   

  By Tareq Baconi

  Published December 21, 2025

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• US Attack on Colombia, Venezuela: Six Takeaways from Dan Kovalik’s Interview

  
  January 06, 2026 14:41

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-attack-on-colombia-venezuela-six-takeaways-from-dan-kovaliks-interview/

   

  By Romana Rubeo

  Published December 1, 2025

   

  Dan Kovalik, President Petro’s attorney, breaks down Washington’s political attack via sanctions, exposing the imperialist effort to crush Colombia’s pro-Gaza leadership and undermine the revolutionary solidarity of nations like Venezuela.

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• As the world welcomes a new year, we, in Gaza, dread what it will bring

  
  January 06, 2026 13:19

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/31/as-the-world-welcomes-a-new-year-we-in-gaza-dread-what-it-will-bring

   

  By Qasem Waleed

  Published December 31, 2025

   

  We have seen so much evil this year that we are afraid to imagine the future.

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• The Harder Hope Becomes, the More Urgent It Is: A Reckoning for Israelis and Palestinians in 2026

  
  January 06, 2026 14:09

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2025-12-31/ty-article/.highlight/the-harder-hope-becomes-the-more-urgent-it-is-an-israeli-palestinian-reckoning-for-2026/0000019b-7577-dd15-a3fb-fd778cdd0002

   

  By David Issacharoff

  Published December 31, 2025

   

  Israel does not have to be a bad place. This rare moment of isolation is an opportunity for introspection. Most people here are good and willing, but many can no longer find hope

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