Common Grounds

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• From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked as the serial villain

  
  January 13, 2026 15:21

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-01-06/gaza-venezuela-us-serial-villain/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 6, 2026

   

  The path to Caracas – and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba, and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed – was paved in Gaza

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• Opinion | The Death of 'The Good Arab'

  
  January 13, 2026 14:40

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-01-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/no-good-arabs-palestinian-citizens-of-israel-are-being-driven-out-by-despair/0000019b-9f4e-dd67-a9ff-9f4f569a0000

   

  By Hanin Majadli

  Published January 9, 2026

   

  There isn't a Palestinian who doesn't think about leaving or who hasn't already left

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• Analysis Trump Isn't Fostering a Cease-fire Deal – He's Washing His Hands of Gaza

  
  January 13, 2026 14:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-01-03/ty-article/.premium/trump-isnt-fostering-a-deal-but-washing-his-hands-of-gaza/0000019b-75fd-d019-a9df-7fff54730000

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published January 3, 2026

   

  Behind Trump's headline diplomacy is a void: core questions on Israeli withdrawal, Hamas disarmament, and Gaza's future governance are postponed or outsourced. This isn't a peace effort but conflict management, preserving the status quo, and leaving Palestinians without a political horizon

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• The War beyond Gaza: Israel’s Silent Shock Campaign in the West Bank

  
  January 20, 2026 15:43

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-war-beyond-gaza-israels-silent-shock-campaign-in-the-west-bank/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 15, 2026

   

  A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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• 'This Is Another Nakba': How Over 100 West Bank Palestinians Had to Leave Their Homes In Just One Day

  
  January 20, 2026 13:52

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-01-13/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-over-100-palestinians-had-to-leave-their-west-bank-homes-in-just-one-day/0000019b-b601-d728-a7ff-f7c9de850000

   

  By Matan Golan

  Published January 13, 2026

   

  Villagers dismantle houses and sell flocks under constant harassment, while volunteers stage 'protective shifts' to keep settlers' sheep away. 'Men in peak fitness need 60-year-old activists or 20-year-old children to protect them,' says observer Amir Pansky, calling it the most revolting ethnic cleansing possible.'

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• Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence

  
  January 20, 2026 14:44

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bus-drivers-israel-attacks-jerusalem/?utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=30ac7c0a9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-30ac7c0a9b-318843333

   

  By Charlotte Ritz-Jack

  Published January 15, 2026

   

  From Jerusalem to Haifa, bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.

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• Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin

  
  January 27, 2026 15:33

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-01-23/trump-board-of-peace-gaza/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published January 23, 2026

   

  Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced with Greenland and Ukraine, they are suffering from a severe case of buyer’s regret

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• Opinion - What Is Happening to Mothers and Babies in Gaza Should Leave Us Deeply, Collectively Ashamed

  
  January 27, 2026 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-01-19/ty-article-opinion/.premium/what-is-happening-to-mothers-and-babies-in-gaza-should-leave-us-deeply-ashamed/0000019b-d0b1-d2f8-af9b-f3f30cd70000

   

  By Lucy Aitchison

  Published January 19, 2026

   

  As maternal mortality surges in post-war Gaza, and newborns face cold, infection, and malnutrition, pregnancy and childbirth are daily fights for survival. Women and their babies, universally noncombatants, are suffering disproportionately – and serve as a measure of our moral failure

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• The two-stage killing of Palestinians in Gaza

  
  January 27, 2026 15:14

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2629876

   

  By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 19, 2026 

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• Trump’s Board of Peace and the politics of control

  
  February 03, 2026 14:18

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2630680

   

  By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 26, 2026

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