Common Grounds

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• Beneath the illusion of a temporary occupation lies apartheid

  
  December 14, 2017 13:39

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/beneath-the-illusion-of-a-temporary-occupation-lies-apartheid/131525/

   

  By Fady Khoury

  Published December 13, 2017

   

  By claiming that its control over Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza is temporary, despite lasting longer than South African Apartheid by any measure, Israel is able to justify a regime that denies one group political and civil rights while privileging another.

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• Messianic Christians are Bibi’s best friend

  
  December 14, 2017 13:53

  Source: Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=97066

   

  By Jonathan Cook, Mint Press News
  Published December 07, 2017

   

  Netanyahu Alienating American Jews for Alliance with Christian Evangelicals and the Alt-Right

   

  Israel’s attacks on liberals in Israel echo Trump’s rhetoric and policies towards minorities in the US, American Jews are gradually being forced to reassess their longstanding double standard towards Israel.

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• Palestinians search for allies on Jerusalem issue

  
  December 14, 2017 14:04

  Source: The Globe and Mail

  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/palestinians-search-for-allies-on-jerusalem-issue/article37285750/

   

  By ERIC REGULY
  Ramallah, West Bank
  Publsihe December 10, 2017

   

  Visit any government or business office in Ramallah, the Palestinians' commercial and political centre in the West Bank, and you'll see a huge panoramic photo of Jerusalem showing the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sights. They consider Jerusalem the capital of their future state.

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• Muslim leaders call for recognition of East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital

  
  December 14, 2017 14:27

  Source: RT

  https://www.rt.com/news/412942-erdogan-trump-jerusalem-decision/

   

  Leaders of Islamic countries have called for East Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Palestine, stating that Donald Trump’s move last week had voided the status of the US as a mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

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• Analysis // Three Reasons We Aren't Seeing a Third Intifada

  
  December 15, 2017 15:03

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.828100

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published Dec 13, 2017

   

  Unlike the previous outbreaks in 1987 and 2000, the key elements needed to spark another Palestinian uprising do not seem to be in place

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• DOES TRUMP WANT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

  
  December 15, 2017 15:15

  Source: Pacific Standard

  https://psmag.com/news/does-trump-want-peace-in-the-middle-east?platform=hootsuite

   

  By MASSOUD HAYOUN

  Published DEC 13, 2017

   

  Following his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital last week, analysts say it's unclear whether President Donald Trump is trying to spark conflagrations in the Middle East to legitimize domestic and foreign anti-Arab and Muslim policy.

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• In Jerusalem we have the latest chapter in a century of colonialism

  
  December 15, 2017 15:28

  Source:The Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/jerusalem-chapter-century-colonialism-donald-trump-intervention-palestine?utm_content=buffera346e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

   

  By Karma Nabulsi

  Published 12 December 2017 

   

  Donald Trump’s intervention is not a mere aberration. It’s part of the continuing story of injustice in Palestine

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• When Britain turned Palestine into a “second Ireland”

  
  December 15, 2017 15:41

  Source Yhe Electronic Intifad

  https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/when-britain-turned-palestine-second-ireland

   

  By David Cronin

  Published 15 December 2017

   

  I live near a shrine dedicated to the British military commander Bernard Montgomery. Located on a tree-lined avenue that leads to a triumphal arch, this statue of Montgomery in Brussels illustrates how some Europeans regard him as a hero for his role during World War II. In truth, Montgomery was a thug. That became clear when I read his handwritten notes in Britain’s national archives.

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• Opinion // Jerusalem as the Basis of a Binational State

  
  December 15, 2017 21:52

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.829156

   

  By Zeev Sternhell

  Published Dec 14, 2017

   

  If the Palestinians treat Trump’s announcement as if it relates only to western Jerusalem and its offshoots over the Green Line, then nothing will change

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• Why Israel's Arab leadership is disengaging from the Zionist Left

  
  December 18, 2017 15:15

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/is-israels-arab-leadership-disengaging-from-the-zionist-left/131650/

   

  By Doron Matza

   

  From the point of view of Israel’s Palestinians, the Zionist Left has little to offer them anymore. Today, the Right’s model of ‘economic peace’ is seen as the lesser of two evils.

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