Common Grounds
Haley slams UN human rights report for ‘singling out Israel’
Source: The Times of Israel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/haley-slams-un-human-rights-report-for-singling-out-israel/
US envoy condemns ‘unfair bias’ against Jewish state, a week after threatening the US could withdraw from Human Rights Council
Read MoreUNICEF child welfare report finds Israel among worst in developed world
Source: The Times of Israel
By Stuart Winer
One in three children is considered poor in the Jewish state, says UN agency
Read MoreThe block impeding coalition against Iran
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
Published June 06, 2017
Why Iran Won’t Bring Israelis and Arabs Together
There’s No Way Around Justice for PalestiniansBy Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs
Read MoreMarwan Barghouti and the battle of the empty stomachs
Source: Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU)
http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2017-07-04/marwan-barghouti-and-the-battle-of-the-empty-stomachs/
By Jonathan Cook
Often described as the Palestinians’ Nelson Mandela, Barghouti led the recent prisoners’ hunger strike. Paradoxically, his incarceration has served only to make him more visible, a Palestinian national icon. And now he is said to be developing a new model of resistance, to replace the failed strategies of Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas
Read MoreWhat does it take to move from pseudo-democracy to real participation?
Source: Redress Information & Analysis
By Graham Peebles
Imagine a country run along truly democratic lines. In such a mythical land, what would be the role of the politician, and the nature of his or her relationship with that amorphous group paraded under the banner of “the people”?
Read MoreI was taught to hate Palestinians — until I met one
Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/i-was-taught-to-hate-palestinians-until-i-met-one/128364/
By Osnat Ita Skoblinski
I grew up believing the Arabs wanted to throw us into the sea. Then I met a Palestinian from Gaza, and started to question everything I was ever taught.
Read MoreAmericans view of Israel is getting worse by the day
Source: Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/americans-view-of-israel-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/
July 1, 2017
By Tom Porter
Posted with permission from NewsweekThe more Americans know about Israel, the less they like about it, according to a new survey.
Read MoreWATCH // Minister Hotovely Asked to 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' on 60 Minutes Palestine Segment
Source: Haaretz
Jun 29, 2017
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.798551‘As an Israeli mother, would you be happy on the other side of the wall?’ asked host Liam Bartlett during one particularly heated exchange
Read MoreThe shocking treatment of Palestinian children
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
By Peter Beinart, Forward
June 21, 2017Why Is One Pro-Israel Group Desperate To Keep You From Watching This Video?
When it comes to Palestinians, the American Jewish establishment is in the ignorance business. The average American synagogue has never hosted a Palestinian speaker. The average “pro-Israel” activist has never read a book by a Palestinian author. The American Jewish philanthropists who fund Birthright send thousands of young American Jews to Israel each year, on a programme that systematically excludes the voices of 50% of the people who live under Israeli control.
Read MoreTo punish Hamas, children must die
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
http://jfjfp.com/?p=93479
By Shlomi Eldar, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor
June 29, 2017Gaza’s children suffer as Hamas, PA continue conflict
Five Israeli doctors discuss their recent visit to Gaza, where disease is rampant, medication is disappearing and medical patients have given up hope.
Read More
LATEST OPEN LETTERS
- 13-02World Peace
- 05-12My scream to the world
- 16-11To Syria and Bashar al-Assad
- 16-11To Palestine
- 24-10Japan should withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN), WHO's controlling parent body, to protect the basic human rights and lives of its citizens.
- 09-08Open Letter to António Guterres: Will the UN Protect Our Rights and End Our Suffering?
- 09-06Urgent Appeal
- 07-05Protect Our Great Earth And Nation!
- 09-03Peace And Love!
- 06-02Non military defence of Ukraine
Latest Blog Articles
- 06-05The Evangelical Pope | A Future of Grace and Hope and Love
- 02-05Our Friday News Analysis | What the World Reads Now!
- 01-05Our Wednesday News Analysis | How an 'antisemitism hoax' drowned out the discovery of mass graves in Gaza
- 30-04The Rafah invasion will be catastrophic
- 30-04Craig Murray: Worse Than You Can Imagine
- 30-04How an 'antisemitism hoax' drowned out the discovery of mass graves in Gaza
- 29-04The Evangelical Pope | Strive to Be YOU!
- 25-04Our Friday News Analysis | What the World Reads Now!
- 24-04Our Wednesday News Analysis | Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Is a World Historical Crime
- 23-04From Namibia to Gaza With Love
- 22-04The Evangelical Pope | Salt and Light