Common Grounds

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• America, Human Rights, and Israel’s War on Palestine

  
  June 01, 2021 13:56

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-must-uphold-palestinian-human-rights-in-israel-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-05

   

  By JEFFREY D. SACHS

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Human rights are human rights, and they are part of international law under the UN Charter. Whether the case is Xinjiang and the Uighurs, Myanmar and the Rohingya, or Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, the correct way to defend international law is through the United Nations, starting with an independent investigation under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council.

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• Analysis | Israel Gave Up Sovereignty in Arab Cities. Everyone Paid the Price

  
  June 01, 2021 13:46

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-gave-up-sovereignty-in-arab-cities-everyone-paid-the-price-1.9851992

   

  By Amos Harel

  Published May 28, 2021

   

  The Jewish-Arab violence inside Israel surprised officials even more than the Gaza flare-up. And Netanyahu's vision of soldiers in Israeli cities is still on the table

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• Recognize Palestine … then the negotiations can begin

  
  June 04, 2021 10:57

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1867501

   

  By DAOUD KUTTAB

  Published May 30, 2021

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• Don’t mourn a coexistence that never existed

  
  June 08, 2021 13:40

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/dont-mourn-a-coexistence-that-never-existed/

   

  Rami Younis writes in +972

  Published June 2, 2021

   

  After weeks of racist incitement, the Israeli media is suddenly talking about 'bringing back coexistence' — a paradise that was never even here

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• How will pro-Israel Evangelicals react to the post-Bibi era?

  
  June 08, 2021 14:02

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/how-will-pro-israel-evangelicals-react-to-the-post-bibi-era-670370

   

  By Joel C. Rosenberg

  Published June 7, 2021

   

  They don’t know Naftali Bennett or Yair Lapid, so there is no trust yet, but it can be developed

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• Absolving empire in Palestine

  
  June 08, 2021 13:51

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/4/absolving-empire-in-palestine

   

  By Ammar Rashid

  Published June 4, 2021

   

  What are the real reasons behind the US media and state institutions’ apparent pro-Israel bias?

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• Israel and its western allies have run out of Palestinian enforcers

  
  June 22, 2021 19:48

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-western-allies-run-out-Palestinian-enforcers

   

  By Joseph Massad

  Published June 11, 2021

   

  A continuation of the strategy of finding client leaders cannot forestall the massive Palestinian anti-colonial revolt to come

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• Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

  
  July 29, 2021 14:31

  Source: Ben & Jerry’s

  https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/palestine-statement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=demand&utm_term=photo&utm_content=palestine-statement

   

  Published July 19, 2021

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• Israel's future is apartheid in a 'solution of the three classes'

  
  September 21, 2021 15:35

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210916-israels-future-is-apartheid-in-a-solution-of-the-three-classes/

  
  By Nasim Ahmed

  Published September 16, 2021

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• 'Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,' Says Former PM’s Son

  
  September 21, 2021 15:05

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-former-pm-s-son-israel-was-born-in-sin-i-m-collaborating-with-a-criminal-country-1.10220502

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published September 19, 2021

   

  Scion to an iconic Zionist family and former member of the Shin Bet, Yaakov Sharett, 95, has become an anti-Zionist who encourages people to leave Israel

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