Common Grounds

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• Do China and Russia want to replace the US as mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

  
  December 02, 2021 14:03

  Source: Atlantic Council

  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/do-china-and-russia-want-to-replace-the-us-as-mediators-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

   

  By Richard LeBaron, Mohamed Bin Huwaidin, Daniel Rakov, Jonathan Fulton, and Joze Pelayo

  Published May 21, 2021

   

  This article is part of a strategic collaboration launched by the Atlantic Council (Washington, DC), the Emirates Policy Center (Abu Dhabi), and the Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv). The authors are associated with the initiative’s Working Group on Chinese and Russian Power Projection in the Middle East. The views expressed by the authors are theirs and not their institutions’.

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• Opinion | Who Will Stop Israel's Craziest Settlement Plan Ever?

  
  December 07, 2021 14:11

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-who-will-stop-israel-s-craziest-settlement-plan-ever-1.10440698?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Hagit Ofran

  Published December 5, 2021

   

  A new mega-settlement would be the death sentence for a viable future Palestinian state. But with the shameful silence of the 'pro-peace,' two state supporters in Israel's coalition government, the only hope for halting the plan rests with Biden and Blinken

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• 'I Showed Palestinians the Footage That Israel Looted. They Started to Cry'

  
  December 06, 2021 11:21

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-i-showed-palestinians-the-footage-that-israel-looted-they-started-to-cry-1.10438349?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Nirit Anderman

  Published December 4, 2021

   

  In the 1982 Lebanon War, the Israeli army raided the PLO archive in Beirut, confiscating numerous reels of film depicting Palestinian life. A new film by Karnit Mandel reveals her quest to find the mysterious footage

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• UN envoy warns of risk of new Israel-Palestinian violence

  
  December 03, 2021 11:59

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/un-envoy-warns-of-risk-of-new-israel-palestinian-violence-1.10430090

   

  The Associated Press

  Published December 1, 2021

   

  Tor Wennesland says parties must calm tensions, reduce violence across the Palestinian territories, avoid unilateral steps including new Israeli settlement building and solidify the May cease-fire

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• AIPAC Launches PACs, Entering Political Campaign Space for First Time

  
  December 16, 2021 22:50

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-aipac-launches-pacs-entering-political-campaign-space-for-first-time-1.10473278?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ec5e91815a

   

  By Ben Samuels

  Published December 16, 2021

   

  Super PAC will allow Washington's most influential pro-Israel lobby to spend unlimited funds to campaign for or against candidates

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• These Two D.C. Retirements Will Hurt America's Conversation on Israel

  
  December 16, 2021 22:58

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-these-two-d-c-retirements-will-hurt-america-s-conversation-on-israel-1.10308963

   

  By Ben Samuels

  Published December 16, 2021

   

  Reps. John Yarmuth and David Price have long been supportive of Israel, but were also tough critics of Israeli policies they thought endangered a potential two-state solution

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• 2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen

  
  January 04, 2022 15:20

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/

  
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 1, 2022

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• Hopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington

  
  January 04, 2022 15:03

  Source: Common Dreams

  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/03/hopefully-2022-year-two-state-solution-finally-dies-washington

   

  By PHILIP WEISS

  Published January 3, 2022

   

  Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"

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• Opinion: Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith

  
  December 30, 2021 11:29

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/trump-idolatry-has-undermined-religious-faith/

   

  By Jennifer Rubin

  Published December 28, 2021

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• Hypocrisy and Selective Reporting – The Case of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Demise [Opinion]

  
  December 28, 2021 14:50

  Source: MSN Lifestyle

  https://www.msn.com/en-my/lifestyle/other/hypocrisy-and-selective-reporting-the-case-of-archbishop-desmond-tutu-s-demise-opinion/ar-AASbTAu

   

  By Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazari Ismail, Ph.D

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

  Published December 28, 2021

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