Common Grounds

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• Whether it's Afghanistan or Palestine occupations don't last forever

  
  August 24, 2021 14:02

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210817-whether-its-afghanistan-or-palestine-occupations-dont-last-forever/

   

  By Dr Daud Abdullah

  Published August 17, 2021

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• Can Zionists Support a Binational State? This Israeli Writer Says Yes

  
  August 24, 2021 14:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium.REVIEW-can-zionists-support-a-binational-state-this-israeli-writer-says-yes-1.10132612

   

  By Abe Silberstein

  Published August 19, 2021

   

  In his thought-provoking new book ‘Haifa Republic,’ philosopher Omri Boehm reminds us that the binational state was a concept promoted by parts of the Israeli right as recently as the late 1970s

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• Anti-Semitism: Mantagu Memo on the Anti-Semitism of the British Government

  
  August 24, 2021 14:10

  Source: Jewish Virtual Library

  https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montagu-memo-on-british-government-s-anti-semitism

   

  Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government - Submitted to the British Cabinet, August 1917

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• If no more two-state solution, then what? - opinion

  
  August 17, 2021 13:41

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/if-no-more-two-state-solution-then-what-opinion-676472

   

  By GERSHON BASKIN 

  Published: August 12, 2021

   

  ENCOUNTERING PEACE: THIS IS not a shallow argument of one state or two states; the political solutions of the future will probably be much more complex.

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• Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

  
  August 17, 2021 13:30

  Source: The International Crisis Group

  https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

   

  Published August 10, 2021

   

  The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.

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• ‘A wandering people-race’ — Shlomo Sand’s new book on Judéophobia

  
  August 09, 2021 10:59

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/a-wandering-people-race-shlomo-sands-new-book-on-judeophobia/

   

  By YAKOV RABKIN

  Published August 4, 2021

   

  UNE RACE IMAGINAIRE (AN IMAGINARY RACE)
  Courte Histoire de la Judéophobie (A Short History of Judéophobia)
  by Shlomo Sand
  176 pp. Paris, Seuil. 2020.

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• Why Is This Happening? Understanding life inside Palestine with Rashid Khalidi

  
  August 05, 2021 12:19

  Source: NBC News Digital

  https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/understanding-life-inside-palestine-rashid-khalidi-n1274524

   

  By Chris Hayes

  Published july 20, 2021

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• Opinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems

  
  August 04, 2021 14:40

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

   

  By Eric H. Yoffie

  Published August 2, 2021

   

  Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help

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• Palestinian dispossession is nothing new, but the world wasn’t always watching

  
  August 10, 2021 11:48

  Source: Open Democracy

  https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/palestinian-dispossession-is-nothing-new-but-the-world-wasnt-always-watching/

   

  By Himmat Zoubi

  Published August 5, 2021

   

  Recent protests by Palestinians in Israel highlight an ongoing reality of dispossession and discrimination for the country’s Arab citizens

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• Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

  
  August 10, 2021 15:10

  Source: The Pioneer

  https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

   

  By Manan Dwivedi

  Published August 8, 2021

   

  The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel

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