Common Grounds
What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/
By Ayat Abou Shmeiss
Published January 3, 2022
At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.
Read More‘The Nation’ lifts up Jewish fears over Palestinian realities in a Zionist tract
Source: Mondoweiss
BY PHILIP WEISS
Published January 14, 2022
The Nation runs a righwing religious endorsement of Zionism that opposes BDS and leaves out the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their land.
Read More‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/13/peace-middle-east-friend-summer-camp-israel
By Roy Cohen
Published January 13, 2022
At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him
Read MoreThere's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess
Source: Haaretz
By Adam Raz
Published January 20, 2022
The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender
Read MoreDialogue, Displacement and Despair: Why Palestine is Burning Like Never Before
Source: Mintpressnews
By Miko Peled
Published January 20, 2022
The dialogue phenomenon tries to cover up the fact that millions of Palestinians are displaced and that despair is all that life has to offer them. But it provides no hope, no solution, only a guarantee that things will continue to get worse for Palestinians.
Read MoreIsrael’s ‘war of attrition’ against Palestinian children
Source: Aljazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/1/21/israels-war-of-attrition-against-palestinian-children
By Marwa Koçak Marwa Koçak and Amy Addison-Dunne
Published January 21, 2022
As the battle between the Palestinian Bedouin and Israel continues, children are being indiscriminately arrested.
Read More1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil
Source: The Times of Israel
Published January 18, 2022
Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion
Read MoreUN Passes Israeli Resolution Combating Holocaust Denial on Social Media
Source: Haaretz
By Jonathan Lis
Published January 20, 2022
The resolution, which the U.S. and Germany have also lobbied for, also recognizes the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism
Read MoreOpinion | The Israeli Bill to Preserve Demographic Jewish Supremacy
Source: Haaretz
By Carolina Landsmann
Published January 16, 2022
Read MoreThis Filmmaker Dares to Question the Figure of 6 Million Jewish Victims in WWII
Source: Haaretz
Published January 16, 2022
How did the devastating, albeit too round number of 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust become so profoundly embedded in our minds? In his new documentary Israeli filmmaker David Fisher dares to try and recount
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