Common Grounds

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• Opinion | In Jerusalem, Biden Signs the Palestinians’ Death Certificate

  
  July 19, 2022 09:39

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-07-16/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/biden-signs-the-palestinians-death-certificate/00000182-07db-d7d0-a3ae-cfdbafd00000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=c5be97d043

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published July 16, 2022

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• Only Saudi Arabia and Israeli Arabs Can Save Israel as a Jewish Democracy

  
  July 19, 2022 11:27

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/opinion/israel-saudi-arabia-biden-trip.html

   

  By Thomas L. Friedman

  Published July 15, 2022

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• Palestinian Flags Aren’t Illegal in Israel. They Still Get Torn Down.

  
  August 03, 2022 10:55

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/middleeast/palestinian-flag-attack-israel.html

   

  By Raja Abdulrahim

  Published July 30, 2022

   

  Israeli police, lawmakers and settlers are increasingly targeting the flag, which Palestinians say is a broader attack on their identity.

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• The Long Con(federation): Understanding the latest attempts to legitimize Israeli colonization

  
  August 03, 2022 11:33

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-long-confederation-understanding-the-latest-attempts-to-legitimize-israeli-colonization/

   

  Haim Bresheeth-Žabner writes in Mondoweiss

  Published July 30, 2022

   

  Recent proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian confederation are a makeover of the two-state solution, allowing Israel to continue to legitimize its settler-colonial project.

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• Mahmoud Abbas’s lifelong falsification of Jewish history

  
  August 18, 2022 19:36

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/mahmoud-abbass-lifelong-falsification-of-jewish-history/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-08-18&utm_medium=email

  
  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published August 17, 2022

   

  The PA president’s remarks in Berlin reconfirm his abiding rejection of Jewish history – ancient and modern, in Israel and in exile. It’s why he has failed his people and ours

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• The Palestinian misuse, and Zionist abuse, of the Holocaust

  
  August 18, 2022 19:28

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/8/18/palestinian-misuse-and-zionist-abuse-of-the-holocaust

   

  By Marwan Bishara

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  Both sides are guilty of invoking the Holocaust to justify their positions. Mahmoud Abbas is only the latest to do so.

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• Abbas faces outcry in Germany, Israel after Berlin remarks on Holocaust

  
  August 18, 2022 19:41

  Source: Arab Weekly

  https://thearabweekly.com/abbas-faces-outcry-germany-israel-after-berlin-remarks-holocaust

   

  Published August 17, 2022

   

  "For us Germans in particular, any relativisation of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. I condemn any attempt to deny the crimes of the Holocaust, ”  said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

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• In Wake of Holocaust Comments, Israeli Defense Minister Defends Past Meetings With Abbas

  
  August 18, 2022 19:50

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-18/ty-article/.premium/in-wake-of-holocaust-comments-israeli-defense-minister-defends-past-meetings-with-abbas/00000182-b03f-d018-adae-b93f5d500000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=42eec86fc4

   

  By Sam Sokol

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  Benny Gantz, who has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas three times in the last year, refused to rule out further in-person meetings despite the former's widely criticized Holocaust remarks

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• Analysis | Abbas Got It Wrong, but Was Quick to Correct Himself: On Double Standards

  
  August 18, 2022 20:29

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2022-08-18/ty-article/.premium/abbas-got-it-wrong-but-was-quick-to-correct-himself-not-so-israel/00000182-ad44-d1f9-a59e-fd6c4e3d0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=42eec86fc4&lts=1660834046539

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published August 18, 2022

   

  The Palestinian leader eventually walked back his faux pas, but Israel won't correct the injustices it causes the Palestinians every day

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• In Berlin, Abbas says Israel committed ‘holocausts’ against the Palestinians; Scholz grimaces silently, later condemns remarks

  
  August 17, 2022 15:20

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-berlin-abbas-skirts-apology-for-munich-attack-says-israel-committed-holocausts/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2022-08-16-2819696&utm_medium=email

   

  By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES

  Published August 16, 2022

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