Common Grounds

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• Beware of the resurgent Russophobia

  
  April 26, 2022 15:33

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/1/beware-of-the-resurgent-russophobia

   

  By Hamid Dabashi

  Published April 1, 2022

   

  So what if Putin likes Dostoyevsky?

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• Palestine’s Widening Geography of Resistance: Why Israel Cannot Defeat the Palestinians

  
  April 26, 2022 15:39

  Source: Ramzy Baroud, Politics for the People

  http://www.ramzybaroud.net/palestines-widening-geography-of-resistance-why-israel-cannot-defeat-the-palestinians/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published April 13, 2022

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• Opinion | If the PA Is Responsible for Palestinian Violence, Who 'Ratifies' Jewish Terrorism?

  
  April 26, 2022 15:47

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-if-the-pa-is-responsible-for-palestinian-violence-who-ratifies-jewish-terrorism-1.10737999

   

  By Zvi Bar'el

  Published April 12, 2022

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• Fears Are Mounting That Ukraine War Will Spill Across Borders

  
  April 28, 2022 15:10

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/us/politics/ukraine-war-expansion.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220428&instance_id=59809&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id

   

  By David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger

  Published April 27, 2022

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• The EU Goes After Russian Oil Sales to Europe—With an Eye on a Larger Target

  
  May 06, 2022 12:18

  Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/05/05/eu-goes-after-russian-oil-sales-to-europe-with-eye-on-larger-target-pub-87080?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buttonlink&mkt_tok=

   

  By Noah Gordon

  Published May 5, 2022

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• Soft Power After Ukraine

  
  May 08, 2022 22:15

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/soft-power-after-russia-war-in-ukraine-by-joseph-s-nye-2022-05

   

  By JOSEPH S. NYE, JR.

  Published May 3, 2022

   

  While hard military power will decide the outcome of Russia's war in Ukraine, the power of values, persuasion, and attraction are hardly irrelevant. Though soft power tends to operate more subtly and over a longer time horizon, it has nonetheless emerged as a key feature of Ukraine's defense.

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• Russia's Sergei Lavrov Compares Ukraine to Palestine

  
  May 17, 2022 14:32

  Source: Newsweek

  https://www.newsweek.com/russia-sergei-lavrov-compares-ukraine-palestine-putin-israel-1706810

   

  By JACK DUTTON

  Published May 16, 2022

   

  Watch the VIDEO HERE

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• Rewriting UNRWA: The US-Israeli Plan to Cancel out the Palestinian Right of Return

  
  May 17, 2022 13:54

  Source: Ramzy Baroud - Politics for the People

  http://www.ramzybaroud.net/rewriting-unrwa-the-us-israeli-plan-to-cancel-out-the-palestinian-right-of-return/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published May 4, 2022

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• A Ukrainian City Under a Violent New Regime

  
  May 18, 2022 17:48

  Source: The Newyorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/a-ukrainian-city-under-a-violent-new-regime

   

  By Joshua Yaffa
  Published May 16, 2022

   

  How the Russian occupation transformed life in Melitopol.

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• Israel wants to be recognized as Jerusalem’s responsible sovereign. Tell the cops

  
  May 23, 2022 11:41

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-wants-to-be-recognized-as-jerusalems-responsible-sovereign-tell-the-cops/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-05-22&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published May 19, 2022

   

  The handling of Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral contradicted Israel’s claim to act as the capital’s wise and temperate authority. Those in charge have a lot to answer for

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