Common Grounds

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• Palestine, Corbyn and the Labour left

  
  May 24, 2022 14:43

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/palestine-corbyn-and-the-labour-left/

   

  Phil Bevin writes in SKWAWKBOX

  Published May 17, 2022

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• Palestine, Syria, Ukraine: the life of Marsel, a child of wars

  
  May 17, 2022 13:49

  Source: United Nations

  https://unric.org/en/palestine-syria-ukraine-the-life-of-marsel-a-child-of-wars/

   

  Published May 16, 2022

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• Abu Akleh’s brother slams police ‘brutal force’ at funeral, expresses hope for peace

  
  May 16, 2022 11:33

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/abu-aklehs-brother-slams-police-brutal-force-at-funeral-expresses-hope-for-peace/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-05-15&utm_medium=email

   

  By AARON BOXERMAN

  Published May 15, 2022

   

  Anton Abu Akleh, brother of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen who was killed in Jenin last week, calls Israeli police account of violence at her funeral ‘illogical and untrue’

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• Opinion | What's God Got to Do With It? How Religion Fuels the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  May 10, 2022 14:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-what-s-god-got-to-do-with-it-how-religion-fuels-the-israel-palestinian-conflict-1.10787533

   

  By Dahlia Scheindlin

  Published May 9, 2022

   

  Surveys of Israelis and Palestinians are definitive: There's a stark, unyielding connection between religious devotion and political extremism. Religious Jews and Muslims stoke incitement and violence. But could they also resolve the conflict?

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• Why anti-Russia boycotts should revive the Palestinian BDS movement

  
  May 10, 2022 15:31

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/why-anti-russia-boycotts-should-revive-the-palestinian-bds-movement/

   

  Nada Elia writes in Middle East Eye 

  Published May 9, 2022

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• ‘Our Nakba and Their Independence’: On the Problem with the Zionists’ Version of Two Narratives

  
  May 10, 2022 15:40

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/our-nakba-and-their-independence-on-the-problem-with-the-zionists-version-of-two-narratives/

   

  By Benay Blend

  Published May 5, 2022

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• Read: Vladimir Putin’s victory day speech in full

  
  May 12, 2022 15:43

  Source: The Spectator

  https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/read-vladimir-putin-s-victory-day-speech-in-full

   

  Published May 9, 2022

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• Ukraine crisis highlights West’s hypocrisy over Israeli land theft

  
  February 24, 2022 17:25

  Source: The Electronic Intifada

  https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/ukraine-crisis-highlights-wests-hypocrisy-over-israeli-land-theft

   

  By Ali Abunimah

  Published February 22, 2022

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• Why Should Ukrainians Die for Europe, aka the Eu-US Coalition of the Willing?

  
  June 24, 2022 10:13

  Clare Daly at European Parliament

  June 23, 2022

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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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