Common Grounds

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• ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’

  
  January 18, 2022 15:48

  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

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• ‘The Nation’ lifts up Jewish fears over Palestinian realities in a Zionist tract

  
  January 18, 2022 15:25

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/01/the-nation-lifts-up-jewish-fears-over-palestinian-realities-in-a-zionist-tract/

   

  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.

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• 'The Chameleon': U.S. Experts Shaken Over What This Iranian Scholar Just Said

  
  January 13, 2022 13:55

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-the-chameleon-u-s-experts-shaken-over-what-this-iranian-scholar-just-said-1.10532688?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ea7875ed8b

   

  By Yossi Melman

  Published January 12, 2022

   

  Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a visiting scholar at Princeton and an influential figure in the corridors of power in his country, recently spoke with a smirk of satisfaction about the threats directed against former American official Brian Hook

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• The Alchemy of Angst

  
  January 13, 2022 13:42

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/alchemy-of-angst-by-elif-shafak-2021-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=f6105226b3-op_newsletter_01_07_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-f6105226b3-93791313&mc_cid=f6105226b3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspay

   

  By ELIF SHAFAK

  Published December 4, 2021

   

  In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.

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• Opinion | Welcome to Tel Aviv! Oh, Hold On, Your Partner's Name Is Mohammed?

  
  January 11, 2022 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-welcome-to-tel-aviv-oh-hold-on-your-partner-s-name-in-mohammed-1.10513803

   

  Noa Landau

  Publihsed January 4, 2022

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• Opinion: Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights

  
  January 11, 2022 14:50

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/israel-palestinians-occupation-full-rights-west-bank/

   

  By Mairav Zonszein
  Published January 6, 2022 

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• Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie

  
  January 11, 2022 14:38

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bourgeoisie-boutagy-haifa/

   

  By Himmat Zoubi 

  Published January 6, 2022

   

  The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.

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• What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state

  
  January 04, 2022 15:28

  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.

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• 2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen

  
  January 04, 2022 15:20

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/

  
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 1, 2022

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• Hopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington

  
  January 04, 2022 15:03

  Source: Common Dreams

  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/03/hopefully-2022-year-two-state-solution-finally-dies-washington

   

  By PHILIP WEISS

  Published January 3, 2022

   

  Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"

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