Common Grounds

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• CAN EUROPE AFFORD TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO EVIDENCE OF A US ROLE IN PIPELINE BLASTS?

  
  October 26, 2022 09:40

  Source: Mintpressnews

  https://www.mintpressnews.com/evidence-united-states-role-nord-stream-pipeline-blasts/282149/

   

  By JONATHAN COOK

  Published October 6, 2022

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• What makes a martyr? The proclamation of Patriarch Kirill and the question of sacred violence

  
  October 25, 2022 15:39

  Source: ABC Religion & Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/patriarch-kirill-and-the-question-of-soldier-martyrs/14086850?j=1962924&sfmc_sub=357522572&l=16567_HTML&u=58970504&mid=518000040&jb=1008&utm

   

  By Jonathan Zecher

  Published October 17, 2022

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• Why Being a ‘Bad Jew’ Is No Longer Bad for Jewish Americans

  
  October 18, 2022 15:37

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2022-10-16/ty-article/.highlight/why-being-a-bad-jew-is-no-longer-bad-for-jewish-americans/00000183-e081-d15e-a5cb-e6a555e20000

   

  By Eitan Nechin

  Published October 16, 2022

   

  Emily Tamkin, the author of the new book ‘Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities,’ tells Haaretz how Jewish America today is just as much Jared Kushner as it is Bernie Sanders

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• Anti-Palestinianism makes the weaponization of antisemitism possible

  
  October 18, 2022 15:09

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/anti-palestinianism-makes-the-weaponization-of-antisemitism-possible/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1666015333

   

  By TERRY AHWAL

  Published October 15, 2022

   

  Zionism requires the demise of and continuous crimes against the Palestinian people. I will oppose it regardless of what you label me.

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• Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys

  
  October 18, 2022 16:05

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/westerners-live-denial-convinced-theyre-good-guys

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published October 14, 2022

   

  Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call

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• Opinion | Suddenly, Everyone Fears for Israeli Democracy

  
  October 25, 2022 15:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-10-23/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/suddenly-everyone-fears-for-israeli-democracy/00000184-00d3-de24-a1df-fbfb72a50000?

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published October 23, 2022

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• The question of violence

  
  October 25, 2022 15:28

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/the-question-of-violence/

   

  By MITCHELL PLITNICK

  Published October 22, 2022

   

  The use of violence is a tragedy, in all cases. But it is even more tragic to allow it only to an oppressor while forbidding it to the oppressed. 

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• Palestinian Granny’s Plea Evokes Sympathy among many except Europe, America and NATO

  
  October 25, 2022 15:14

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-grannys-plea-evokes-sympathy-among-many-except-europe-america-and-nato/

   

  By Iqbal Jassat

  Published October 20, 2022

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• No place like home: my bitter return to Palestine

  
  September 27, 2022 14:10

  Source: The Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/27/no-place-like-home-my-bitter-return-to-palestine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

   

  By Fida Jiryis

  Published September 27, 2022

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• Queen Elizabeth II: Why did the British monarch never visit Israel?

  
  September 13, 2022 19:01

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/queen-elizabeth-israel-never-visited-how

   

  By MEE staff

  Published September 9, 2022

   

  Queen, who visited more than 120 countries during her seven-decade reign, accused by some of an unofficial boycott

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