Common Grounds

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• The geography of suffering and the colour of empathy: The implications of the Ukraine crisis for the future

  
  August 25, 2022 12:37

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/eyal-mayroz-ukraine-geography-of-suffering-colour-of-empathy/13790828

   

  By Eyal Mayroz

  Published March 10, 2022

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• Don’t hand power to dangerous people (even when they really want it) — a modest Buddhist proposal

  
  August 25, 2022 11:42

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/jonathan-gold-buddhist-proposal-for-keeping-sociopaths-from-pow/13787074

   

  By Jonathan C. Gold

  Published March 8, 2022

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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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• Opinion | Who Cares About a Child Killed in Gaza

  
  August 09, 2022 16:33

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-08/ty-article-opinion/.premium/who-cares-about-a-child-killed-in-gaza/00000182-7c97-df85-adbb-fff7846f0000

   

  By Zvi Bar'el

  Published August 6, 2022

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• Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance

  
  August 09, 2022 14:10

  Source: Counterpunch

  https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/05/why-resistance-matters-palestinians-are-challenging-israels-unilateralism-dominance/

   

  By RAMZY BAROUD

  Published August 5, 2022

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• Opinion | Next Time Israel Fights Gaza, It Could Face a Nuclear Iran

  
  August 12, 2022 11:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2022-08-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/next-time-israel-fights-gaza-it-could-face-a-nuclear-iran/00000182-82cf-d5f9-a5e2-f6cf869a0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=add017d3b8&lts=1660270583424

   

  By Chuck Freilich

  Published August 9, 2022

   

  How Israel responds to military pressure from the Palestinian enclave – and from Hezbollah – would be radically different if their patron Iran crosses the nuclear threshold

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• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: No Solutions, No Illusions

  
  August 16, 2022 22:06

  Source: Tikun Olam

  https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2022/08/10/israeli-palestinian-conflict-no-solutions-no-illusions/

   

  By Richard Silverstein

  Published August 10, 2022

   

  Today, there is no solution. Only illusion.

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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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• 'We killed a little boy, but it was within the rules’

  
  August 16, 2022 22:19

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/gaza-soldiers-civilians-intelligence/

   

  By Yuval Abraham

  Published August 11, 2022

   

  Former IDF soldiers reveal how the army authorizes strikes in Gaza knowing civilians will be killed, so long as the number is deemed low enough.

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