Common Grounds

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• Opinion | It’s Always the Time to Talk About the Occupation

  
  January 31, 2023 15:13

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-01-30/ty-article-opinion/.premium/its-always-the-time-to-talk-about-the-occupation/00000185-ff07-d9f5-a18d-ffcf3aaa0000

   

  By Hanin Majadli

  Published January 30, 2023

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• When Zionism splits: Israel and the warning from colonial history

  
  January 31, 2023 15:04

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/when-zionism-splits-israel-and-the-warning-from-colonial-history/

   

  David Hearst  writes in Middle East Eye 

  Published January 26, 2023

   

  The divide between the shock troops of the Zionist project to create a Jewish state and the Zionist mainstream has been swept under the carpet so many times. Today it's breaking out into the open

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• An open letter to Israel’s friends in North America

  
  February 07, 2023 14:36

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-israels-friends-in-north-america/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2023-02-02&utm_medium=email

   

  By MATTI FRIEDMAN, YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI and DANIEL GORDIS

  Published February 2, 2023

   

  Diaspora Jews have both the right and the responsibility to speak out against a government that is undermining our society’s cohesion and its democratic ethos

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• Opinion | Israel’s Fraudulent Notion of ‘Jewish Democracy’ Has Been Exposed. What’s Next?

  
  February 07, 2023 15:11

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-02-03/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/israels-fraudulent-notion-of-jewish-democracy-has-been-exposed-whats-next/00000186-15d2-d840-a78e-7fdaec3b0000

   

  By Eva Illouz

  Published February 3, 2023

   

  We are in an era of disillusionment, which makes us see reality unvarnished. Zionist nationalism is no longer a unifying goal

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• In Syria, the West’s humanitarian claims crumble to dust

  
  February 14, 2023 13:03

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/turkey-syria-earthquake-west-humanitarian-claims-crumble-dust

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published February 13, 2023

   

  The US said it wanted to free Syrians from a tyrant. Then it was willing to let them die of cold and hunger. The truth: for the West, Syria is only about power

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• How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline

  
  February 09, 2023 16:19

  Source: Seymour Hersh

  https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

   

  By Seymour Hersh

  Published February 8, 2023

   

  The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now

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• How Israel targets Palestinian society through family separation

  
  December 13, 2022 15:44

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221213-how-israel-targets-palestinian-society-through-family-separation/

   

  By Wafa Aludaini

  Published December 13, 2022

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• Why the ‘second Nakba’ government wants to remake the Israeli state

  
  December 13, 2022 15:38

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/nakba-government-secular-liberal-zionism/

   

  By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury 

  Published December 9, 2022

   

  The far right’s crusade on secular liberalism is provoking mass opposition in Israel, but it cannot be separated from the state's anti-Palestinian mission.

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• Russia Blames UK Navy For ‘Terror Attack’ On Nord Stream Pipelines; British MoD Calls It ‘Russian Distraction’

  
  November 03, 2022 12:13

  Source: Eurasian Times

  https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-blames-uk-navy-for-terror-attack-on-nord-stream-pipelines-british/

   

  By Tanmay Kadam
  Published October 30, 2022

   

  Russia has accused the UK of Nord Stream explosions in September this year, claiming the specialists from the British Royal Navy helped the Ukrainian military blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

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• Palestinian parties must abandon Israel’s democracy charade

  
  November 01, 2022 16:00

  Source: Arabnews

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2191306#.Y2AEWTM93sc.twitter

   

  By RAMZY BAROUD

  Published October 31, 2022

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