Common Grounds

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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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• 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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• 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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• ‘Haaretz’ publisher says Israel is ‘an apartheid state’ — as his paper continues to warn against an Israel-Iran war

  
  December 14, 2021 14:08

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/12/haaretz-publisher-says-israel-is-an-apartheid-state-as-his-paper-continues-to-warn-against-an-israel-iran-war/

   

  By JAMES NORTH

  Published December 12, 2021

   

  Haaretz publisher: "The product of Zionism, the State of Israel, is not a Jewish and democratic state, but has instead become an apartheid state, plain and simple."

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• As Biden Holds Summit for Democracy, Arab People Call on US and Western governments to Stop Supporting Authoritarian Regimes

  
  December 10, 2021 12:40

  Source: Office of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakol Karman

   

  Published December, 2021

   

  Democracy First for Arab World

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• ‘Everyone’s a Suspect.’ Six Former Israeli Soldiers Speak

  
  November 18, 2021 11:52

  Source: The New York Times 

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/israel-palestine-idf-mission-hebron.html

   

  By Rona Segal

  Published November, 2021

   

  Director Rona Segal learned filmmaking in the Israeli army.
  Now, she turns the camera on her fellow soldiers.

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• Analysis | 'When I Take Off My Israeli Army Uniform, I'm Just Another Bedouin'

  
  November 16, 2021 15:31

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-when-i-take-off-my-israeli-army-uniform-i-m-just-another-bedouin-1.10355729?lts=1637067030767

   

  By Amos Harel

  Published November 5, 2021

   

  Despite recent Israeli steps such as recognizing Bedouin towns and providing new employment opportunities, the crime, violence and estrangement from the state remains what some call 'a national strategic problem'

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• For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution

  
  November 23, 2021 14:42

  Source: Labour List

  https://labourlist.org/2021/11/for-israel-palestine-and-peace-we-must-work-towards-a-two-state-solution/

   

  By Steve McCabe

  Published November 23, 2021

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• Joint Letter to Senators Supporting Passage of Gaza Reporting Amendment

  
  November 23, 2021 15:28

  Source: Human Rights Watch

  https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/17/joint-letter-senators-supporting-passage-gaza-reporting-amendment

   

  Published November 15, 2021

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• Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden? The answer means much to the world

  
  November 25, 2021 10:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-is-the-outlier-trump-or-biden-the-answer-means-much-to-the-world/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Aron Heller

  Published November 22, 2021

   

  With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?

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