Common Grounds

Vladimir and Volodymyr … Rulers of Peace?

March 17, 2022 23:05
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/vladimir-and-volodymyr-rulers-of-peace/

By: Abraham A. van Kempen

Published March 18, 2022
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Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war. Rightly so.

March 18, 2022 12:23
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/much-of-the-world-is-ambivalent-about-the-ukraine-war-rightly-so/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2022-03-17&utm_medium=email

By Radha Stirling

Published March 14, 2022

There is a distinct sentiment across Asia, Africa and the Arab world that Europe is throwing itself into a disaster and that the international order itself is crumbling
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Hypocrisy all round

March 15, 2022 16:08
Source: Weekly Worker

https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1386/hypocrisy-all-round/

By Moshe Machover

Published March 10, 2022

Moshé Machover highlights the selective condemnations of oppression and explains why Israel’s prime minister can pose as the peacemaker
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The Evangelical Pope | Build a World Without Violence

March 14, 2022 11:56
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, March 13, 2022
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The Shift: The Double Standards of Western Media

March 08, 2022 15:13
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/the-double-standards-of-western-media/

Michael Arria writes in Mondoweiss

Published March 4, 2022

The mainstream media is openly embracing armed resistance these days, just not for Palestinians.
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What I Didn’t See as a Jewish Israeli

March 08, 2022 15:34
Source: Yes Magazine

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/07/israel-palestine-identity-sheikh-jarrah

By Tzvia THIER

Published March 7, 2022

After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity.
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Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine

March 08, 2022 16:54
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/navigating-our-humanity-ilan-pappe-on-the-four-lessons-from-ukraine/

By Ilan Pappe

Published March 4, 2022
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Opinion | In the Ukrainian Crisis, Israel Looks At its Interests First

March 11, 2022 11:40
Source: NRC. NL

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/03/06/in-de-oekraiense-crisis-kijkt-israel-eerst-naar-zijn-belangen-a4097038

Published March 6, 2022

By Carolien Roelant

Israel is being extremely cautious about the Russian raid on Ukraine. Israel doesn't want to rock the boat with Putin.
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Palestinians Empathize With Ukrainian War Plight, but Not All Oppose Russia

March 18, 2022 12:23
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians-empathize-with-ukrainian-war-plight-but-not-all-oppose-russia-1.10680490?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=6ff55c3276

The Associated Press

Published March 17, 2022

Dozens of Palestinian-Ukrainian families watch the unfolding war in Ukraine with trepidation, but Zelenskyy's support for Israel and historic ties with Russia leave the population split
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Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks

March 18, 2022 12:23
Source: Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/7b341e46-d375-4817-be67-802b7fa77ef1

By Max Seddon in Riga, Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv, Arash Massoudi in London and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv

Published March 16, 2022

Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees
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