Common Grounds

Will a Holy Land Confederation Help Resolve the Long Simmering Palestinian-Israeli Dispute?

February 17, 2022 15:38
Source: InDepthNews

https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/the-world/middle-east/5087-will-a-holy-land-confederation-help-resolve-the-long-simmering-palestinian-israeli-dispute

By Thalif Deen

Published February 16, 2022

Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said at a briefing to the Security Council in 2021.
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In Ukraine’s vulnerability, a reminder for Israel

February 18, 2022 12:57
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ukraines-vulnerability-a-reminder-for-israel/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-02-17&utm_medium=email

By DAVID HOROVITZ

Published February 17, 2022

One country invading another is ‘so 20th century,’ our foreign minister said. Except, as he went on to acknowledge, it’s all too plainly a threat in the here and now
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‘Tantura’ Documentary Maintains Israel’s Defense of its Ethnic Cleansing

February 22, 2022 15:18
Source: Inside Arabia

https://insidearabia.com/tantura-documentary-maintains-israels-defense-of-its-ethnic-cleansing/

By Ramona Wadi

Published February 14, 2022

Israeli narratives of Tantura’s ethnic cleansing do not hold Israel accountable for its ongoing Nakba. Despite the information hitting Israeli society, the accounts themselves invalidate the Palestinian experience by defending the Zionist colonial project – this is also true of the latest documentary on the subject titled “Tantura”.
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Doing Business with Apartheid: Why Africa Must Reject Israeli Colonialism

February 22, 2022 15:29
Source: Ramzy Baroud, Politics for the people

http://www.ramzybaroud.net/doing-business-with-apartheid-why-africa-must-reject-israeli-colonialism/

Published February 16, 2022
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Negotiating With Putin Is the Only Way Forward

March 28, 2022 12:03
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negotiations-putin-ukraine-us-eu-only-way-forward-by-oscar-arias-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1b84672f3-sunday_newsletter_03_27_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-b1b84672f3-93791313&mc_cid=b1b84672f3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

By OSCAR ARIAS

Published March 23, 2022

If the Cold War powers could come together to complete the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the 1960s, and if Central America's warring parties could agree on settlements to end their conflicts in the 1980s, the same can happen today in Ukraine. In fact, there is no alternative to dialogue.
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Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel

March 29, 2022 14:44
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ukraine-is-not-palestine-russia-is-not-israel/

By Issa Khalaf

Published March 24, 2022
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Rand Paul says U.S. backing Ukraine in NATO played role in Russia’s invasion

April 28, 2022 23:59
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/27/rand-paul-blinken-ukraine-russia-nato/?/22/41/6269dae3aee9f854899d0b43

By Amy Cheng

Published April 27, 2022
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Farewell | A Eulogy for Ilan Gilon, a Fighter for Social Justice

May 02, 2022 10:11
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-a-eulogy-for-ilan-galon-a-fighter-for-social-justice-1.10773433?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=387af2a87b

By Zehava Galon

Published May 1, 2022

Ilan Gilon’s politics were defined by compassion and humanity. He dealt with pain on a daily basis, but instead of withdrawing inward, he turned his personal challenge into a public fight for people with disabilities
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Why the Middle East doesn't fully support Ukraine

May 03, 2022 14:50
Source: Qantara.de

https://en.qantara.de/content/not-our-fight-why-the-middle-east-doesnt-fully-support-ukraine

By Cathrin Schaer

Published April 23, 2022

Middle Eastern countries are still on the fence when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Their citizens point to the West's double standards surrounding conflict and refugees. Should Europe be worried, asks Cathrin Schaer?
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Anti-Zionism and antisemitism: How right and left conflate issues to deny Palestinian rights

May 03, 2022 15:15
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-broad-coalition-conflates-anti-zionism-antisemitism

By Amos Goldberg

Published April 28, 2022

From the far right to progressives, groups that will not tolerate criticism of Israel have varied motivations. But they all delegitimise the validity of a Palestinian liberation movement
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