Common Grounds

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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This Filmmaker Dares to Question the Figure of 6 Million Jewish Victims in WWII

January 20, 2022 11:44
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-this-filmmaker-dares-to-question-the-figure-of-6-million-jewish-victims-in-wwii-1.10542149?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=c15387912d&lts=1642359808019

By Nirit Anderman

Published January 16, 2022

How did the devastating, albeit too round number of 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust become so profoundly embedded in our minds? In his new documentary Israeli filmmaker David Fisher dares to try and recount
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Opinion: Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights

January 11, 2022 14:50
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/israel-palestinians-occupation-full-rights-west-bank/

By Mairav Zonszein
Published January 6, 2022
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UN Passes Israeli Resolution Combating Holocaust Denial on Social Media

January 21, 2022 10:45
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-un-passes-israeli-resolution-combatting-holocaust-denial-on-social-media-1.10553416?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=97e7ef60d5

By Jonathan Lis

Published January 20, 2022

The resolution, which the U.S. and Germany have also lobbied for, also recognizes the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism
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1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil

January 24, 2022 12:15
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1000-strong-multifaith-crowd-rallies-around-jewish-community-at-post-standoff-vigil/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-01-23&utm_medium=email

By JACOB MAGID JACOB MAGID

Published January 18, 2022

Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion
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There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

January 25, 2022 11:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-there-s-a-mass-palestinian-grave-at-a-popular-israeli-beach-veterans-confess-1.10553968

By Adam Raz

Published January 20, 2022

The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender
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‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’

January 18, 2022 15:48
Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/13/peace-middle-east-friend-summer-camp-israel

By Roy Cohen

Published January 13, 2022

At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him
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Opinion | The Israeli Bill to Preserve Demographic Jewish Supremacy

January 19, 2022 13:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-s-bill-to-preserve-jewish-demographic-supremacy-1.10540934

By Carolina Landsmann

Published January 16, 2022
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‘The Nation’ lifts up Jewish fears over Palestinian realities in a Zionist tract

January 18, 2022 15:25
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/01/the-nation-lifts-up-jewish-fears-over-palestinian-realities-in-a-zionist-tract/

BY PHILIP WEISS

Published January 14, 2022

The Nation runs a righwing religious endorsement of Zionism that opposes BDS and leaves out the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their land.
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The Alchemy of Angst

January 13, 2022 13:42
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/alchemy-of-angst-by-elif-shafak-2021-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=f6105226b3-op_newsletter_01_07_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-f6105226b3-93791313&mc_cid=f6105226b3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspay

By ELIF SHAFAK

Published December 4, 2021

In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.
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