Common Grounds

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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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• 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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• 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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• ‘New Israel and Zionism Society’ of Exeter Wages War on Committed Scholarship

  
  February 14, 2023 13:22

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/new-israel-and-zionism-society-of-exeter-wages-war-on-committed-scholarship/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published February 13, 2023

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• America is 'deeply troubled', so what?

  
  February 21, 2023 14:28

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230220-america-is-deeply-troubled-so-what/

   

  By Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi

  Published February 20, 2023

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• Russia-Ukraine war 2.0: First tanks, then F16s...where does this end?

  
  February 17, 2023 11:04

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-first-tanks-then-f16s-where-end

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published February 7, 2023

   

  Increasingly, the war looks more like a feature than a bug of Washington's post-Cold War planning

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• The US’s empty commitment to a two-state solution

  
  February 14, 2023 14:19

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-uss-empty-commitment-to-a-two-state-solution/

   

  Jonathan Guyer writes in Vox on February 6, 2023

   

  An outdated policy stands in the way of efforts to defuse violence in Israel and Palestine.

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• The US is right to show concern for the situation in Palestine-Israel but who's listening?

  
  February 07, 2023 14:17

  Source: The National

  https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2023/02/01/the-us-is-right-to-show-concern-for-the-situation-in-palestine-israel-but-whos-listening/

   

  By Hussein Ibish

  Published February 1, 2023

   

  Many Jewish and other Americans are increasingly unable to ignore the reality of growing schisms

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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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• It Has Always Been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir and the Adaptability of Zionism

  
  January 24, 2023 14:33

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/it-has-always-been-a-religious-war-on-ben-gvir-and-the-adaptability-of-zionism/?utm_content=buffer3b69d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 18, 2023

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