Common Grounds

‘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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‘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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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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Opinion | The Culture of the Occupation Is a Hothouse for Inhumanity

February 08, 2022 15:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-culture-of-the-occupation-is-a-hothouse-for-inhumanity-1.10583688

By Zvi Bar'el

Published February 2, 2022
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Opinion | Welcome to Tel Aviv! Oh, Hold On, Your Partner's Name Is Mohammed?

January 11, 2022 14:57
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-welcome-to-tel-aviv-oh-hold-on-your-partner-s-name-in-mohammed-1.10513803

Noa Landau

Publihsed January 4, 2022
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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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'The Chameleon': U.S. Experts Shaken Over What This Iranian Scholar Just Said

January 13, 2022 13:55
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-the-chameleon-u-s-experts-shaken-over-what-this-iranian-scholar-just-said-1.10532688?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ea7875ed8b

By Yossi Melman

Published January 12, 2022

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a visiting scholar at Princeton and an influential figure in the corridors of power in his country, recently spoke with a smirk of satisfaction about the threats directed against former American official Brian Hook
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Dialogue, Displacement and Despair: Why Palestine is Burning Like Never Before

January 25, 2022 13:50
Source: Mintpressnews

https://www.mintpressnews.com/dialogue-displacement-despair-palestine-burning-like-never-before/279494/

By Miko Peled

Published January 20, 2022

The dialogue phenomenon tries to cover up the fact that millions of Palestinians are displaced and that despair is all that life has to offer them. But it provides no hope, no solution, only a guarantee that things will continue to get worse for Palestinians.
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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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Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s anti-Soros Crusade Is a Clear Danger for American Jews

February 07, 2022 10:55
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-tucker-carlson-s-anti-soros-crusade-is-a-clear-danger-for-american-jews-1.10576543?lts=1644149939899

By Joshua Shanes

Published January 30, 2022

Fox News marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Tucker Carlson 'Special' glorifying Hungary’s white Christian nationalism and accusing Holocaust survivor George Soros of waging a 'secret war' on Western civilization. There should have been far more outrage
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