Common Grounds

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• The tyranny of righteous indignation

  
  August 25, 2022 19:18

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general/the-geography-of-suffering-and-the-colour-of-empathy-the-implications-of-the-ukraine-crisis-for-the-future/1461

   

  By Simon Longstaff

  Published January 27, 2022 

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• Who is Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin?

  
  August 25, 2022 19:30

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/23/who-is-russian-ultranationalist-alexander-dugin

   

  By David Child

  Published August 23, 2022

   

  Political philosopher dubbed Putin’s ‘brain’ by some observers has long called for Russia to annex Ukraine.

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• The siege is only a symptom

  
  August 30, 2022 14:25

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/siege-symptom-gaza-zionism/

   

  By Ben Reiff
  Published August 11, 2022

   

  To confront Israel’s violence against Palestinians, progressive Jews in Israel and around the world must reckon with the ideology that lies at its root.

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• Opinion | How Israelis Are Taught to Erase the Palestinians

  
  August 30, 2022 13:24

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-28/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/how-israel-expels-the-palestinians-from-its-schools/00000182-e32c-d9c0-a3d3-fb3e25e30000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=0286afba6b&fbclid=IwAR0JYaJlpdc2rBugrV6E0chOHT0 Nechin

   

  By Eitan Nechin

  Published August 28, 2022

   

  When Israel's education ministry ordered the removal of maps showing the 1967 borders from classrooms, it was just the most recent blatant, dangerous, absurd attempt to erase the occupation – and the Palestinians

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• Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in the Name of Jesus

  
  August 30, 2022 13:56

  Source: Informed Comment

  https://www.juancole.com/2022/08/expanding-occupation-palestinians.html

   

  By H. SCOTT PROSTERMAN

  Published August 30, 2022

   

  Most people agree that imperialism has been a very bad thing for the world. American Indian leader Dennis Means addressed a capacity crowd at the Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan in 1981. When I asked him to compare the plight of American Indians with the Palestinians, Mr. Means said, “Palestinians are the Indians of the Middle East and we are the Palestinians of America.”

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• The Palestinian march for freedom is relentless

  
  September 06, 2022 15:44

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2156691

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published September 5, 2022

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• Mental Health Epidemic: Palestinian Children's Exposure to War

  
  September 06, 2022 20:37

  Source: Al Mayadeen English

  https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/mental-health-epidemic:-palestinian-childrens-exposure-to-wa

   

  By Ruqiya Anwar 

  Published September 4, 2022

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• Opinion | Who’s Afraid of the Green Line?

  
  September 06, 2022 16:25

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-09-06/ty-article/.premium/whos-afraid-of-the-green-line/00000183-0f66-dce7-a79f-ef76f7b70000

   

  By Michael Sfard and Oren Yiftachel

  Published September 6, 2022

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• A soldier is not a civilian

  
  September 13, 2022 14:28

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/soldier-not-a-civilian/

   

  By Orly Noy
  Published September 6, 2022

   

  By blurring the line between combatants and civilians, Israel justifies its repression of Palestinians — and decries all resistance to it as “terrorism.”

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• Queen Elizabeth II: Why did the British monarch never visit Israel?

  
  September 13, 2022 19:01

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/queen-elizabeth-israel-never-visited-how

   

  By MEE staff

  Published September 9, 2022

   

  Queen, who visited more than 120 countries during her seven-decade reign, accused by some of an unofficial boycott

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