Common Grounds

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• Opinion | What's God Got to Do With It? How Religion Fuels the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  May 10, 2022 14:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-what-s-god-got-to-do-with-it-how-religion-fuels-the-israel-palestinian-conflict-1.10787533

   

  By Dahlia Scheindlin

  Published May 9, 2022

   

  Surveys of Israelis and Palestinians are definitive: There's a stark, unyielding connection between religious devotion and political extremism. Religious Jews and Muslims stoke incitement and violence. But could they also resolve the conflict?

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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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• 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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• Palestine’s Widening Geography of Resistance: Why Israel Cannot Defeat the Palestinians

  
  April 26, 2022 15:39

  Source: Ramzy Baroud, Politics for the People

  http://www.ramzybaroud.net/palestines-widening-geography-of-resistance-why-israel-cannot-defeat-the-palestinians/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published April 13, 2022

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• Beware of the resurgent Russophobia

  
  April 26, 2022 15:33

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/1/beware-of-the-resurgent-russophobia

   

  By Hamid Dabashi

  Published April 1, 2022

   

  So what if Putin likes Dostoyevsky?

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• Opinion | If the PA Is Responsible for Palestinian Violence, Who 'Ratifies' Jewish Terrorism?

  
  April 26, 2022 15:47

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-if-the-pa-is-responsible-for-palestinian-violence-who-ratifies-jewish-terrorism-1.10737999

   

  By Zvi Bar'el

  Published April 12, 2022

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• Fears Are Mounting That Ukraine War Will Spill Across Borders

  
  April 28, 2022 15:10

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/us/politics/ukraine-war-expansion.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220428&instance_id=59809&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id

   

  By David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger

  Published April 27, 2022

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• Biden seeks $33 billion war chest to support Ukraine, Zelenskiy wants quick approval

  
  April 28, 2022 23:59

  Surce: Reuters

  https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-looks-congress-oligarchs-more-cash-help-ukraine-2022-04-28/

   

  By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland

  Published April 28, 2022

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• Europe’s Fading Unity Over Ukraine

  
  April 28, 2022 15:23

  Source: Carnegie Europe

  https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86948?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=imglink&mkt_tok=

   

  By JUDY DEMPSEY

  Published April 21, 2022

   

  At this critical moment, Europeans must show commitment and resolve in their support for Kyiv. Divisions within the EU risk buying Russia time and weakening Ukraine.

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• Opinion | Ukraine War: Why Most Israelis Blame Putin, but Most Palestinians Don't

  
  April 05, 2022 12:39

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-ukraine-war-why-israelis-blame-putin-but-palestinians-don-t-1.10716311?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=4a65b68ad3&lts=1649084371925

   

  By Dahlia Scheindlin

  Published April 3, 2022

   

  In recent surveys, Israelis and Palestinians hold sweepingly different attitudes towards Russia’s war on Ukraine, exposing how far their own conflict filters how they see the world, all the way to Kyiv and Moscow

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