Common Grounds

What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state

January 04, 2022 15:28
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/

By Ayat Abou Shmeiss

Published January 3, 2022

At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.
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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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‘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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'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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Israeli military disciplines three officers in death of elderly Palestinian American

February 01, 2022 11:43
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/31/israel-army-probe-omar-assad/

By Erin Cunningham

Published January 31, 2022

Omar Assad died after he was detained by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank
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Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity

February 01, 2022 13:40
Source: Amnesty International

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/

Published February 1, 2022
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Opinion | We've Obsessed Over Our Past With No Clear Future in Sight

February 10, 2022 14:45
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-we-ve-obsessed-over-our-past-with-no-clear-future-in-sight-1.10593703

By Carolina Landsmann

Published February 6, 2022
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Blinken Calls Abbas to Talk U.S.-Palestinian Relations, Also Speaks With Israel's Lapid

February 10, 2022 13:15
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-blinken-holds-rare-phone-call-with-abbas-about-u-s-palestinian-relations-1.10581012

By Ben Samuels and Jonathan Lis

Published February 1, 2022

The rare phone call to the Palestinian president comes after recent increased direct contacts between Israeli and Palestinian leaders
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