Common Grounds

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• Negotiating With Putin Is the Only Way Forward

  
  March 28, 2022 12:03

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negotiations-putin-ukraine-us-eu-only-way-forward-by-oscar-arias-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1b84672f3-sunday_newsletter_03_27_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-b1b84672f3-93791313&mc_cid=b1b84672f3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  
  By OSCAR ARIAS

  Published March 23, 2022

   

  If the Cold War powers could come together to complete the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the 1960s, and if Central America's warring parties could agree on settlements to end their conflicts in the 1980s, the same can happen today in Ukraine. In fact, there is no alternative to dialogue.

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• Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace

  
  March 29, 2022 15:09

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-israel-palestine-zelensky-support-disgrace

   

  By Asad Ghanem

  Published March 22, 2022

   

  In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle

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• How to Defeat Putin and Save the Planet

  
  April 01, 2022 11:08

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/how-to-defeat-putin-and-save-the-planet.html?campaign_id=225&emc=edit_nttf_20220329&instance_id=57065&nl=thomas-friedman&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=86929&te=1&user_id=f9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By Thomas L. Friedman

  Published March 29, 2022

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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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• Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine

  
  April 05, 2022 12:13

  Source: New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-john-mearsheimer-blames-the-us-for-the-crisis-in-ukraine

   

  By Isaac Chotiner

  Published March 1, 2022

   

  For years, the political scientist has claimed that Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine is caused by Western intervention. Have recent events changed his mind?

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• Editorial | Did Somebody Say ‘Oil,’ ‘Petro-Dictator,’ ‘America’s Addiction to Oil?’

  
  April 01, 2022 14:43

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

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• The Shift: The Double Standards of Western Media

  
  March 08, 2022 15:13

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-double-standards-of-western-media/

   

  Michael Arria writes in Mondoweiss

  Published March 4, 2022 

   

  The mainstream media is openly embracing armed resistance these days, just not for Palestinians.

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• The crisis in Ukraine exposes the hypocrisy of Israel and its Zionist allies

  
  March 03, 2022 14:28

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220225-the-crisis-in-ukraine-exposes-the-hypocrisy-of-israel-and-its-zionist-allies/

   

  By Yvonne Ridley

  Published February 25, 2022

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• Analysis | Israel’s Hysterical Response to Amnesty’s ‘Apartheid’ Report

  
  February 03, 2022 15:28

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-hysterical-response-to-amnesty-s-apartheid-report-is-a-typical-hasbara-fail-1.10581770

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published February 1, 2022

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• U.S. State Department Rejects Amnesty's Apartheid Claim Against Israel

  
  February 03, 2022 11:36

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/u-s-state-department-rejects-amnesty-s-apartheid-claims-against-israel-1.10583830

   

  By Reuters and Ben Samuels

  Published February 1, 2022

   

  'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report

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