Common Grounds

'Holy Land Confederation': Oslo Accords Architect Presents New Peace Plan

February 10, 2022 11:36
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-holy-land-confederation-oslo-accords-architect-presents-new-peace-plan-1.10601495?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=15ea3dbd92

By Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published February 9, 2022

Veteran Israeli peace negotiator Yossi Beilin and Palestinian attorney Hiba Husseini suggest the creation of a confederation, with people swaps involving settlers and refugees, as a way to revive the two state solution
Read More
The Evangelical Pope | Love … A River Flowing Through Life

February 14, 2022 12:15
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, November 1, 2020
Read More
Over 250 US Rabbis Demand End of Jewish Settler Violence in Palestine

February 15, 2022 14:35
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/over-250-us-rabbis-demand-end-of-jewish-settler-violence-in-palestine/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published February 10, 2022
Read More
Israeli, Palestinian figures propose 2-state confederation

February 17, 2022 14:28
Source: aol.com

https://www.aol.com/israeli-palestinian-figures-propose-2-060904875-162449396.html

By JOSEPH KRAUSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published February 7, 2022

Israel Palestinians Confederation Plan

Yossi Beilin, a former senior Israeli official and peace negotiator who co-founded the Geneva Initiative, poses for a photo at his house in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Israeli and Palestinian public figures, including Beilin and Hiba Husseini, a former legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team who hails from a prominent Jerusalem family, have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.

(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Read More
Opinion | If Speaking Against Injustice Is Antisemitic, I'm an Antisemite

February 15, 2022 15:22
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/if-speaking-out-against-injustice-is-antisemitic-i-m-an-antisemite-1.10600450

By Akiva Eldar

Published February 9, 2022
Read More
Opinion: Another group recognized Israel’s Palestinian apartheid. How will the world react?

February 15, 2022 15:05
Source: Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/13/israel-palestinians-amnesty-international-apartheid-wil-the-wolrd-act/

By Mariam Barghouti
Published February 13, 2022
Read More
The person I should have been in unoccupied Palestine

February 08, 2022 15:17
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/02/the-person-i-should-have-been-in-unoccupied-palestine/

By REEM A. HAMAD

Published February 3, 2022

Reem Hamadaqa is 22 years old and has never left the Gaza Strip. Photos in an old family album are her only window to a Palestine she has never seen.
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More