Common Grounds

A DIVIDE AMONG PEACE ACTIVISTS

December 28, 2023 19:19
Source: The New York Times Magazine

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/magazine/israelis-palestinians-peace-forum.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-israel-gaza&variant=show&region=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&block=storyline_flex_guide_recirc

By Susan Dominus

Published December 14, 2023

Tamar Shamir and Mohamed Abu Jafar tried for years to bring Jews and Palestinians together. Now, they wonder if the two sides ever understood each other.
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‘Are we the baddies?’ Western support for genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes

January 02, 2024 15:50
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-baddies-western-support-genocide-gaza-yes

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 27, 2023

The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades
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Opinion | Will Israel's Sane Majority Please Stand Up?

January 02, 2024 14:46
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-01-02/ty-article-opinion/.premium/will-israels-sane-majority-please-stand-up/0000018c-c6aa-ddba-abad-c6abc3080000

By Ofra Rudner

Published January 2, 2024
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‘The Hitleryugend’ or ISIS Israel: The Two Kooks who Nationalized Judaism – ILAN PAPPE

January 02, 2024 14:56
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-hitleryugend-or-isis-israel-the-two-kooks-who-nationalized-judaism-ilan-pappe/

By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle

Published January 1, 2024

The phenomenon of religious Zionism originates in the teaching of two of the most respected Zionist rabbis, a father and son, belonging to the Kook family.
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Why we have to make the Jewish Ghetto comparison

January 09, 2024 14:55
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/why-we-have-to-make-the-jewish-ghetto-comparison/

By MICHELLE WEINROTH

Published January 7, 2024

The horror of the past has returned in a new guise, and the comparison of the Jewish ghetto under Nazism with the Gaza ghetto under Israel’s current fascistic authority must cease to be sacrilegious.
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Zionism’s ideological shifts

January 09, 2024 14:17
Source: Dawn

https://www.dawn.com/news/1803632

By Tariq Suleman

Published January 6, 2024

THE overwhelming Israeli response to the actions of Hamas on October 7 has sparked a global outcry, critical of the disproportionality of these measures. This response, while reflective of a widespread humanitarian concern, warrants a deeper examination within the historical and ideological frameworks of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the lens of early Zionist thought.
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Children eat rotten food, adults hunt cats: famine is coming for Gaza

January 09, 2024 14:42
Source: The Sunday Times

https://archive.ph/v5IeW#selection-2513.0-2513.69

By Amal Helles, al-Mawasi, Gaza | Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent

Published December 30, 2023

Bombing has displaced more than a million in Gaza — but none of them are safe from hunger
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January 12, 2024 11:38

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War on Gaza: The West will stand in the dock alongside Israel at the genocide court

January 16, 2024 15:15
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-west-stand-dock-alongside-israel-genocide-court

By Jonathan Cook

Published January 9, 2024

Israel’s allies aren’t just turning a blind eye to Gaza’s killing fields. They have cheered on the bloodshed, provided diplomatic cover and supplied the arms
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Opinion | Israeli Trauma Awakened the Impulse to 'Kill or Be Killed.' It's Time to Look in the Mirror

January 16, 2024 14:38
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-01-08/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-genocidaires-voice-within-israeli-society/0000018c-e569-db55-a39e-f7fd1a6a0000

By Noa Landau

Published January 8, 2024
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