Common Grounds

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | The World Court has put Israel and its allies on trial for genocide

  
  January 31, 2024 14:49

  Source: Middle East Eye
  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/icj-rule-israel-allies-put-on-trial-genocide

   

  By Jonatha Cook
  Published January 27, 2024

   

  The ICJ ruling has assured that the taint on Israel is not going away. The question is, how far will the disgrace and dishonour spread?

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• Our Friday News Analysis | What the World Reads Now!

  
  February 01, 2024 19:08

   

  Between a Rock and a Hard Spot

   

  
  The Hague, The Netherlands 02 February 2024 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

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• The Evangelical Pope | In the Spirit of Strengthening Peace and Civil Harmony

  
  February 05, 2024 12:56

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, 20 November 2022 

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• ‘From Here, from Gaza’ – Enough, Stop the Genocide Now

  
  February 06, 2024 15:42

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-here-from-gaza-enough-stop-the-genocide-now/

   

  By Shahd Safi – Gaza

  Published February 5, 2024

   

  From here, from Gaza, the quest for evidence of Israel’s genocide looks like a futile exercise. Don’t we have all the evidence of our eyes and ears, our hearts and minds, to say ENOUGH! STOP NOW?

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• War on Gaza pits Palestinian liberation theology against Evangelical Zionism

  
  February 06, 2024 15:28

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-palestinian-liberation-theology-zionism-evangelical

   

  By Hamid Dabashi

  Published February 5, 2024

   

  The whole world is now confronted with the savageries of 'western civilisation', though not just in political terms

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• ‘My children are crying from hunger. This is a war of starvation’

  
  February 06, 2024 15:35

  Source: + 972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/rafah-children-hunger-aid/

   

  By Ruwaida Kamal Amer

  Published January 31, 2024

   

  With insufficient aid and skyrocketing prices across Gaza, Palestinians in the overcrowded city of Rafah are struggling to feed their families.

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘From Here, from Gaza’ – Enough, Stop the Genocide Now

  
  February 07, 2024 14:47

  Source: Palestine Chronicle
  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-here-from-gaza-enough-stop-the-genocide-now/

   

  By Shahd Safi – Gaza
  Published February 5, 2024

   

  From here, from Gaza, the quest for evidence of Israel’s genocide looks like a futile exercise. Don’t we have all the evidence of our eyes and ears, our hearts and minds, to say ENOUGH! STOP NOW?

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• Our Friday News Analysis | What the World Reads Now!

  
  February 08, 2024 23:41

   

  Biden and Blinken Now Poised to Wash Hands in Innocence

   

  
  The Hague, The Netherlands 09 February 2024 | If you know of any story that is decisive, tell the world. We're still searching.

   

  
  'IF ISRAEL DOESN'T OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE AND CHAOS REIGNS IN GAZA, WE'LL END UP WITH HAMAS RULE AGAIN'
  

  
  "It comes down to this: What is more important – the survival of the prime minister in the current government, or… whether from the atrocities of 7 October, the lowest point in our history, we can achieve something grand, something that will create a new horizon," stressing that Israel has the most to lose by continuing to avoid the question of what will happen in Gaza "the day after" the war.

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• The Evangelical Pope | God Believes in You!

  
  February 12, 2024 11:52

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, January 09, 2022

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• The Biden administration has helped kill 85 members of my family. Of course I refused to meet with Antony Blinken.

  
  February 13, 2024 15:07

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-biden-administration-has-helped-kill-85-members-of-my-family-of-course-i-refused-to-meet-with-antony-blinken/

   

  By TARIQ HADDAD

  Published February 10, 2024

   

  I refused to provide a photo opportunity to the Biden administration because it has aided and abetted the killing of 85 members of my family. I hope they take the time to read about the nightmare all Palestinians in Gaza are living through.

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