Common Grounds

Tony Blair says he regrets siding with Israel and George W Bush over Hamas boycott in 2006

October 21, 2017 11:58
Source: INDEPENDENT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/tony-blair-israel-hamas-george-w-bush-boycott-2006-middle-east-quartet-a8001421.html

By Samuel Osborne

Former PM says the international community should have tried to 'pull Hamas into a dialogue and shifted their positions'
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What attracted 1930s Zionists to fascism

October 23, 2017 00:01
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=95865

By Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam
October 20, 2017

Jabotinsky and Zionist Case for Fascism
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Opinion // Dear Europe, Take Note: If You Want To, Israel Can Be Pressured

October 22, 2017 23:51
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-1.818549

By Amira Hass

A recent case involving Dutch solar panels shows how friendly states can make Israel back down when it violates international humanitarian law
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The One Big Reason No Nation (Think Iran) Would Wage a War on Israel

October 24, 2017 12:26
Source: The National Interest

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-one-big-reason-no-nation-think-iran-would-wage-war-22864

By Kyle Mizokami

October 23, 2017

The establishment of a nuclear triad demonstrates how seriously Israel takes the idea of nuclear deterrence. The country will likely not declare itself a nuclear power any time soon; ambiguity over ownership of nukes has served the country very well. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and general instability across the Middle East has ensured that Israel will likely remain the only nuclear-armed state in the region for the foreseeable future, but a collapse of the agreement or some new nuclear program could easily change that. In the meantime, Israel’s ultimate insurance policy isn’t going anywhere.
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What's dividing Israeli society? Just don't mention the occupation

October 25, 2017 14:49
Source: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/whats-dividing-israeli-society-just-dont-mention-the-occupation/130353/

By Edo Konrad
Published October 24, 2017

Is it possible to discuss the sources of Israeli disunity without addressing the country’s military regime in the West Bank and siege on Gaza? Can Israelis ever accept Palestinians as part of that conversation?
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PLO: Jerusalem ‘annexation’ plan means end of two-state solution

October 26, 2017 15:01
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/plo-jerusalem-annexation-plan-means-end-of-two-state-solution/

By AFP and TOI STAFF

Hanan Ashrawi says 'Greater Jerusalem' bill to make settlements part of capital kills hopes for independent Palestinian state
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Opinion // The Balfour Declaration's Racism - and Why It Still Matters

October 26, 2017 15:15
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.819174

By James Renton

The British policy elite's views reflected deeply embedded notions of the 'Jewish race' and 'Jewish power', the 'impurity' of the Palestinian Arabs - and the incapability of both to ever rule themselves. Those tropes still reverberate today
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Charismatics take the lead in Christian Zionism

October 30, 2017 14:24
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=95998

By Emma Green, The Atlantic
October 20, 2017

White Evangelicals Used to Dominate Christian Zionism, but Not Anymore

Why thousands of Christians from across the globe travel to Jerusalem each year to celebrate a Jewish holiday
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Balfour Declaration: how Britain broke its feeble promise to Palestinians

October 30, 2017 14:36
Source: The National

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/balfour-declaration-how-britain-broke-its-feeble-promise-to-palestinians-1.671158

By Jonathan Cook
October 29, 2017

A century after its creation, the Balfour Declaration delivered only heartbreak to Palestinians, writes Jonathan Cook
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‘The end of ethical Jewish history’

October 30, 2017 15:00
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=95969

By Marc H. Ellis, Mondoweiss
October 25, 2017

If the occupation is permanent, is an ethical Jewish future possible?
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