Common Grounds

The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence

December 10, 2024 14:38
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/the-west-bank-villages-wiped-off-the-map-by-israeli-settler-violence/

Oren Ziv writes in +972 on 4 December 2024

Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.
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Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds

December 17, 2024 15:27
Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

By Julian Borger

Published December 11, 2024

Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people
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Genocide Israel is living in the past

December 17, 2024 15:27
Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/16/genocide-israel-is-living-in-the-past

By Haidar Eid

Published December 16, 2024

A state founded on apartheid and settler colonialism is no longer viable.
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Opinion | Israelis Feel the War Is Over. For Gazans It's a Different Story

December 17, 2024 15:27
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-16/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-war-is-over-ask-the-dying-in-gaza/00000193-cba6-dd44-a9bb-fbe72c810000

By Jack Khoury

Published December 16, 2024
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I am living my own Nakba

December 24, 2024 15:15
Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/22/i-am-living-my-own-nakba

By Asem Al Jerjawi

Published December 22, 2024

I have lost my home and I feel I may be losing my homeland too.
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'We Need to Protect the Palestinians in the Name of a Shared Future,' Says Israeli-German Philosopher Omri Boehm

December 24, 2024 14:39
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israelis-need-to-protect-the-palestinians-in-the-name-of-a-shared-future/00000193-c0a8-d80a-ad9b-f6ad32780000

By Netta Ahituv

Published December 14, 2024

The Israeli left, since October 7, has shown itself no less deserving of criticism than the global left, says the Israeli-German philosopher Omri Boehm, a universalist who advocates a one-state solution as the only way to achieve full human equality here
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Inside ‘Greater Israel’: myths and truths behind the long-time Zionist fantasy

December 24, 2024 15:05
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-greater-israel-myths-and-truths-behind-the-long-time-zionist-fantasy/

By Qassam Muaddi

Published December 17, 2024

The expansive territorial ambitions of creating a "Greater Israel" once seemed only to be a right-wing Zionist fantasy. Today, current events in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria show it might be closer than many ever thought possible.
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Genocide: The New Normal

January 07, 2025 22:53
Source: The Chris Hedges Report

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/genocide-the-new-normal

By Chris Hedges

Published January 6, 2025

Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is consolidated.
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Israel cannot lose a ‘humanity’ it never had

January 07, 2025 22:53
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/israel-cannot-lose-a-humanity-it-never-had/

By James Ray

Published January 2, 2025

A recent Haaretz editorial claimed, "Israel Is Losing Its Humanity in Gaza," but this ignores the brutal history of the Zionist colonization of Palestine, of which the Gaza genocide is just the latest chapter.
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Jimmy Carter: A utopian dove or a shrewd driver of US empire?

January 07, 2025 22:53
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-jimmy-carter-utopian-dove-shrewd-driver-empire

By Nazia Kazi

Published December 30, 2024

The late president's greatest success was his ability to carry out the task assigned to all US presidents: expansion of an empire for the purpose of enriching a ruling elite
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