Common Grounds

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• 'The occupation wants nothing but suffering for us': Gazans face catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid Israel's Ramadan blockade

  
  March 25, 2025 15:24

  Source: The New Arab

  https://www.newarab.com/features/israels-ramadan-blockade-reaches-catastrophic-levels-gaza 

   

  By Mohamed Solaimane

  Published March 13, 2025

   

  By sealing all crossings into Gaza, Israel is preventing much-needed humanitarian aid from reaching the enclave’s 2.3 million residents this Ramadan

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• The complete idiot’s guide to world affairs

  
  April 01, 2025 15:30

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-03-26/idiots-guide-world-affairs/

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published March 26, 2025

   

  The left and right take the same reality-based view of the world but respond to it in different moral terms. Liberals, on the other hand, live in an alternate universe – of pure make-believe

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• Palestinians are pleading for an end to the Gaza war. No one is listening

  
  April 01, 2025 14:53

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/palestinians-are-pleading-end-gaza-war-no-one-listening

   

  By Ahmed Najar

  Published March 27, 2025

   

  Protesters are calling on both Israel and Hamas to relieve their misery, while the media only amplifies whatever angle suits its narrative

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• Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world

  
  April 01, 2025 15:17

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four-reasons-why-israels-ethnic-cleansing-of-the-west-bank-is-being-accepted-by-the-world/

   

  By Qassam Muaddi

  Published March 21, 2025

   

  Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1948. But there is hope a new world is being born.

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• THINK! | A Way to Getting to Know the OTHER and One ANOTHER

  
  April 04, 2024 22:56

  Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

   

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Those who commit to 'healing our broken humanity' build intercultural bridges to learn to know and understand one another and others. Readers who thumb through the Building the Bridge (BTB) pages are not mindless sheep following other mindless sheep. They THINK. They want to be at the forefront of making a difference. They're in search of the bigger picture to expand their horizons. They don't need BTB or anyone else to confirm their biases.

   

  Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

   

  Accurate knowledge promotes understanding, dispels prejudice, and awakens the desire to learn more. Words have an extraordinary power to bring people together, divide them, forge bonds of friendship, or provoke hostility. Modern technology places unprecedented possibilities for good at our disposal, fostering harmony and reconciliation. Yet its misuse can do untold harm, leading to misunderstanding, prejudice, and conflict.

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