Common Grounds

I was in the BBC documentary ‘The Settlers.’ This is the part of my story they didn’t tell.

May 13, 2025 15:14
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/i-was-in-the-bbc-documentary-the-settlers-this-is-the-part-of-my-story-they-didnt-tell/

By Mohammad Hureini

Published May 6, 2025

I met Louis Theroux to share my story as a Palestinian under the constant threat of displacement. While the film is an important look into the Israeli settlers trying to erase us, there is one crucial part of our story that was left out.
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A Historic Hamas-US Deal – What are Its Potential Implications?

May 13, 2025 15:21
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-historic-hamas-us-deal-what-are-its-potential-implications/

By Robert Inlakesh

Published May 12, 2025

Do we employ Occam’s Razor and assume the obvious, or is the American President up to some broader agenda that is being shrouded in obscurity?
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‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege

May 20, 2025 14:49
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/gazan-children-starving-israeli-siege/

By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Amer

Published May 8, 2025

With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.
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Analysis | Trump Pushes to End Gaza War, but Netanyahu Resists for Symbolic Victory

May 20, 2025 15:04
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-14/ty-article/.premium/trump-ups-pressure-to-end-gaza-war-but-netanyahu-isnt-ready-to-surrender/00000196-cdb2-df59-abde-efba60e50000

By Ravit Hecht

Published May 14, 2025

After the U.S.-backed release of hostage Edan Alexander, Netanyahu quickly clarified it won't necessarily advance a broader deal. Meanwhile, his focus on defeating Hamas signals the ultra-Orthodox can forget about the conscription exemption law
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Swift global intervention can halt Gaza genocide

May 27, 2025 14:47
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2602227

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published May 26, 2025
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Preliminary Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Reached between Hamas, Trump Envoy

May 27, 2025 14:24
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/preliminary-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-reached-between-hamas-trump-envoy/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published May 26, 2025

Washington is reportedly pressuring Tel Aviv to halt its Gaza offensive as Hamas signals conditional readiness for a long-term ceasefire.
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Top genocide scholars unanimous that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: Dutch investigation

May 27, 2025 14:33
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/top-genocide-scholars-unanimous-that-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-dutch-investigation/

Sondos Asem reports in Middle East Eye on 17 May 2025
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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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