Common Grounds

Gaza and the unravelling of a world order built on power

December 16, 2025 15:23
Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/10/gaza-and-the-unravelling-of-a-world-order-built-on-power

By Richard Falk

Published December 10, 2025

The tragedy in Gaza lays bare the contradictions of a world order built to manage power, not deliver justice or enforce its legal commitments.
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A smaller cage: Israel’s ‘two-state solution’ on Gaza’s ruins

December 23, 2025 14:55
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/a-smaller-cage-israels-two-state-solution-on-gazas-ruins/

Muhammad Shehada writes in The New Arab on 11 December 2025

Israel is redesigning Gaza's territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building
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Western elites fear a ‘globalised intifada’ because they are its targets, not Jews

December 23, 2025 15:07
Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-12-20/western-elites-fear-globalised-intifada/

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 20, 2025

While Western publics are being demonised as racists, the technology and strategies used today against Palestinians will become the walls of tomorrow’s prisons for us all
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Why Palestinians face the same fate, weapons or not

December 23, 2025 15:42
Source: The New Arab

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2625465

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published December 8, 2025
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How the Jewish Chronicle weaponises 'antisemitism' to fuel a moral panic

December 30, 2025 12:54
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-jewish-chronicle-weaponises-antisemitism-fuel-moral-panic

By Neve Gordon

Published December 4, 2025

Articles conflate pro-Palestinian activism with hatred of Jewish people, following the Israeli government's insidious playbook
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Opinion | Trump's Gaza Cease-fire Is Theater Disguising Israel's Desire to Prolong the War

December 30, 2025 13:02
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-12-23/ty-article-opinion/.premium/trumps-gaza-cease-fire-is-theater-disguising-israels-desire-to-prolong-the-war/0000019b-4a88-d034-ab9b-ca8fe17e0000

By Mahmoud Shehada

Published December 23, 2025

Despite reports of tensions between Trump and Netanyahu, the U.S. president is not challenging Israeli goals in Gaza, but accelerating them: Towards a territory permanently trapped, without sovereignty, political resolution or accountability
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The World Radicalized by the Gaza Genocide

December 30, 2025 15:46
Source: Al-Shabaka

https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/the-world-radicalized-by-the-gaza-genocide/

By Tareq Baconi

Published December 21, 2025
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US Attack on Colombia, Venezuela: Six Takeaways from Dan Kovalik’s Interview

January 06, 2026 14:41
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-attack-on-colombia-venezuela-six-takeaways-from-dan-kovaliks-interview/

By R omana Rubeo

Published December 1, 2025

Dan Kovalik, President Petro’s attorney, breaks down Washington’s political attack via sanctions, exposing the imperialist effort to crush Colombia’s pro-Gaza leadership and undermine the revolutionary solidarity of nations like Venezuela.
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As the world welcomes a new year, we, in Gaza, dread what it will bring

January 06, 2026 13:19
Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/31/as-the-world-welcomes-a-new-year-we-in-gaza-dread-what-it-will-bring

By Qasem Waleed

Published December 31, 2025

We have seen so much evil this year that we are afraid to imagine the future.
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The Harder Hope Becomes, the More Urgent It Is: A Reckoning for Israelis and Palestinians in 2026

January 06, 2026 14:09
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2025-12-31/ty-article/.highlight/the-harder-hope-becomes-the-more-urgent-it-is-an-israeli-palestinian-reckoning-for-2026/0000019b-7577-dd15-a3fb-fd778cdd0002

By David Issacharoff

Published December 31, 2025

Israel does not have to be a bad place. This rare moment of isolation is an opportunity for introspection. Most people here are good and willing, but many can no longer find hope
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