Common Grounds

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• Germany Had a Grand Settlement Project. It Collapsed Overnight

  
  May 05, 2026 10:54

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-05-01/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/germany-had-a-grand-settlement-project-it-collapsed-overnight/0000019d-e4e7-dba5-a1ff-ede77bb10000

   

  By Ofri Ilany

  Published May 1, 2026

   

  Over a century ago, German settlers took over lands in the east, obtained state support, and made the locals' lives miserable. Like their Israeli counterparts today, they, too, thought they were there to stay

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• The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

  
  May 05, 2026 11:13

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-05-01/west-bubble-illusion-israel/

   

  Published May1, 2026

   

  The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy

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• Why Didn’t Iran Put Gaza on the Table? A Difficult Answer

  
  May 12, 2026 15:30

  Source: Clarion India

  https://clarionindia.net/why-didnt-iran-put-gaza-on-the-table-a-difficult-answer/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published May 9, 2026

   

  From Gaza to Tehran, from the politics of resistance to the limits of regional diplomacy, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 war: why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework? In this critical reading, Ramzy Baroud challenges the assumption of abandonment, arguing instead that the answer lies in the fragmented nature of Palestinian representation and the uneven political architecture of the resistance camp itself.

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• Empires Rise and Fall: Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?

  
  May 12, 2026 15:05

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/empires-rise-and-fall-could-trumps-iran-fiasco-be-americas-suez-crisis/

   

  By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies

  Published May 12, 2026

   

  The crisis with Iran is at least as catastrophic for US imperialism as the Suez Crisis was for the British Empire. The question is whether anyone in Washington today is capable of grasping the gravity of the crisis and making the required policy shift.

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• Blueprint of Failure: On Iran, Gaza, and How Europe Plotted Its Own Irrelevance

  
  May 12, 2026 15:24

  Source: Thinking Palestine

  https://thinkingpalestine.com/blueprint-of-failure-on-iran-gaza-and-how-europe-plotted-its-own-irrelevance/

   

  By Romana Rubeo

  Published May 8, 2026

   

  From Iran to Palestine, from Ukraine to quiet acquiescence under American dictates, Europe appears increasingly devoid of strategic direction. Worse still, in this critical reading of Europe’s relationship with the Middle East—and with its own future—Italian journalist and intellectual Romana Rubeo argues that the continent is not merely adrift, but actively complicit in charting a course toward its own decline.

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• Zionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way

  
  May 19, 2026 14:50

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/zionism-didnt-go-wrong-it-was-always-built-this-way/0000019d-fe78-df19-af9d-fffb97010000

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published May 6, 2026

   

  Zionism, at its base, is the belief in Jewish supremacy between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and just like any other ideology that subscribes to racial, national or religious supremacy, it is illegitimate

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• The Fuel to My Revolutionary Optimism

  
  May 19, 2026 14:30

  Source: CODEPINK

  https://codepink.substack.com/p/the-fuel-to-my-revolutionary-optimism

   

  By CODEPINK staff

  Published May 14, 2026

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• The Vanishing Christians of Palestine

  
  May 19, 2026 14:38

  Source: Savage Minds

  https://substack.com/home/post/p-197739713

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published May 14, 2026

   

  The Assault on a French Nun and the Forgotten Story of Palestinian Christians

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• What happens if Israel ends the Oslo Accords?

  
  May 26, 2026 13:59

  Source: The New Arab

  https://www.newarab.com/analysis/what-happens-if-israel-ends-oslo-accords

   

  By Mohammed Omer

  Published May 20, 2026

   

  A new bill in Israel seeks to cancel the Oslo Accords. Though defunct in practice, their formal collapse could open the door to de jure West Bank annexation

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• Territorial Imperialism Returns: What Lies Behind the Israeli Assault on Iran?

  
  May 26, 2026 13:36

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/territorial-imperialism-returns-what-lies-behind-the-israeli-assault-on-iran/

   

  By Ilan Pappe

  Published May 24, 2026

   

  From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran: what truly lies behind Israel’s confrontation with Tehran? In this critical reading, Ilan Pappé argues that the answer extends far beyond security or nuclear concerns, locating the conflict instead within a broader ideological project rooted in Zionism, territorial expansion, and the long-standing effort to reshape the Middle East in ways inseparable from the Palestinian question.

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