Common Grounds

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• Washington no more: Palestine turns to Moscow for future Israel talks

  
  February 15, 2018 14:54

  Source: RT

  https://www.rt.com/op-ed/418798-palestine-us-israel-abbas/

   

  By John Wight

  Published 14 Feb, 2018

   

  It is no secret that Palestinian trust in Washington as an impartial broker and mediator in future peace talks with Israel has been shredded.

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• 400 Muslim, Christian, Jewish Leaders Sign 'Washington Declaration' for Religious Tolerance

  
  February 15, 2018 15:03

  Source: The Cristian Post

  https://www.christianpost.com/news/400-muslim-christian-jewish-leaders-sign-washington-declaration-for-religious-tolerance-216788/

   

  By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter

  Published Feb 7, 2018

   

  WASHINGTON — Over 400 Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders from all over the world affirmed on Wednesday a new declaration calling for the global protection of religious minorities and marginalized communities.

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• Palestinian youth in Nablus: 'Unite and stop with the division'

  
  February 20, 2018 14:23

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/palestinian-youth-in-nablus-unite-and-stop-with-the-division/133301/

   

  By +972 Magazine Staff

  Published February 20, 2018

   

  Palestinian youth demonstrate in Nablus, demanding peace and calling for non-violent opposition to the occupation. 

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• Opinion // Now It's Official: America’s Ambassador to Israel Trolls for Its Right-wing Extremists

  
  February 20, 2018 14:37

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-why-is-u-s-ambassador-david-friedman-trolling-for-right-wing-israel-1.5829552

   

  By Ahmad Tibi
  Published Feb 20, 2018

   

  In closed meetings and openly on Twitter, David Friedman propagandizes for Israel’s annexationist right; his only mention of Palestinians is to blame and vilify them. Sadly, in Israel’s foreign diplomat circles, he’s not alone

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• Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process: Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, 20 February 2018

  
  February 21, 2018 14:17

  Source: ReliefWeb

  https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/nickolay-mladenov-special-coordinator-middle-east-peace-7

   

  REPORT from UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process

  Published on 20 Feb 2018

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• Palestine calls for multilateral meeting by mid-2018 to decide a timeline for two-state solution

  
  February 21, 2018 14:26

  Source: Scroll.in

  https://scroll.in/latest/869518/palestine-calls-for-multilateral-meeting-by-mid-2018-to-decide-a-timeline-for-two-state-solution

   

  By Scroll staff

   

  President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the United States’ sole involvement in negotiation talks.

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• Opinion // Israel Is Fast Becoming a Rogue State. And Trump Is Complicit in That Downfall

  
  February 22, 2018 14:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-trump-is-complicit-in-israel-s-downfall-into-a-rogue-state-1.5844099

   

  By Stephen Robert 
  Published Feb 22, 2018

   

  America has always acted as a brake on the Israeli right wing’s more destructive moves to sabotage peace. Trump has ended that

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• Carter warns of 'catastrophic' consequences Trump's policy on Palestine

  
  February 23, 2018 12:50

  Source: PressTV

  http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/22/553277/Carter-Trump-Israel-Palestine-Abbas

   

  Published Feb 22, 2018

   

  Former US president Jimmy Carter has warned about the “catastrophic” consequences of abandoning the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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• American Jews Have Never Needed Israel

  
  February 23, 2018 13:13

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/opinion/394903/american-jews-have-never-needed-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Main

   

  By Michael Robin

  Published February 21, 2018

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• The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

  
  February 26, 2018 14:29

  Source: https://samibedouin.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine/

   

  PUBLISHED BY
  Sami, the bedouin

   

  One cant understand the Palestinian-zionist conflict without bringing the whole geopolitical context that happened for half a century (and even beyond that) before the actual ethnic cleansing of Palestine:

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