Common Grounds

Israeli Academics and Artists Warn Against Equating anti-Zionism With anti-Semitism

November 23, 2018 14:32
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-professors-warn-against-equating-anti-zionism-with-anti-semitism-1.6674309

By Ofer Aderet

Published Nov 20, 2018

Their open letter ahead of a conference in Vienna advises against giving Israel immunity for ‘grave and widespread violations of human rights and international law’
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Christian Zionists are Israel’s political foot soldiers in US

November 27, 2018 12:45
Source: Middle East Online

https://middle-east-online.com/en/christian-zionists-are-israel%E2%80%99s-political-foot-soldiers-us

By Mark Habeeb

Published November 25, 2018

There is a widening gap between Christian Zionists’ absolute support for Israel and the more nuanced views of American Jews.
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Why I Choose To Stay In Palestine

November 27, 2018 12:56
Source: The Forward

https://forward.com/scribe/414776/why-i-choose-to-stay-in-palestine/

By Sam Bahour

Published November 26, 2018

Unlike most Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation, I could pick up and leave at a moment’s notice. Still, I stay, even as President Trump wreaks havoc on us.
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Dispute Over Airbnb In West Bank Settlements Shows ADL’s ‘Moral Schizophrenia’

November 28, 2018 16:08
Source: The Forward

https://forward.com/opinion/414774/tantrum-over-airbnb-in-west-bank-settlements-shows-adls-moral/

By Peter Beinart

Published November 27, 2018

The Anti-Defamation League has a disease. It suffers from an acute — and potentially fatal — form of moral schizophrenia.
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How one of Israel's veteran activists came to support (some) sanctions

November 30, 2018 15:04
Source: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/how-veteran-israeli-peace-activist-came-to-support-sanctions/138735/

By Edo Konrad

Published November 20, 2018

Galia Golan has been in the peacemaking business for nearly five decades. In a wide-ranging interview, the Peace Now co-founder discusses why she left the group, her support for a Israeli-Palestinian confederation, and why full-blown BDS won't work.
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The making of a Gazan Palestinian

December 03, 2018 09:51
Source: We Are Not Numbers

https://wearenotnumbers.org/home/Story/The_making_of_a_Gazan_Palestinian

By Abdalrahim Alfarra

Mentor: Pam Bailey

Published December 2, 2018

“The old will die and the young will forget.” - David Ben Gurion
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A LIFE IN EXILE

December 03, 2018 09:59
Source: UNRWA

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/life-exile

Published 29 November 2018

Khazneh Said is known as Um Qasem to all those around her. She lives in one of the modest shelters in Khan Dunoun camp in Rif Damascus. To reach the reception room of her house, a visitor has to avoid laundry lines laden with clothes of different colours. Born in 1934 in al-Zwayeh, 23 km away from Safad in Palestine, Um Qasem believes it is not just the years that have left their mark, but also her difficult living conditions and displacement. But throughout her exile, UNRWA has been there to support her.
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Dutch ministry calls on Jews around world to criticize Israeli occupation

December 04, 2018 14:27
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-ministry-calls-on-jews-around-world-to-criticize-israel/?fbclid=IwAR2vrIKe2K29e6yHIw_XNoW8CD-LtJ8XKPvfkNTTkdDRO2sUrTNborJEpx4

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

Published 28 November 2018

Official document on funding for Breaking the Silence includes objective of urging Jewish communities globally to ‘voice their opposition’
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How Palestinians in Jerusalem are being targeted in a campaign of ethnic cleansing

December 04, 2018 14:34
Source: The National

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/how-palestinians-in-jerusalem-are-being-targeted-in-a-campaign-of-ethnic-cleansing-1.798197?fbclid=IwAR3u5ERrPjNJq-X1x7DOFv5u8v3Hm4sCtkd8UkM1HyuH6kAr3K7-iJmsBNo

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 2, 2018

Settlers are coming up with new and increasingly underhand tactics to uproot Palestinians from their homes in and around the Old City
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'Israel continues to invade Palestinian territory'

December 06, 2018 16:00
Source: Anadolu Agency

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/israel-continues-to-invade-palestinian-territory/1330746

Reporting by: Atila Altuntas;

Writing by: Jeyhun Aliyev

Published December 6, 2018

STOCKHOLM

Israel continues to invade Palestinian territory in violation of international law, a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry said Wednesday.
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