Common Grounds

UNICEF child welfare report finds Israel among worst in developed world

June 15, 2017 19:19
Source: The Times of Israel

By Stuart Winer

One in three children is considered poor in the Jewish state, says UN agency
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The block impeding coalition against Iran

June 16, 2017 11:46
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

Published June 06, 2017

Why Iran Won’t Bring Israelis and Arabs Together

There’s No Way Around Justice for Palestinians

By Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs
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Marwan Barghouti and the battle of the empty stomachs

July 05, 2017 19:27
Source: Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU)

http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2017-07-04/marwan-barghouti-and-the-battle-of-the-empty-stomachs/

By Jonathan Cook

Often described as the Palestinians’ Nelson Mandela, Barghouti led the recent prisoners’ hunger strike. Paradoxically, his incarceration has served only to make him more visible, a Palestinian national icon. And now he is said to be developing a new model of resistance, to replace the failed strategies of Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas
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What does it take to move from pseudo-democracy to real participation?

June 19, 2017 11:55
Source: Redress Information & Analysis

http://www.redressonline.com/2017/06/what-does-it-take-to-move-from-pseudo-democracy-to-real-participation/

By Graham Peebles

Imagine a country run along truly democratic lines. In such a mythical land, what would be the role of the politician, and the nature of his or her relationship with that amorphous group paraded under the banner of “the people”?
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I was taught to hate Palestinians — until I met one

June 27, 2017 12:19
Source: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/i-was-taught-to-hate-palestinians-until-i-met-one/128364/

By Osnat Ita Skoblinski

I grew up believing the Arabs wanted to throw us into the sea. Then I met a Palestinian from Gaza, and started to question everything I was ever taught.
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Americans view of Israel is getting worse by the day

July 02, 2017 21:19
Source: Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/americans-view-of-israel-is-getting-worse-by-the-day/

July 1, 2017

By Tom Porter
Posted with permission from Newsweek

The more Americans know about Israel, the less they like about it, according to a new survey.
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WATCH // Minister Hotovely Asked to 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' on 60 Minutes Palestine Segment

July 03, 2017 14:47
Source: Haaretz

Jun 29, 2017
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.798551

‘As an Israeli mother, would you be happy on the other side of the wall?’ asked host Liam Bartlett during one particularly heated exchange
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The shocking treatment of Palestinian children

July 07, 2017 11:22
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=93411

By Peter Beinart, Forward
June 21, 2017

Why Is One Pro-Israel Group Desperate To Keep You From Watching This Video?

When it comes to Palestinians, the American Jewish establishment is in the ignorance business. The average American synagogue has never hosted a Palestinian speaker. The average “pro-Israel” activist has never read a book by a Palestinian author. The American Jewish philanthropists who fund Birthright send thousands of young American Jews to Israel each year, on a programme that systematically excludes the voices of 50% of the people who live under Israeli control.
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To punish Hamas, children must die

July 07, 2017 10:56
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=93479

By Shlomi Eldar, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor
June 29, 2017

Gaza’s children suffer as Hamas, PA continue conflict

Five Israeli doctors discuss their recent visit to Gaza, where disease is rampant, medication is disappearing and medical patients have given up hope.
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Why Palestine is Still the Issue

July 12, 2017 11:42
Source: CounterPunch

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/11/why-palestine-is-still-the-issue/

By JOHN PILGER

When I first went to Palestine as a young reporter in the 1960s, I stayed on a kibbutz. The people I met were hard-working, spirited and called themselves socialists. I liked them.
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