Common Grounds

Why I'm Saying No to the IDF as a 17-Year-Old

May 09, 2023 14:34
Source: Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/refusing-to-serve-in-the-idf

By Fred Hidvegi

Published April 27, 2023

As my birthday approaches, I grow more and more anxious because a professional organization of trained terrorists that calls itself an army wants me to be one of them. And if I say no, a prison sentence will be the result.
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Why we Palestinians see ourselves in Khader Adnan

May 09, 2023 14:26
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinians-khader-adnan/

By Amjad Iraqi
Published May 5, 2023

Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against.
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Hypocritical Outrage: What’s Wrong with Burning the Flag of an Apartheid State?

May 02, 2023 15:31
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hypocritical-outrage-whats-wrong-with-burning-flag-of-an-apartheid-state/

By Yves Engler

Published May 1, 2023
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Palestinians outraged as Ursula von der Leyen invokes Zionist myths to wish Israel on its 75th foundation day

May 02, 2023 15:20
Source: Peoples Dispatch

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/04/28/palestinians-outraged-as-ursula-von-der-leyen-invokes-zionist-myths-to-wish-israel-on-its-75th-foundation-day/

By Peoples Dispatch staff

Published April 28, 2023

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen’ statement referred to Israel as the promised land and equated its creation with freedom. The Palestinian Authority and activists across the world termed the statement racist and a defense of colonialism and apartheid
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Why I won't be celebrating Israel's 75th anniversary (Opinion)

May 02, 2023 15:16
Source; Houston Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/palestine-zionism-jews-israel-rice-policy-foreign-17917372.php

By Michael S. Kardoush

Published April 26, 2023
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BREAKDOWN: What is known about the status of Ukraine’s much-hyped ‘counteroffensive’ against Russia?

April 28, 2023 11:05
Source: RT

https://www.rt.com/russia/575300-what-is-known-about-counteroffensive/

By RT staff

Published April 25, 2023

The West has pumped Kiev with modern armaments and trained tens of thousands of its troops
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Donbass soldier Andrey Korobov-Latyntsev: Here's my chilling warning about where the Russia-Ukraine conflict can lead

April 27, 2023 15:45
Source: RT

https://www.rt.com/russia/574531-the-philosophy-of-violence-and-war/

By Andrey Korobov-Latintsev, an officer of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic

Published April 14, 2023

An academic turned fighter believes those who think the fighting can be contained are misguided
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Lavrov at UN: Russian foreign minister outlines Western minority's place in a multilateral world

April 27, 2023 15:45
Source: RT

https://www.rt.com/russia/575281-lavrov-un-security-council/

By RT staff

Published April 24, 2023

The Ukraine conflict is about the future of global order, the senior diplomat told the UN Security Council
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The Israeli right’s most dangerous anti-Palestinian smear

April 25, 2023 15:57
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/the-israeli-rights-most-dangerous-anti-palestinian-smear/

Natasha Roth-Rowland writes in +972

Published April 24, 2023

The Jewish far right has been calling Palestinians 'Nazis' for almost 80 years, casting them as an irredeemable enemy in an eternal war.
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Palestinian Prisoner's Day: How I survived a decade in Israeli prison

April 25, 2023 15:52
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-eid-christmas-helped-me-survive-decade-israeli-prison

By Ameer Makhoul

Published April 16, 2023

A Palestinian activist and former political prisoner recounts his time in an Israeli prison where he formed a community among his fellow prisoners
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