Common Grounds

AMERICA’S FOREIGN WARS

August 20, 2021 10:50
Source: PBS NEWSHOUR

By Lisa Desjardins, Correspondent

August 17, 2021
Read More
As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?

August 19, 2021 15:52
Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/as-afghanistan-falls-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-166169

By Tony Walker

Published: August 16, 2021
Read More
Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

August 10, 2021 15:32
Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

Published August 6, 2021

The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.
Read More
Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

August 10, 2021 15:10
Source: The Pioneer

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

By Manan Dwivedi

Published August 8, 2021

The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel
Read More
Doubts & Loves: Israel/Palestine, Perspectives, & Peace

August 12, 2021 14:55
Source: Patheos

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2021/08/doubts-loves-israel-palestine-perspectives-peace/

By Carl Gregg

Published August 11, 2021
Read More
Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

August 17, 2021 13:30
Source: The International Crisis Group

https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

Published August 10, 2021

The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.
Read More
Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it?

August 17, 2021 15:01
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/liberal-zionism-is-dying-will-foregoing-the-jewish-state-save-it/

Shaul Magid wries a book review in +972

Published August 16, 2021

A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.
Read More
If no more two-state solution, then what? - opinion

August 17, 2021 13:41
Source: The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/if-no-more-two-state-solution-then-what-opinion-676472

By GERSHON BASKIN

Published: August 12, 2021

ENCOUNTERING PEACE: THIS IS not a shallow argument of one state or two states; the political solutions of the future will probably be much more complex.
Read More
Palestinians welcome Ben and Jerry’s decision; claims of antisemitism rejected

July 21, 2021 15:18
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1897696/middle-east

By DAOUD KUTTAB

Published July 21, 2021

Watch the VIDEO HERE
Read More
‘We’re taking responsibility’: Sixty teens announce refusal to serve in Israeli army

February 08, 2021 14:10
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

https://jfjfp.com/were-taking-responsibility-sixty-teens-announce-refusal-to-serve-in-israeli-army/

Oren Ziv writes in +972

Published January 6, 2021

Dozens of Israeli teens sign public letter objecting to military service over Israel's policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.
Read More