Common Grounds

How Ties Between Mizrahi Jews and Arabs Were Ruined – With Help From Ashkenazi Israelis

November 01, 2022 13:14
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-10-31/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/how-ties-between-mizrahi-jews-and-arabs-were-ruined-with-help-from-ashkenazi-israelis/00000184-2929-dd56-adc7-6b2fb3e40000

By Gideon Levy

Published October 31, 2022

Scholar Hillel Cohen embarks on a journey to the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, offering in his new book a sharp indictment of the country's racist elites
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Making the decision to leave Gaza is harder than some would think

November 01, 2022 12:46
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/making-the-decision-to-leave-gaza-is-harder-than-some-would-think/

By RANA SHUBAIR

Published October 23, 2022

Many of Gaza's youth decide to leave the open-air prison and many of those who leave end up alienated or refugees. Sometimes to realize the value of your homeland, you have to leave it.
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CAN EUROPE AFFORD TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO EVIDENCE OF A US ROLE IN PIPELINE BLASTS?

October 26, 2022 09:40
Source: Mintpressnews

https://www.mintpressnews.com/evidence-united-states-role-nord-stream-pipeline-blasts/282149/

By JONATHAN COOK

Published October 6, 2022
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What makes a martyr? The proclamation of Patriarch Kirill and the question of sacred violence

October 25, 2022 15:39
Source: ABC Religion & Ethics

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/patriarch-kirill-and-the-question-of-soldier-martyrs/14086850?j=1962924&sfmc_sub=357522572&l=16567_HTML&u=58970504&mid=518000040&jb=1008&utm

By Jonathan Zecher

Published October 17, 2022
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The question of violence

October 25, 2022 15:28
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/the-question-of-violence/

By MITCHELL PLITNICK

Published October 22, 2022

The use of violence is a tragedy, in all cases. But it is even more tragic to allow it only to an oppressor while forbidding it to the oppressed.
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Palestinian Granny’s Plea Evokes Sympathy among many except Europe, America and NATO

October 25, 2022 15:14
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-grannys-plea-evokes-sympathy-among-many-except-europe-america-and-nato/

By Iqbal Jassat

Published October 20, 2022
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Opinion | Suddenly, Everyone Fears for Israeli Democracy

October 25, 2022 15:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-10-23/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/suddenly-everyone-fears-for-israeli-democracy/00000184-00d3-de24-a1df-fbfb72a50000?

By Gideon Levy

Published October 23, 2022
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Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys

October 18, 2022 16:05
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/westerners-live-denial-convinced-theyre-good-guys

By Jonathan Cook

Published October 14, 2022

Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call
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Why Being a ‘Bad Jew’ Is No Longer Bad for Jewish Americans

October 18, 2022 15:37
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2022-10-16/ty-article/.highlight/why-being-a-bad-jew-is-no-longer-bad-for-jewish-americans/00000183-e081-d15e-a5cb-e6a555e20000

By Eitan Nechin

Published October 16, 2022

Emily Tamkin, the author of the new book ‘Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities,’ tells Haaretz how Jewish America today is just as much Jared Kushner as it is Bernie Sanders
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Anti-Palestinianism makes the weaponization of antisemitism possible

October 18, 2022 15:09
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/anti-palestinianism-makes-the-weaponization-of-antisemitism-possible/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1666015333

By TERRY AHWAL

Published October 15, 2022

Zionism requires the demise of and continuous crimes against the Palestinian people. I will oppose it regardless of what you label me.
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