Common Grounds

Who's behind alleged war crimes in Ukraine?

April 14, 2022 11:04
Source: Veterans Today

https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/04/10/whos-behind-alleged-war-crimes-in-ukriane/

By John White

Published April 10, 2022

"The Ukrainian National Police committed numerous crimes against humanity in Bucha." - Scott Ritter
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President Zelenskyy, one Israel is enough

April 19, 2022 13:54
Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/19/president-zelenskyy-one-israel-is-enough

By Andrew Mitrovica

Published April 19, 2022

The Ukrainian leader’s recent declaration that his country will become a ‘big Israel with its own face’ after the war invites a blunt, unambiguous reproach.
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Ukraine and Palestine: How the West embraces one resistance but demonises another

April 19, 2022 14:11
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-west-embraces-one-resistance-demonises-another-how

By David Hearst

Published April 18, 2022

Ukraine's defiance in the face of Putin’s aggression has been dubbed heroic, so why doesn't the Palestinian resistance get the same treatment?
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Opinion | We Are Israeli Citizens, but Don’t Ask Us to Stop Being Palestinians

April 19, 2022 14:36
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-we-are-israeli-citizens-but-don-t-ask-us-to-stop-being-palestinians-1.10743633

By Ayman Odeh

Published April 14, 2022
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Fears Are Mounting That Ukraine War Will Spill Across Borders

April 28, 2022 15:10
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/us/politics/ukraine-war-expansion.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220428&instance_id=59809&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id

By David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger

Published April 27, 2022
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Europe’s Fading Unity Over Ukraine

April 28, 2022 15:23
Source: Carnegie Europe

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86948?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=imglink&mkt_tok=

By JUDY DEMPSEY

Published April 21, 2022

At this critical moment, Europeans must show commitment and resolve in their support for Kyiv. Divisions within the EU risk buying Russia time and weakening Ukraine.
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Opinion | What's God Got to Do With It? How Religion Fuels the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

May 10, 2022 14:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-what-s-god-got-to-do-with-it-how-religion-fuels-the-israel-palestinian-conflict-1.10787533

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published May 9, 2022

Surveys of Israelis and Palestinians are definitive: There's a stark, unyielding connection between religious devotion and political extremism. Religious Jews and Muslims stoke incitement and violence. But could they also resolve the conflict?
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Soft Power After Ukraine

May 08, 2022 22:15
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/soft-power-after-russia-war-in-ukraine-by-joseph-s-nye-2022-05

By JOSEPH S. NYE, JR.

Published May 3, 2022

While hard military power will decide the outcome of Russia's war in Ukraine, the power of values, persuasion, and attraction are hardly irrelevant. Though soft power tends to operate more subtly and over a longer time horizon, it has nonetheless emerged as a key feature of Ukraine's defense.
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Why anti-Russia boycotts should revive the Palestinian BDS movement

May 10, 2022 15:31
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/why-anti-russia-boycotts-should-revive-the-palestinian-bds-movement/

Nada Elia writes in Middle East Eye

Published May 9, 2022
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‘Our Nakba and Their Independence’: On the Problem with the Zionists’ Version of Two Narratives

May 10, 2022 15:40
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/our-nakba-and-their-independence-on-the-problem-with-the-zionists-version-of-two-narratives/

By Benay Blend

Published May 5, 2022
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