Common Grounds

The Grimmest Dilemma

March 21, 2022 13:26
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/briefing/russia-ukraine-schelling-cold-war.html

By David Leonhardt

Published March 21, 2022

The Biden administration is facing an old Cold War dilemma: Be weak or risk a world war.
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Keep the Palestinian struggle out of Putin's war in Ukraine

March 22, 2022 14:26
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220321-keep-the-palestinian-struggle-out-of-putins-war-in-ukraine/

By Thembisa Fakude

Published March 21, 2022
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Zelensky Doesn’t Know the End of His Story. Churchill Didn’t Either.

March 24, 2022 14:43
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/opinion/zelensky-churchill.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220324&instance_id=56553&nl=todaysheadlines&regi _id=69909790&segment_id=86412&user_id=f 9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

By Andrew Marr

Published March 23, 2022
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Negotiating With Putin Is the Only Way Forward

March 28, 2022 12:03
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negotiations-putin-ukraine-us-eu-only-way-forward-by-oscar-arias-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1b84672f3-sunday_newsletter_03_27_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-b1b84672f3-93791313&mc_cid=b1b84672f3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

By OSCAR ARIAS

Published March 23, 2022

If the Cold War powers could come together to complete the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the 1960s, and if Central America's warring parties could agree on settlements to end their conflicts in the 1980s, the same can happen today in Ukraine. In fact, there is no alternative to dialogue.
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Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace

March 29, 2022 15:09
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-israel-palestine-zelensky-support-disgrace

By Asad Ghanem

Published March 22, 2022

In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle
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To Understand Putin, You First Need to Get Inside Aleksandr Dugin's Head

March 24, 2022 14:04
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-to-understand-putin-you-first-need-to-get-inside-aleksandr-dugin-s-head-1.10682008?lts=1647804960100

By Amit Varshizky

Published March 17, 2022

For Aleksandr Dugin, the most influential thinker in Russia, the war in Ukraine is a historic moment that will usher in a new world order
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A Special Tribunal for Putin

March 24, 2022 13:45
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/special-tribunal-putin-crime-of-aggression-by-murray-hunt-2022-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1e7df47bb9-op_newsletter_03_18_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-1e7df47bb9-93791313&mc_cid=1e7df47bb9&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

By MURRAY HUNT

Published March 11, 2022

For many years, the international rule of law has been undermined not just by rogue dictators but also by the leading global powers. Against this ominous backdrop, Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine represents a new low – one that cannot be tolerated if there is to be peace in the twenty-first century.
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Refugees of apartheid: Why Israelis need to talk about Palestinian return

March 22, 2022 14:43
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/refugees-of-apartheid-why-israelis-need-to-talk-about-palestinian-return/

Yaara Benger Alaluf writes in +972 Magazine

Published March 17, 2022
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Palestinian Authority caught between the U.S. and Russia on Ukraine

March 22, 2022 15:07
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2022/03/palestinian-authority-caught-between-the-u-s-and-russia-on-ukraine/

By RAMZY BAROUD

Published March 17, 2022

The PA has refused to condemn Russia following its invasion of Ukraine despite pressure from the Biden Administration. One reason for this is that joining the anti-Russia western chorus would further isolate an already isolated Palestine.
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International silence fuels Israeli persecution

March 15, 2022 16:23
Source: Electronic Intifada

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/international-silence-fuels-israeli-persecution

By Maureen Clare Murphy

Published March 4, 2022
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