Common Grounds

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• Editorial | Did Somebody Say ‘Oil,’ ‘Petro-Dictator,’ ‘America’s Addiction to Oil?’

  
  April 01, 2022 14:43

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

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• How to Defeat Putin and Save the Planet

  
  April 01, 2022 11:08

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/how-to-defeat-putin-and-save-the-planet.html?campaign_id=225&emc=edit_nttf_20220329&instance_id=57065&nl=thomas-friedman&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=86929&te=1&user_id=f9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By Thomas L. Friedman

  Published March 29, 2022

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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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• From Israel to Russia, occupiers are remaking the world order

  
  March 29, 2022 14:52

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/edition/russia-israel-occupiers/

   

  By Haggai Matar

  Published March 27, 2022

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• Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel

  
  March 29, 2022 14:44

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ukraine-is-not-palestine-russia-is-not-israel/

   

  By Issa Khalaf

  Published March 24, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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