Common Grounds

Zionism’s Original Sin: Ignoring the Fact That Palestine Was Fully Populated

November 09, 2021 15:55
Source: Washinton Report on Middle East Affairs

https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/zionisms-original-sin-ignoring-the-fact-that-palestine-was-fully-populated.html

By ALLAN C. BROWNFELD

Published November 4, 2021

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2021, pp. 12-13, 21
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Secret Israeli dossier provides no proof for declaring Palestinian NGOs ‘terrorists’

November 12, 2021 14:25
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/shin-bet-dossier-palestinian-ngos/

By By Yuval Abraham, Oren Ziv and Meron Rapoport

Published November 4, 2021

Israel hoped a classified Shin Bet document would convince European governments to stop funding Palestinian rights groups. +972 and Local Call got hold of the dossier's testimonies — and found no real evidence to justify Israel's claims.
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Racial Justice Vs. The Israel Lobby: When Being Pro-Palestine Becomes the New Normal

November 16, 2021 15:08
Source: Ramzy Baroud, Politics for People

http://www.ramzybaroud.net/racial-justice-vs-the-israel-lobby-when-being-pro-palestine-becomes-the-new-normal/?utm_content=bufferd65f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=

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By Ramzy Baroud

Published October 6, 2021
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The quiet rebellion of US Jews turning against Israel is good for Palestinians

November 16, 2021 15:23
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210817-the-quiet-rebellion-of-us-jews-turning-against-israel-is-good-for-palestinians/

By Ramzy Baroud

Published August 17, 2021
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Time to reimagine, recreate, restore

November 12, 2021 12:19
Source: Human Rights on behalf of Mazin Qumsiyeh

https://www.palestinenature.org/

By Mazin Qumsiyeh

Published November 2021
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Tell Trudeau’s Cabinet: Protect Human Rights Defenders in Palestine!

November 12, 2021 11:34
Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

https://www.cjpme.org/

Published November 2021
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Opinion | The World May Have Given Up on Two States, but It Still Cares About the Occupation

November 09, 2021 16:09
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-world-may-have-given-up-on-two-states-but-it-still-cares-about-the-occupation-1.10347756

By Mickey Gitzin

Published November 2, 2021
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If we must talk about Rabin – let us talk about the right of return

November 09, 2021 16:19
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/if-we-must-talk-about-rabin-let-us-talk-about-the-right-of-return/

By YAARA BENGER ALALUF

Published November 1, 2021

Although remembered as a peacemaker, Yitzhak Rabin was one of the key perpetrators of Israel's ethnic cleansing policy.
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Palestine: International community must support and protect Palestinian civil society

November 12, 2021 11:08
Source: International Service for Human Rights

https://ishr.ch/latest-updates/palestine-the-international-community-must-support-and-protect-palestinian-civil-society/

Published November 2, 2021

Following the designation of six Palestinian CSO as terrorist organisations, the international community must support and protect and ensure a safe and enabling environment for Palestinian civil society and HRDs.
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Opinion | For 17 Years, Stone-throwing Settlers Have Terrorized Palestinian Children. I Was One of Them

October 28, 2021 15:45
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-17-years-settlers-have-terrorized-palestinian-children-i-was-one-of-them-1.10292655

By Ali Awad

Published October 17, 2021

For the children of Tuba, a Palestinian village in South Hebron Hills, attending school means walking more than ten kilometers with an armed IDF escort, to bypass an illegal settlement whose residents regularly threaten and attack them. I was one of those kids
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