Common Grounds

Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi

November 30, 2021 13:58
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/anti-zionist-jews-are-jews-in-name-only-and-more-dangerous-than-external-antisemitic-threat-chicago-reform-rabbi/

By PHILIP WEISS

Published November 26, 2021
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Opinion: Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights

January 11, 2022 14:50
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/israel-palestinians-occupation-full-rights-west-bank/

By Mairav Zonszein
Published January 6, 2022
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Opinion | The Settler-philosopher Everyone Loves to Love

December 07, 2021 14:33
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-settler-philosopher-everyone-loves-to-love-1.10440019?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

By Gideon Levy

Published December 4, 2021
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The Alchemy of Angst

January 13, 2022 13:42
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/alchemy-of-angst-by-elif-shafak-2021-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=f6105226b3-op_newsletter_01_07_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-f6105226b3-93791313&mc_cid=f6105226b3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspay

By ELIF SHAFAK

Published December 4, 2021

In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.
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'The Chameleon': U.S. Experts Shaken Over What This Iranian Scholar Just Said

January 13, 2022 13:55
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-the-chameleon-u-s-experts-shaken-over-what-this-iranian-scholar-just-said-1.10532688?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ea7875ed8b

By Yossi Melman

Published January 12, 2022

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a visiting scholar at Princeton and an influential figure in the corridors of power in his country, recently spoke with a smirk of satisfaction about the threats directed against former American official Brian Hook
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Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie

January 11, 2022 14:38
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bourgeoisie-boutagy-haifa/

By Himmat Zoubi

Published January 6, 2022

The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.
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What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state

January 04, 2022 15:28
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/

By Ayat Abou Shmeiss

Published January 3, 2022

At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.
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Opinion: Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith

December 30, 2021 11:29
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/trump-idolatry-has-undermined-religious-faith/

By Jennifer Rubin

Published December 28, 2021
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Hopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington

January 04, 2022 15:03
Source: Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/03/hopefully-2022-year-two-state-solution-finally-dies-washington

By PHILIP WEISS

Published January 3, 2022

Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"
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2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen

January 04, 2022 15:20
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published January 1, 2022
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