Common Grounds

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• The Palestinian march for freedom is relentless

  
  September 06, 2022 15:44

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2156691

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published September 5, 2022

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• The tyranny of righteous indignation

  
  August 25, 2022 19:18

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://buildingthebridge.eu/common-ground/general/the-geography-of-suffering-and-the-colour-of-empathy-the-implications-of-the-ukraine-crisis-for-the-future/1461

   

  By Simon Longstaff

  Published January 27, 2022 

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• The geography of suffering and the colour of empathy: The implications of the Ukraine crisis for the future

  
  August 25, 2022 12:37

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/eyal-mayroz-ukraine-geography-of-suffering-colour-of-empathy/13790828

   

  By Eyal Mayroz

  Published March 10, 2022

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• Don’t hand power to dangerous people (even when they really want it) — a modest Buddhist proposal

  
  August 25, 2022 11:42

  Source: ABC’s Religion and Ethics

  https://www.abc.net.au/religion/jonathan-gold-buddhist-proposal-for-keeping-sociopaths-from-pow/13787074

   

  By Jonathan C. Gold

  Published March 8, 2022

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• Who is Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin?

  
  August 25, 2022 19:30

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/23/who-is-russian-ultranationalist-alexander-dugin

   

  By David Child

  Published August 23, 2022

   

  Political philosopher dubbed Putin’s ‘brain’ by some observers has long called for Russia to annex Ukraine.

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• Opinion | How Israelis Are Taught to Erase the Palestinians

  
  August 30, 2022 13:24

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-28/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/how-israel-expels-the-palestinians-from-its-schools/00000182-e32c-d9c0-a3d3-fb3e25e30000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=0286afba6b&fbclid=IwAR0JYaJlpdc2rBugrV6E0chOHT0 Nechin

   

  By Eitan Nechin

  Published August 28, 2022

   

  When Israel's education ministry ordered the removal of maps showing the 1967 borders from classrooms, it was just the most recent blatant, dangerous, absurd attempt to erase the occupation – and the Palestinians

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• The siege is only a symptom

  
  August 30, 2022 14:25

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/siege-symptom-gaza-zionism/

   

  By Ben Reiff
  Published August 11, 2022

   

  To confront Israel’s violence against Palestinians, progressive Jews in Israel and around the world must reckon with the ideology that lies at its root.

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• Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in the Name of Jesus

  
  August 30, 2022 13:56

  Source: Informed Comment

  https://www.juancole.com/2022/08/expanding-occupation-palestinians.html

   

  By H. SCOTT PROSTERMAN

  Published August 30, 2022

   

  Most people agree that imperialism has been a very bad thing for the world. American Indian leader Dennis Means addressed a capacity crowd at the Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan in 1981. When I asked him to compare the plight of American Indians with the Palestinians, Mr. Means said, “Palestinians are the Indians of the Middle East and we are the Palestinians of America.”

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• Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter of food

  
  December 01, 2022 13:30

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/netherlands-agriculture-technology/?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere_trending_now&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&location=alert

   

  By Laura Reiley

  Published November 21, 2022

   

  The Netherlands has used advances in vertical farming, seed technology and robotics to become a global model 

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• How Palestine became a ‘forbidden word’ in German high schools

  
  December 06, 2022 15:52

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/germany-education-israel-narrative-palestinians/

   

  By Hebh Jamal

  Published December 5, 2022

   

  From textbooks to trips, Germany's education system is aggressively pushing a pro-Israel narrative hostile to any Palestinian dissent in the classroom.

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