Common Grounds

Peace & Apartheid

December 19, 2021 13:37
Source: Friends of Sabeel North America

https://www.fosna.org/

By Jonathan Kuttab

Published December, 2021

“This week, some of our friends in Sweden have asked the Church of Sweden at their general meeting to pass a resolution to investigate if an Apartheid System exists in Israel. Twelve bishops from the church of Sweden have attacked the proposition saying it is not helpful for peace between both Palestinians and Israelis.”
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Trump Complains About American Jews No Longer Loving Israel in Anti-Semitic Rant

December 21, 2021 14:52
Source: Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-jews-america-anti-semitic-rant-1273189/

By William Vaillancourt

Published December 17, 2021

“Jewish people in the United States, either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” the former president told journalist Barak Ravid
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Opinion | Early Zionist Pioneers Adhered to the Same Founding Ethos as Today's Settlers

December 21, 2021 15:01
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-early-zionist-pioneers-adhered-to-the-same-founding-ethos-as-today-s-settlers-1.10479328?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Shlomo%20Sand&utm_term=20211220-01:41

By Shlomo Sand

Published December 20, 2021
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Part of the problem: A better European approach to human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

December 23, 2021 12:10
Source: European Council on Foreign Relations

https://ecfr.eu/special/mena-human-rights/

By James Lynch

Published November 18, 2021
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Opinion | Israel Owes the Ukrainians Nothing

March 15, 2022 18:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-owes-the-ukrainians-nothing-1.10661944

By Zvi Bar'el

Published March 8, 2022
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UN envoy warns of risk of new Israel-Palestinian violence

December 03, 2021 11:59
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/un-envoy-warns-of-risk-of-new-israel-palestinian-violence-1.10430090

The Associated Press

Published December 1, 2021

Tor Wennesland says parties must calm tensions, reduce violence across the Palestinian territories, avoid unilateral steps including new Israeli settlement building and solidify the May cease-fire
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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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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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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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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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