Common Grounds

25 years after Berlin Wall fall / Apartheid Wall Comparison between Berlin Wall and the Israeli apartheid wall in Palestine

June 24, 2021 12:58
Source: https://attaallah.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/25-years-after-berlin-wall-fall-apartheid_wall-comparison-between-berlin_wall-and-the-israeli_apartheid_wall-in-palestine/

By ABDALLAH ATTALLAH

Published November 9, 2014
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Bibi’s Poisoned Legacy

June 11, 2021 12:03
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/netanyahu-ousted-legacy-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-06

By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

Published June 9, 2021

After 12 years with Binyamin Netanyahu in power, Israel is more divided than it has ever been, and Israelis have largely lost hope that their country can be both Jewish and democratic. Can the new government, united only by its aversion to the country's longest-serving prime minister, push back against this legacy?
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Talking about Palestine/Israel – what words to use?

March 30, 2021 12:09
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

https://jfjfp.com/talking-about-palestine-israel-what-words-to-use/

Eve Spangler writes in Mondoweiss

Publsihed March 25, 2021
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Sunshine Breaking Through Dark Clouds

March 26, 2021 14:26
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

The anguish in my wife's eyes voiced volumes: "What are 'we' going to do with them … thousands, alone? Kids! Where are their parents?"
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The EU Goes After Russian Oil Sales to Europe—With an Eye on a Larger Target

May 06, 2022 12:18
Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace

https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/05/05/eu-goes-after-russian-oil-sales-to-europe-with-eye-on-larger-target-pub-87080?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buttonlink&mkt_tok=

By Noah Gordon

Published May 5, 2022
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To a Leading Critic, Both American-Jewish and Israeli Literature Express Deep Ambivalences

April 01, 2021 13:25
Source: Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/arts-culture/2021/03/to-a-leading-critic-both-american-jewish-and-israeli-literature-express-deep-ambivalences/

Published March 31, 2021
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Rabbi Alissa Wise’s love letter to anti-Zionist Jews, as she leaves ten years’ work with Jewish Voice for Peace

April 06, 2021 13:46
Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

https://jewish-voice-for-peace.medium.com/rabbi-alissa-wises-love-letter-to-anti-zionist-jews-as-she-leaves-ten-years-work-with-jvp-d04776df54ff

Published March 24, 2021

We are not one thing, but we are — you are — everything
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Accountability? Yes! Justice? A Work in Progress!

April 26, 2021 13:31
Source: NRC Amerika

nrc.nl/amerika

By Bas Blokker

Published April 21, 2021

Translated by Abraham A. van Kempen

Cheers after Floyd's case ruling, but "it shouldn't end with Derek Chauvin."

Police brutality! After the jury's verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin is heard in Minneapolis. President Joe Biden said that "there is still a long way to go."
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The Three-State Solution

April 13, 2021 15:32
Source: Tablet

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/three-state-solution-benjamin-kerstein-peace-israel-palestine

By BENJAMIN KERSTEIN

Published March 23, 2021

The two-state solution has been dead for decades. A one-state solution frightens Israelis and Palestinians alike. Is three the magic number for peace?
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Why Biden Must Watch This Palestinian Movie

April 28, 2021 10:28
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-palestine-israel-the-present.html

By John Brennan

Published April 27, 2021
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