Common Grounds

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• Jerusalem Churches Protest 'Systematic Attempt to Drive Christians Out of the Holy Land'

  
  December 23, 2021 14:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-churches-protest-systematic-attempt-to-drive-christians-out-1.10483449?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=cc164f46ce

   

  By Nir Hasson

  Published December 21, 2021

   

  In a campaign launched ahead of Christmas, leaders of Christian denominations in the city criticize Israel for its response to violent attacks and moves by settler groups to acquire more properties in the Old City

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• Analysis | So You Don’t Like the Two-state Solution? Meet the One-state Model

  
  December 23, 2021 22:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-so-you-don-t-like-the-two-state-solution-meet-the-one-state-model-1.10490651?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=7a176b0cf5&lts=1640283067350

   

  By Alon Pinkas

  Published December 23, 2021

   

  If the two-state solution is no longer viable or sustainable, as some say, what are the alternatives for Israel and the Palestinians? A primer on knowing your unitary state from your federal state, and more

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• Jewish groups that aid Israel’s war crimes can’t deny all responsibility for those crimes

  
  May 25, 2021 15:53

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/jewish-groups-that-aid-israels-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-for-those-crimes/

   

  By JONATHAN COOK 

  Published MAay 24, 2021

   

  Israel’s apologists – whether Jewish or not – cannot deny all responsibility for Israel’s war crimes when they actively aid and abet those crimes.

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• Americans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians

  
  May 28, 2021 11:50

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

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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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• Israel Used to Be Beautiful. Then Came Zionism

  
  May 24, 2022 14:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-used-to-be-beautiful-then-came-zionism-1.10796712

   

  By Ofri Ilany

  Published May 12, 2022

   

  If the world's flora and fauna will need millions of years to rebound from the damage humanity has wrought on the planet, recovering from the ecological and aesthetic ravages of Zionism will take twice as long

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• AN OPEN LETTER TO U.S. CHRISTIANS FROM A PALESTINIAN PASTOR

  
  May 31, 2021 11:59

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/open-letter-us-christians-palestinian-pastor

   

  By Munther Isaac

  Published May 19, 2021

   

  “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!”

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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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• 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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• 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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