Common Grounds

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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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• CJPME URGES CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO MOVE BEYOND FOCUS ON TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

  
  July 27, 2021 14:35

  Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)

  https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2021_07_26_beyond_two_states

   

  Published July 26, 2021

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• 'No Diplomatic Process With the Palestinians,' Source Close to Bennett Says After Gantz Meets Abbas

  
  September 03, 2021 12:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-gantz-meets-with-abbas-in-ramallah-to-discuss-security-economy-1.10163773?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=2cc956bcda

   

  By Jonathan Lis

  Published August 30, 2021

   

  Gantz says that Israel is right to take steps to strengthen the Palestinian economy in the first meeting between a senior Israeli government official and Abbas since 2010

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• Opinion | Gantz Tosses Abbas a Bone, but Expects Trust in Return

  
  September 03, 2021 12:06

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-gantz-tosses-abbas-a-bone-but-expects-trust-in-return-1.10169986?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=f3091ab94a

   

  By Zvi Bar'el

  Published September 1, 2021

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• Analysis | Bennett-Biden Meeting Opened No Doors, but Left a Crack for the Palestinians

  
  September 03, 2021 13:20

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-bennett-biden-meeting-opened-no-doors-but-left-a-crack-for-the-palestinians-1.10161877

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published August 29, 2021

   

  The Palestinian leadership realizes the Bennett government will last longer than anticipated. They only ask Israel to honor existing agreements, in a bid to prevent unilateral measures and restore stability

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• How Did Religious Jews Become the Most Enthusiastic Supporters of the Occupation?

  
  September 07, 2021 14:05

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-how-did-religious-jews-become-enthusiastic-supporters-of-the-occupation-1.10177974

   

  By Mikhael Manekin

  Published September 3, 2021

   

  Violence and plunder were always anathema in Judaism. What went wrong?

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• Opinion | On Rosh Hashanah, Jews Everywhere Are Commanded to Mark the First Nakba

  
  September 07, 2021 15:23

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-on-rosh-hashanah-jews-everywhere-are-commanded-to-mark-the-first-nakba-1.10183234

   

  By Bradley Burston

  Published SEptember 5, 2021

   

  We begin our year by turning the Torah scroll to the story of the first Nakba, the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, a story of shame, guilt and moral failure

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• Opinion | Messianism Is Israel’s Most Powerful Force, Embraced by Atheists Too

  
  September 07, 2021 14:44

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-messianism-is-israel-s-most-powerful-force-embraced-by-atheists-too-1.10175325

   

  By Assaf Harel

  Published September 5, 2021

   

  Seeing it simply as a religious West Bank phenomenon stifles debate. Differences among Jews and between Jews and non-Jews can be reduced, but first reality must be faced

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• Jordan's King Tells Abbas, Sissi 'No Regional Stability Without a Two-state Solution'

  
  September 03, 2021 10:47

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-abbas-to-meet-egyptian-jordanian-counterparts-to-form-unified-stance-on-israel-1.10175258?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=c47c2b5c6a

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published September 2, 2021

   

  President Abbas says in three-way Cairo meeting, intended to form unified stance on Israel, that the Palestinians have never turned their backs on peace initiatives

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• Opinion | Bennett’s Cowardly Response to Gantz-Abbas Meeting

  
  September 03, 2021 10:32

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-bennett-s-cowardly-response-to-israel-s-palestinian-ties-1.10165901?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=ce19a7e129

   

  By Noa Landau 
  Publlished August 30, 2021

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