Common Grounds

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• Zionism has no space for an Arab Jew like me

  
  September 21, 2021 14:36

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/arab-jew-mizrahim-zionism-israel/

   

  By Hadar Cohen 

  Published September 9, 2021

   

  The State of Israel conditioned us to see the intersection of 'Jewish' and 'Arab' as impossible — even though my family held that identity for generations.

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• Can Zionists Support a Binational State? This Israeli Writer Says Yes

  
  August 24, 2021 14:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium.REVIEW-can-zionists-support-a-binational-state-this-israeli-writer-says-yes-1.10132612

   

  By Abe Silberstein

  Published August 19, 2021

   

  In his thought-provoking new book ‘Haifa Republic,’ philosopher Omri Boehm reminds us that the binational state was a concept promoted by parts of the Israeli right as recently as the late 1970s

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• Anti-Semitism: Mantagu Memo on the Anti-Semitism of the British Government

  
  August 24, 2021 14:10

  Source: Jewish Virtual Library

  https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montagu-memo-on-british-government-s-anti-semitism

   

  Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government - Submitted to the British Cabinet, August 1917

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• Israel forms special task force to pressure Ben & Jerry's over settlements boycott: report

  
  July 29, 2021 14:14

  Source: Insider

  https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-beginning-pressure-campaign-against-ben-and-jerrys-report-2021-7

   

  By Bryan Metzger 

  Published July 27, 2021

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• Top UK publishing company withdraws new school books after study finds that the revised materials are ‘emphatically pro-Israel’.

  
  July 27, 2021 14:50

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/how-british-pro-israel-groups-are-rewriting-middle-east-history-textbooks/

   

  Aron Keller reports in +972

  Published July 26, 2021

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• Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

  
  July 29, 2021 14:31

  Source: Ben & Jerry’s

  https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/palestine-statement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=demand&utm_term=photo&utm_content=palestine-statement

   

  Published July 19, 2021

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• Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout

  
  July 30, 2021 10:24

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/fast-forward/473641/ben-and-jerry-endorse-ben-amp-jerry-s-israel-settlements-boycott/

   

  By Asaf Shalev

  Published July 28, 2021

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• The Gospel According to Q

  
  August 03, 2021 14:20

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qanon-conspiracy-theories-connection-to-america-s-religious-right-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2021-07?

   

  By NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA

  Published July 29, 2021

   

  According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.

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• The Evangelical Pope | Tourism: Breaking Through Walls

  
  August 02, 2021 13:01

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, August 1, 2021

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• Don’t be scared of Biden’s commitment to Palestinian refugees

  
  April 21, 2021 14:06

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/dont-be-scared-of-bidens-commitment-to-palestinian-refugees/

   

  Abe Silverstein writes in Haaretz on 12 April 2021

   

  The Biden administration's recognition of Palestinian refugees goes beyond reinstating aid: It walks back Trump's adoption of the right wing's fantastical, punitive dreams. The rest of the pro-Israel camp should welcome it

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