Common Grounds

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• Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

  
  August 10, 2021 15:10

  Source: The Pioneer

  https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

   

  By Manan Dwivedi

  Published August 8, 2021

   

  The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel

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• Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

  
  August 10, 2021 15:32

  Source: The Conversation 

  https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

   

  By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

  Published August 6, 2021

   

  The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.

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• Palestine’s Struggle to Create Its Unique Narrative

  
  July 20, 2021 23:26

  Source: Governing

  https://www.governing.com/context/palestines-struggle-to-create-its-unique-narrative

   

  By Clay S. Jenkinson

  Published July 20, 2021

   

  America has had resounding success in telling the story of its birth and rise as a nation. So too has Israel during the 20th century. Now, Palestine must do the same if it wants to succeed, says Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi.

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• ‘Israel has a stranglehold on Congress’ – Former Congressman Traficant

  
  February 01, 2021 13:36

  ource: If Americans Knew 

  https://israelpalestinenews.org/former-congressman-traficant-israel-has-a-stranglehold-on-congress/

   

  Published January 29, 2021

   

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• Opinion | Is 'Jewish' a Nationality or Religion? Inside Israel's Fierce, Bitter Debate About Identity

  
  January 25, 2021 18:06

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-is-jewish-a-nationality-or-religion-israel-s-fierce-bitter-debate-about-identity-1.9408781?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=2c5e823431

   

  By Simon J. Rabinovitch

  Published on 31.12.2020

   

  How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is a Jew

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• I Love That Palestinian Look … the Colors of His Shawl

  
  January 25, 2021 14:12

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Anti-Semitism and Israel: Right-wing Zionists play a deadly word game

  
  January 26, 2021 13:39

  Source: Salon

  https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/anti-semitism-and-israel-zionists-hope-to-crush-dissent-with-mendacious-word-games/

   

  By DOUG NEISS
  Published January 24, 2021

   

  An expanded definition of "anti-Semitism" is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work

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• What is – and what is not – antisemitic misconduct

  
  January 27, 2021 12:45

  Source: Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)

  https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/antisemitic-misconduct/

   

  Published September 24, 2018

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• I live among evangelicals, and admired them. Now I think a reckoning is due.

  
  January 28, 2021 17:25

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/opinion/462884/evangelicals-trump-reckoning-is-due/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20USE%20THIS%20ONE&utm_maildate=01/26/2021

   

  By Mark I. Pinsky

  Published January 26, 2021

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• Jon Stewart on Liberal Hypocrisy, Donald Trump and Dog Whistles

  
  January 28, 2021 17:12

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/schmooze/354884/jon-stewart-on-liberal-hypocrisy-donald-trump-and-dog-whistles/

   

  By Talya Zax

  Published November 18, 2016

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