Common Grounds

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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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• Whether it's Afghanistan or Palestine occupations don't last forever

  
  August 24, 2021 14:02

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210817-whether-its-afghanistan-or-palestine-occupations-dont-last-forever/

   

  By Dr Daud Abdullah

  Published August 17, 2021

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• Opinion: We lost the war in Afghanistan long ago

  
  August 20, 2021 11:21

  Source: The Washington Post

  washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/16/we-lost-war-afghanistan-long-ago/?utm_campaign=wp_for_you&utm_medium=email&utm_

   

  By Fareed Zakaria

  Published August 16, 2021 

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• AMERICA’S FOREIGN WARS

  
  August 20, 2021 10:50

  Source: PBS NEWSHOUR

  By Lisa Desjardins, Correspondent

  August 17, 2021

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• As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?

  
  August 19, 2021 15:52

  Source: The Conversation

  https://theconversation.com/as-afghanistan-falls-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-166169

   

  By Tony Walker

  Published: August 16, 2021

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• Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it?

  
  August 17, 2021 15:01

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/liberal-zionism-is-dying-will-foregoing-the-jewish-state-save-it/

   

  Shaul Magid wries a book review in +972

  Published August 16, 2021

   

  A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.

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• If no more two-state solution, then what? - opinion

  
  August 17, 2021 13:41

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/if-no-more-two-state-solution-then-what-opinion-676472

   

  By GERSHON BASKIN 

  Published: August 12, 2021

   

  ENCOUNTERING PEACE: THIS IS not a shallow argument of one state or two states; the political solutions of the future will probably be much more complex.

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• Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

  
  August 17, 2021 13:30

  Source: The International Crisis Group

  https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

   

  Published August 10, 2021

   

  The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.

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• Doubts & Loves: Israel/Palestine, Perspectives, & Peace

  
  August 12, 2021 14:55

  Source: Patheos

  https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2021/08/doubts-loves-israel-palestine-perspectives-peace/

   

  By Carl Gregg

  Published August 11, 2021

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