Common Grounds

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• Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry

  
  May 24, 2021 12:01

  Source: Science

  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/jews-and-arabs-share-recent-ancestry

   

  By Ann Gibbons

  Published October 30, 2000

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• Is Biden Sensitive to Growing US Criticism of Israel?

  
  May 20, 2021 12:24

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Merijn de Waal

  Published May 18, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

   

  The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is dominating world news - and is also occupying politics in Washington. In the meantime, the civil war in the Republican Party appears to have been resolved for the time being.

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• Apartheid in Palestine and a Christ who stands on the other side of the wall

  
  May 19, 2021 13:58

  Source: Baptist News Global

  https://baptistnews.com/article/apartheid-in-palestine-and-a-christ-who-stands-on-the-other-side-of-the-wall/#.YKTeOagzZPY

   

  By Chris Conley

  Published May 13, 2021

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• Ignorance or Arrogance … Why?

  
  May 19, 2021 12:38

  Source: abrahamavankempen.com

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/07/arrogance-ignorance-whats-the-difference/

   

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

  Published July 15, 2020

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• Israel Should Focus on Evangelicals, Not U.S. Jews Who Are More Critical, Dermer Says

  
  May 11, 2021 15:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-should-focus-outreach-on-evangelicals-not-u-s-jews-former-envoy-says-1.9790303

   

  By Sam Sokol

  Published May 10, 2021

   

  Deciding to focus on strengthening relationship with evangelicals at the expense of the Jewish community is a numbers game, says ex-Israeli envoy to D.C. Ron Dermer

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• ‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine

  
  May 11, 2021 14:57

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/carnegie-usmep-israel-palestine/

   

  By Mitchell Plitnick

  Published May 6, 2021

   

  A policy paper centering equal rights for both peoples marks a radical break from the Israel-centric discourse of mainstream U.S. think tanks.

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• The Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  May 11, 2021 11:41

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/05/old-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-dead-long-live-emerging-israeli-palestinian-conflict-pub-84457

   

  By Nathan J. Brown

  Published My 5, 2021

   

  The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become deeply ingrained in daily life. Work must begin now to heal deep-seated divisions, which are not likely to be resolved in a burst of diplomacy.

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• Analysis | Jerusalem Has All the Ingredients for a New Intifada - but So Far It Hasn't Happened

  
  May 10, 2021 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-new-intifada-but-so-far-it-hasn-t-happened-1.9788002

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published May 9, 2021

   

  The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable

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• The People v. Bill Gates

  
  May 06, 2021 13:29

  Source: London Review of Books

  https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/the-people-v.-bill-gates?utm_campaign=20210504blog&utm_content=20210504blog%20CID_5287d0a6678dc7688a

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  By Linsey McGoey

  Published May 4, 2021

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• Is Israeli-Palestinian confederation all it’s hyped up to be?

  
  May 05, 2021 14:45

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/is-israeli-palestinian-confederation-all-its-hyped-up-to-be/

   

  Published May 4, 2021

  Shira Efron and Evan Gottesman write in +972

   

  While it is fair to critique the viability of a two-state or one-state solution, the ambitious confederation model risks failing for the same reasons.

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