Common Grounds

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• Oppression And Land Theft Bring Shame To Israel – OpEd

  
  March 19, 2021 13:44

  Source: Eurasia Review

  https://www.eurasiareview.com/19032021-oppression-and-land-theft-bring-shame-to-israel-oped/

   

  By Ray HananiaRay Hanania

  Published March 19,2021

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• Palestinian Elections: How Real, and with What Results

  
  March 19, 2021 13:27

  Source: Fikra Forum / Washington Institute

  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/palestinian-elections-how-real-and-what-results

   

  By Michael Milstein

  Published March 5, 2021

   

  Members of the political class and the general public are increasingly anticipating and expecting that Palestinian elections will take place due to an unusual convergence of interests between PA president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas.

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• A mother’s voice

  
  March 18, 2021 21:56

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-mothers-voice/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2021-03-18&utm_medium=email

   

  By Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya 

  Published March 17, 2021

   

  Anarchy now reigns in Arab locales, and I know that my loved ones could be harmed; I therefore turn to you, my Jewish friends, to support our demand for peace and security

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• The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

  
  March 16, 2021 20:40

  Source: The New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind

   

  By Michael Luo
  Published March 4, 2021

   

  The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.

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• Who is a Jew? Israel’s High Court of Justice’s Answer Reveals Larger Societal Tensions

  
  March 16, 2021 20:07

  Source: The McGill Journal of Political Studies (MJPS)

  https://mjps.ssmu.ca/2021/03/15/who-is-a-jew-israels-high-court-of-justices-answer-reveals-larger-societal-tensions/

   

  Published By : Melanie Rose

  March 15, 2021 

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• US Church leaders write to President with key Middle East policy recommendations

  
  March 16, 2021 19:14

  Source: Independent Catholic News

  https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/41742

   

  Published March 12, 2021

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• Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords

  
  March 11, 2021 17:51

  Source: Jews News Syndicate

  https://www.jns.org/opinion/pope-francis-and-part-two-of-the-abraham-accords/

   

  By Fiamma Nirenstein

  Published March 9, 2021

   

  Coming on the heels of Israel’s treaties with several Muslim countries, the meeting between the head of the Vatican and the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites is particularly significant.

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• Pope gives Iraqis hope

  
  March 11, 2021 17:25

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published March 8, 2021

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• How Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel

  
  March 09, 2021 20:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-how-christian-evangelical-money-is-driving-immigration-to-israel-1.9590223?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=96ea17f883

   

  By Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published March 8,2021

   

  Once the proud preserve of Jewish Diaspora organizations, aliyah funding is increasingly being ‘outsourced’ to deeply devout Christian groups with equally deep pockets and their own motives to encourage the ingathering of the exiles

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• Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

  
  March 08, 2021 22:40

  Source: CHRON

  https://www.chron.com/news/article/Intense-preparation-paves-way-for-pontiff-to-meet-15995920.php

   

  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press

  Published March 3, 2021

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