Common Grounds

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• How Israel’s leaders use targeted killings to try to ‘stop history’

  
  January 29, 2018 13:05

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israels-leaders-use-targeted-killings-to-try-to-stop-history/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=23dcc7c93d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-23dcc7c93d-54647837

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published 26 January 2018

   

  Ronen Bergman, author of 'Rise and Kill First,' a revelatory history of Israeli strikes on individual enemies, dissects his discoveries and their often discomfiting implications

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• One state or two states? You're asking the wrong question

  
  January 30, 2018 13:20

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/one-state-or-two-states-youre-asking-the-wrong-question/132753/

   

  By Haggai Matar
  Published January 29, 2018

   

  What we desperately need now is to go back to the basics and recognize that guaranteeing Palestinians’ rights is the  foundation for any political solution.

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• Reasons Why I as an Evangelical Leader in the Middle East Don't Agree With Trump's Declaration on Jerusalem

  
  January 30, 2018 13:50

  Source: The Christian Post

  https://www.christianpost.com/voice/reasons-why-i-as-an-evangelical-leader-in-the-middle-east-dont-agree-with-trumps-declaration-on-jerusalem.html

   

  By Rev. Dr. Jack Y. Sara

  Published 5 Jan 2018

   

  I want to address several reasons why evangelical believers in the Middle East—and particularly in Palestine and Israel—are upset with Trump's declaration.

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• European Commission - Press release: New assistance package for Palestine : EU strongly committed to support socio-economic revival of East-Jerusalem

  
  January 31, 2018 15:02

  Source: European Commission - Press Release Database

  http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-368_en.htm

   

  Brussels, 31 January 2018

   

  The EU will fund projects to increase the resilience of locals and support the Palestinian presence in the city, through targeted measures benefiting young people and the private sector.

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• EU: No alternative to two-state solution to resolve Palestine question

  
  January 31, 2018 15:21

  Source: KUNA, Kuwait News Agency

  https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2687475&language=en

   

  Published 31.01.2018

   

  BRUSSELS, Jan 31 (KUNA) -- The European Union stressed Wednesday that the two-state solution is the only realistic solution to the Palestine question and also underlined that without US participation there cannot be a solution.

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• W. E. Gutman: An open letter to the Palestinian people

  
  January 31, 2018 15:33

  Source: The Signal

  https://signalscv.com/2018/01/w-e-gutman-open-letter-palestinian-people/

   

  Published January 1, 2018

   

  This letter should have been written years ago, when the incident that prompts its belated publication took place.

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• Opinion // The New Israeli Is Frankenstein’s Monster

  
  February 01, 2018 15:20

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-new-israeli-is-frankenstein-s-monster-1.5765414

   

  By Yossi Klein
  Published Jan 25, 2018

   

  We have created a new creature. We are the creature that pushed aside Frankenstein, smashed the gate and left the laboratory to wreak havoc in the neighborhood

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• Dear Mr Trump, we're facing a humanitarian disaster

  
  February 01, 2018 15:26

  Source: Al Jazeera

  http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/dear-trump-facing-humanitarian-disaster-180131094246849.html

   

  by Mays Abu Ghosh

   

  Dear President Trump,

  Every evening, my grandmother sits us down and tells us stories about a piece of heaven on earth, a place called "Imwas". She describes every little detail about this place - the water spring, the lavish trees and the flowers that bloom throughout the year. She tells us about the beautiful old stone houses, the fig trees and the cactus plants.

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• Has the long, uneasy love affair of Israel and America’s evangelicals peaked?

  
  February 02, 2018 15:13

  Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2018/02/02/Has-the-long-uneasy-love-affair-of-Israel-and-America-s-evangelicals-peaked/stories/201801280248

   

  By LOVEDAY MORRIS, MICHELLE BOORSTEIN AND RUTH EGLASH

  The Washington Post

  Published FEB 2, 2018

   

  JERUSALEM - For many, the beaming smiles on both sides during Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Jerusalem last month embodied the love affair between American evangelicals and Israel.

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• Talk to Palestinians or pay price of ‘perpetual occupation’ – German FM to Israel

  
  February 02, 2018 15:23

  Source: RT

  https://www.rt.com/news/417620-israel-prospect-occupation-palestine/

   

  Published: 1 Feb, 2018

   

  Israel could pay the price for “perpetual occupation and conflict” and face the prospect of being stuck in a “fully-fledged annexation” if it abandons reconciliation with the Palestinians, the German foreign minister has warned.

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