Common Grounds
Katanacho and the Protestant struggle against ‘Israelism’
By: Abraham A. van Kempen
This article is a translated and slightly revised version of a contribution by Dr. Steven Paas to a symposium of the Dutch branch of Kairos-Sabeel on 20 September 2019, at the occasion of the presentation of the Dutch translation of the Palestinian theologian Yohanna Katanacho’s book The Land of Christ.
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By: Abraham A. van Kempen
Read MoreWhy evangelicals in the US should support the establishment of a Palestinian state
Source: The Christian Post
By Issam Smeir, Voices Contributor
Published September 18, 2019
This summer in Bahrain, Jared Kushner's plan for a bright new economic future for Palestine was announced. This plan, however, not only does not include a solution to the political challenges in the region (that's anticipated to come this fall), but it follows on the heels of rumors that the Trump administration has been considering alternatives that do not include a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Read MoreCountering Christian Zionism in the Age of Trump
Source: Middle East Research and Information Project
https://merip.org/2019/08/countering-christian-zionism-in-the-age-of-trump/
By Mimi Kirk
Published 08 August 2019
The May 2018 ceremony marking the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem featured many of the usual suspects. US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all delivered remarks during the more than one-hour-long ceremony that touted the US-Israel relationship and, in Netanyahu’s words, embraced Jerusalem as “the eternal, undivided capital of Israel.”
Read MoreJewish Citizens in a Future Democratic Palestine?
Source: Providence
By George E. Assousa
Published November 13, 2019
As a 12-year-old boy in 1948, I fled with my family from our home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Katamon and never returned. Life took me to Ramallah, where I received a good Christian education, and then to the United States, where I became a physicist. Eventually, I went to the United Kingdom, where I became involved in international economic development. My heart still beats with memories of my beautiful home in Jerusalem, but my mind—trained through physics to deal with concrete facts—tells me that, unfortunately, history in Palestine cannot be reversed. The future, on the contrary, is in our hands.
Read MoreChurch of England report admits Christian anti-Semitism helped lead to Holocaust
Source: The Times of Israel
By ROBERT PHILPOT
Publshed 22 November 2019
Work acknowledges ‘fertile seed-bed for murderous anti-Semitism in the modern era’; in afterword to 105-page document, chief rabbi slams evangelical attempts to convert Jews
Read MoreIsrael needs unity, not immunity
Source: The Times of Israel
By Benny Gantz
Published January 2, 2020
Netanyahu should have assured Israel that the country is more important than any person's job; instead, he is perverting the rule of law
Read MoreDaoud Kuttab Says More…
Source: The PS Say More Newsletter
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=9116789a51839e0f88fa29b83&id=68cd46793c&e=284f1f0e24
By Project Syndicate
Read MoreA Boiling Point
Source: The National Council of Churches
https://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/a-boiling-point/
By Jim Winkler
Published January 8, 2020
" Not only has Mr. Trump illegally assassinated an Iranian military leader, he now threatens to destroy ancient Persian cultural landmarks. The entire world is disgusted by such barbaric declarations.
JIM WINKLER, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SECRETARY
Read MoreA Recurring Theme of My Pontificate …
Living Words from John Paul II
Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
Published Sunday, 19 January 2020
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