Common Grounds

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• Jews, outraged by restrictive abortion laws, are invoking the Hebrew Bible in the debate

  
  September 07, 2020 13:56

  Source: USA Today

  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/24/abortion-laws-jewish-faith-teaches-life-does-not-start-conception/1808776001/

   

  By Lindsay Schnell

  Published July 24, 2019

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• Israeli Filmmakers Put AIPAC and U.S. Evangelicals Under the Spotlight – and Are Alarmed at What They Find

  
  September 10, 2020 12:31

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israeli-filmmakers-put-aipac-and-u-s-evangelicals-under-the-spotlight-1.9141924?utm_source=smartfocus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=5025992

   

  By Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published 9 September, 2020

   

  Two new documentaries, 'Kings of Capitol Hill' and 'Til Kingdom Come,' offer a fascinating snapshot of the past, present and future of pro-Israel lobby groups in Washington

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• Opinion / Trump and Netanyahu's Big Fat Fake Peace Deal

  
  September 17, 2020 14:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-trump-and-netanyahu-s-big-fat-fake-peace-deal-1.9159923

   

  By Diana Buttu

  Published 16 September, 2020

   

  As a reward for destroying the lives of generations of Palestinians, Israel made 'peace' with two Arab states, UAE and Bahrain, whose combined citizenries are smaller than the Gaza Strip

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• Are Christian Zionists the ‘Largest Pro-Israel Lobby’?

  
  September 17, 2020 14:30

  Source: Antiwar.com

  https://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2020/09/15/are-christian-zionists-the-largest-pro-israel-lobby/

   

  By Grant Smith 

  Published September 16, 2020

   

  No, and little would change without them

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• Happy Rosh Hashanah

  
  September 18, 2020 16:42

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/09/special-edition-happy-rosh-hashanah/

   

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• Our Father in Heaven …

  
  September 20, 2020 22:20

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, September 20, 2020

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• Trump’s America, Netanyahu’s Israel

  
  April 22, 2019 10:30

  Source: London Review of Books

  https://www.lrb.co.uk/2019/04/18/adam-shatz/trumps-america-netanyahus-israel

   

  By Adam Shatz

  Published 18 April 2019

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• Why the Persian Gulf is Ignoring Palestine

  
  September 24, 2020 15:02

  Source: The National Interest

  https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/why-persian-gulf-ignoring-palestine%C2%A0-169487

   

  By Trevor Filseth

  Published September 23, 2020

   

  The Abraham Accords might be a step forward for Palestinians – if only by imparting a sense of urgency to their glacial power negotiations. 

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• How Do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?

  
  September 24, 2020 15:51

  Source: ramzybaroud.net/

  http://www.ramzybaroud.net/how-do-democrats-and-republicans-differ-on-palestine-and-israel/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published September 18, 2020

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• Arab, European states call Israel and Palestine to restart talks

  
  September 29, 2020 14:40

  Source: Al Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/24/four-arab-and-european-fms

   

  Published 24 September 2020

   

  Foreign ministers from France, Egypt, Germany and Jordan back beginning of talks on the basis of two-state solution.

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