Common Grounds
Arab, European states call Israel and Palestine to restart talks
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.
Read MoreA Noble Pursuit … A Sustainable Peace!
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
If I may call a spade a spade and call me an egomaniac if you’d like, my 10 Point Peace Initiative is more than a Noble Pursuit. It is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Don’t take my word for it. Read it! You might agree. You’re welcome to disagree as well. Better yet, what are your ideas? Forgive my candor combined with slivers of humor. I know I’m skating on thin ice. Get ready to review the original, the one and only ‘Abraham Accords,’ the real McCoy.
Read MoreYoung evangelicals are defying their elders' politics
Source: CNN
Opinion by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
Published September 30, 2020
Editors note: Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. He is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and is a Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN.
Read MoreOpinion / Israel's Founding Generation of Looters
Source: Haaretz
Published 05.10.2020
According to historian Adam Raz, in his book “Looting of Arab Property in the War of Independence” (Carmel Publishing House, in association with the Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research; in Hebrew), Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion said in July 1948: “It turned out that most of the Jews are thieves.” For me that was the most infuriating thing in the article by Ofer Aderet, who reviewed the book.
Read MoreThe future of Israel and Palestine
Source: The Nation
https://nation.com.pk/13-Oct-2020/the-future-of-israel-and-palestine
By Dr James J. Zogby
Published October 13, 2020
In the weeks following the signing of agreements between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, I was struck by some of the commentary by Israeli and Palestinian writers and analysts. While the views expressed by each side were polar opposites and equally hyperbolic, they were both wildly wrong.
Read MoreAn Evangelical Understanding of Jews and Judaism
Source: Patheos
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2020/10/evangelical-understanding-jews-judaism/
By Chris Gehrz
Published October 13, 2020
I’m grateful to Jay Phelan, former president of North Park Theological Seminary, for taking the time to answer a few questions about his new book, Separated Siblings: An Evangelical Understanding of Jews and Judaism (Eerdmans).
Read MoreBeyond Confirmation Bias … A New World Order?
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/10/beyond-confirmation-bias-a-new-world-order/
Read MorePro-Israel groups reportedly break law, media & Congress look the other way
Source: If Americans Knew
By Alison Weir
Published September 11, 2020
Documents obtained from the Israeli government show US pro-Israel organizations secretly used Israeli money to influence US policies. Such behavior is illegal under US law. Yet, mainstream media so far are ignoring the information, and Congress shows no interest in investigating this evidence of foreign tampering. A Congressional caucus with 80 members is connected to one of the groups…
Read MoreUnderstanding American Jewish Philanthropy
Source: https://sbahour.medium.com/understanding-american-jewish-philanthropy-c0a99e2199e4
By Sam Bahour
Published 20.10.2020
Book review of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex by Lila Corwin Berman
Read MoreWhat About the Gospel, the Kingdom of God?
Living Words from John Paul II
Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
Published Sunday, October 25, 2020
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