Common Grounds

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• The Evangelical Pope | One World Religion? MANY!

  
  June 21, 2021 13:04

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, June 20, 2021

   

                 "… Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. (1 John 4: 16)

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• Why Israel’s leadership change might benefit Palestinians

  
  June 15, 2021 17:08

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1876601

   

  By DAOUD KUTTAB

  Published June 14, 2021

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• It’s time for a new approach – The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians

  
  June 22, 2021 19:07

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/israel-palestine-offering-concern-solves-nothing-its-time-for-a-new-approach/

   

  Crispin Blunt writes in Middle East Eye

  Published June 21, 2021

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• Between the Holocaust and the Nakba, Two Histories – and Maybe a Shared Future

  
  June 22, 2021 19:27

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-between-the-holocaust-and-the-nakba-two-histories-and-maybe-a-shared-future-1.9915571

   

  By David B. Green

  Published June 18, 2021

   

  Israeli professors Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg propose an original way of relating to these historical events that just might offer a new path toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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• Take Action to Stop Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem #SaveSheikhJarrah

  
  June 24, 2021 14:00

  Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)

  https://www.cjpme.org/?utm_campaign=em_2021_26_23_ethnic_cleansing&utm_ medium=email&utm_source=cjpme

   

  June 23, 2021

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• Israel and its western allies have run out of Palestinian enforcers

  
  June 22, 2021 19:48

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-western-allies-run-out-Palestinian-enforcers

   

  By Joseph Massad

  Published June 11, 2021

   

  A continuation of the strategy of finding client leaders cannot forestall the massive Palestinian anti-colonial revolt to come

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• Netanyahu may have won America, but he has lost Israel

  
  June 15, 2021 15:49

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210615-netanyahu-may-have-won-america-but-he-has-lost-israel/

   
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published June 15, 2021

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• Absolving empire in Palestine

  
  June 08, 2021 13:51

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/4/absolving-empire-in-palestine

   

  By Ammar Rashid

  Published June 4, 2021

   

  What are the real reasons behind the US media and state institutions’ apparent pro-Israel bias?

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• America, Human Rights, and Israel’s War on Palestine

  
  June 01, 2021 13:56

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-must-uphold-palestinian-human-rights-in-israel-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-05

   

  By JEFFREY D. SACHS

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Human rights are human rights, and they are part of international law under the UN Charter. Whether the case is Xinjiang and the Uighurs, Myanmar and the Rohingya, or Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, the correct way to defend international law is through the United Nations, starting with an independent investigation under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council.

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• Analysis | Israel Gave Up Sovereignty in Arab Cities. Everyone Paid the Price

  
  June 01, 2021 13:46

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-gave-up-sovereignty-in-arab-cities-everyone-paid-the-price-1.9851992

   

  By Amos Harel

  Published May 28, 2021

   

  The Jewish-Arab violence inside Israel surprised officials even more than the Gaza flare-up. And Netanyahu's vision of soldiers in Israeli cities is still on the table

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