Common Grounds

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• Is Biden Sensitive to Growing US Criticism of Israel?

  
  May 20, 2021 12:24

  Source: NRC Amerika

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  By Merijn de Waal

  Published May 18, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

   

  The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is dominating world news - and is also occupying politics in Washington. In the meantime, the civil war in the Republican Party appears to have been resolved for the time being.

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• Apartheid in Palestine and a Christ who stands on the other side of the wall

  
  May 19, 2021 13:58

  Source: Baptist News Global

  https://baptistnews.com/article/apartheid-in-palestine-and-a-christ-who-stands-on-the-other-side-of-the-wall/#.YKTeOagzZPY

   

  By Chris Conley

  Published May 13, 2021

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• Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry

  
  May 24, 2021 12:01

  Source: Science

  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/jews-and-arabs-share-recent-ancestry

   

  By Ann Gibbons

  Published October 30, 2000

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• Opinion: Zionism cannot produce a just peace. Only external pressure can end the Israeli apartheid.

  
  May 25, 2021 15:34

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/israel-gaza-war-zionism-apartheid-injustice-pressure/

   

  Opinion by Raphael Mimoun

  Published May 20, 2021 

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• Support for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey

  
  May 25, 2021 16:12

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/support-for-israel-among-young-us-evangelicals-drops-sharply-survey/

   

  By JACOB MAGID

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Since 2018, backing for Israel dropped from 75% to 33%; nearly half of evangelicals aged 18-29 say they favor establishment of Palestinian state, voted for Biden over Trump

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• Ignorance or Arrogance … Why?

  
  May 19, 2021 12:38

  Source: abrahamavankempen.com

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/07/arrogance-ignorance-whats-the-difference/

   

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

  Published July 15, 2020

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• Analysis | Jerusalem Has All the Ingredients for a New Intifada - but So Far It Hasn't Happened

  
  May 10, 2021 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-new-intifada-but-so-far-it-hasn-t-happened-1.9788002

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published May 9, 2021

   

  The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable

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• The People v. Bill Gates

  
  May 06, 2021 13:29

  Source: London Review of Books

  https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/the-people-v.-bill-gates?utm_campaign=20210504blog&utm_content=20210504blog%20CID_5287d0a6678dc7688a

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  By Linsey McGoey

  Published May 4, 2021

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• Is Israeli-Palestinian confederation all it’s hyped up to be?

  
  May 05, 2021 14:45

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/is-israeli-palestinian-confederation-all-its-hyped-up-to-be/

   

  Published May 4, 2021

  Shira Efron and Evan Gottesman write in +972

   

  While it is fair to critique the viability of a two-state or one-state solution, the ambitious confederation model risks failing for the same reasons.

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• U.S. CHRISTIANS CAN’T IGNORE ISRAEL’S ONGOING OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

  
  May 31, 2021 12:10

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine

   

  By MAE ELISE CANNON, JOYCE AJLOUNY

  Published May 14, 2021

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