Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Damn Them All

  
  July 18, 2021 20:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-should-have-treated-khalida-jarrar-with-humanity-1.10000031?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=389d7b7b0f&lts=1626374148433

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published July 15, 2021

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• Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism poses a moment of reckoning for Democrats

  
  July 16, 2021 10:51

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omars-antisemitism-poses-a-moment-of-reckoning-for-democrats/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-15&utm_medium=email

   

  By John Hagee

  Published July 15, 2021

   

  Just as we have called out fellow Conservatives, Nancy Pelosi must choose between real leadership or shameful capitulation to the enemies of the Jewish people

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• Genocide, apartheid? A poll Israel cannot allow itself to ignore

  
  July 16, 2021 10:47

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/genocide-apartheid-a-poll-israel-cannot-allow-itself-to-ignore/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-15&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published July 15, 2021

   

  Nobody who knows the reality in Israel could possibly believe it is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Yet 22% of US Jews apparently do. Alarm bells should be ringing

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• The America that Israel and Palestine Need

  
  July 20, 2021 11:38

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-conflict-needs-more-balanced-us-approach-by-mohamed-elbaradei-2021-07

   

  By MOHAMED ELBARADEI

  Published July 16, 2021

   

  Joe Biden promised to make democracy and human rights central to US foreign policy. But that means not insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself without mentioning its expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, its policy of discrimination, and its denial of the Palestinians’ right to an independent state.

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• Palestinians welcome Ben and Jerry’s decision; claims of antisemitism rejected

  
  July 21, 2021 15:18

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1897696/middle-east

   

  By DAOUD KUTTAB

  Published July 21, 2021

   

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• Opinion | Should Jews Fear Fanatically pro-Israel, Philosemitic U.S. Evangelicals?

  
  July 16, 2021 10:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-should-jews-fear-fanatically-pro-israel-philosemitic-u-s-evangelicals-1.9911159

   

  By Judah Isseroff

  Published June 16, 2021

   

  For Jews, what is more offensive – and more threatening? Today’s philosemitic Evangelicals, some with their venomous takes on Israel's new government, or yesteryear’s Christian theological antisemitism?

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• What’s Next for Christian Zionists?

  
  July 20, 2021 23:52

  Source: Foreign Policy

  https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/19/christian-zionists-israel-trump-netanyahu-evangelicals/

   

  By Colum Lynch
  Published July 19, 2021

   

  The backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is a group of evangelical Christians, but their power is threatened by the changing of the political guard.

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• Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable

  
  July 20, 2021 23:44

  Source: The Conversation

  https://theconversation.com/evangelical-support-for-israel-is-neither-permanent-nor-inevitable-164209

   

  Published July 19, 2021

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• Palestine’s Struggle to Create Its Unique Narrative

  
  July 20, 2021 23:26

  Source: Governing

  https://www.governing.com/context/palestines-struggle-to-create-its-unique-narrative

   

  By Clay S. Jenkinson

  Published July 20, 2021

   

  America has had resounding success in telling the story of its birth and rise as a nation. So too has Israel during the 20th century. Now, Palestine must do the same if it wants to succeed, says Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi.

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• My Turn: A third way to view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  
  July 13, 2021 14:21

  Source: Concord Monitor

  https://www.concordmonitor.com/My-Turn-A-third-way-40881103

   

  By Scott Dickman

  Published June 12, 2021

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