Common Grounds

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• Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout

  
  July 30, 2021 10:24

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/fast-forward/473641/ben-and-jerry-endorse-ben-amp-jerry-s-israel-settlements-boycott/

   

  By Asaf Shalev

  Published July 28, 2021

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• Opinion | Ben & Jerry’s and 'Terrorism'? Lapid and Herzog Are Embarrassing Israel

  
  July 26, 2021 14:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-ben-jerry-s-and-terrorism-lapid-and-herzog-are-embarrassing-israel-1.10023414?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

   

  By Ravit Hecht

  Published July 23, 2021

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• Analysis | America Is Losing Its 'Leader of the Free World' Mantle. That's Bad News for Israel

  
  July 26, 2021 13:21

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-america-is-losing-its-leader-of-the-free-world-mantle-that-s-bad-news-for-israel-1.10030871?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

   

  By Alon Pinkas

  Published July 25, 2021

   

  For the past five years, the U.S. has been regarded a ‘flawed democracy.’ Unless it can resolve its internal problems, the rest of the world will lose faith in American leadership. That would be a problem for U.S. allies like Israel

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• Israel’s PM is playing with fire on the Temple Mount

  
  July 22, 2021 13:46

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/playing-with-fire-on-the-temple-mount/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-19&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ 

  Published July 19, 2021

   

  Bennett hailed ‘freedom of Jewish worship’ at the religious hotspot, a day after TV footage showed Jews at prayer there. Then he backtracked, anonymously. This is no way to govern

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• CJPME URGES CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO MOVE BEYOND FOCUS ON TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

  
  July 27, 2021 14:35

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

  https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2021_07_26_beyond_two_states

   

  Published July 26, 2021

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• King Abdullah: 'Civil War' Between Jews and Arabs in Israel Is a Wake-up Call

  
  July 27, 2021 14:45

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-king-abdullah-civil-war-between-jews-and-arabs-in-israel-is-a-wake-up-call-1.10031024?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

   

  By Ben Samuels

  Published July 25, 2021

   

  Abdullah tells CNN that the Bennett-led government may not be the 'most ideal' to advance a two-state solution, but that it's important to get Israelis and Palestinians 'back to the table'
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• Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

  
  July 29, 2021 14:31

  Source: Ben & Jerry’s

  https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/palestine-statement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=demand&utm_term=photo&utm_content=palestine-statement

   

  Published July 19, 2021

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• Israel forms special task force to pressure Ben & Jerry's over settlements boycott: report

  
  July 29, 2021 14:14

  Source: Insider

  https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-beginning-pressure-campaign-against-ben-and-jerrys-report-2021-7

   

  By Bryan Metzger 

  Published July 27, 2021

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• Top UK publishing company withdraws new school books after study finds that the revised materials are ‘emphatically pro-Israel’.

  
  July 27, 2021 14:50

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/how-british-pro-israel-groups-are-rewriting-middle-east-history-textbooks/

   

  Aron Keller reports in +972

  Published July 26, 2021

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• Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

  
  August 17, 2021 13:30

  Source: The International Crisis Group

  https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

   

  Published August 10, 2021

   

  The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.

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