Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems

  
  August 04, 2021 14:40

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

   

  By Eric H. Yoffie

  Published August 2, 2021

   

  Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help

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• Does Israel-Palestine need any ‘state’ solution?

  
  August 03, 2021 15:21

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/does-israel-palestine-need-any-state-solution/

   

  Diana B. Greenwald writes in +972 on 28 July, 2021

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• ‘A wandering people-race’ — Shlomo Sand’s new book on Judéophobia

  
  August 09, 2021 10:59

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/a-wandering-people-race-shlomo-sands-new-book-on-judeophobia/

   

  By YAKOV RABKIN

  Published August 4, 2021

   

  UNE RACE IMAGINAIRE (AN IMAGINARY RACE)
  Courte Histoire de la Judéophobie (A Short History of Judéophobia)
  by Shlomo Sand
  176 pp. Paris, Seuil. 2020.

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• The Zionist assault on Judaism

  
  July 06, 2021 15:55

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/the-zionist-assault-on-judaism/

   

  Jefff Halper writes in Mondoweiss

  Published July 5, 2021

   

  Zionism has not yet murdered Judaism but it has undermined its moral and historical integrity. By intentionally fanning antisemitism, Israel is a major contributor to Jewish insecurity

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• Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

  
  August 10, 2021 15:32

  Source: The Conversation 

  https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

   

  By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

  Published August 6, 2021

   

  The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.

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• Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

  
  August 10, 2021 15:10

  Source: The Pioneer

  https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

   

  By Manan Dwivedi

  Published August 8, 2021

   

  The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel

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• The Gospel According to Q

  
  August 03, 2021 14:20

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qanon-conspiracy-theories-connection-to-america-s-religious-right-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2021-07?

   

  By NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA

  Published July 29, 2021

   

  According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.

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• The Evangelical Pope | Tourism: Breaking Through Walls

  
  August 02, 2021 13:01

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, August 1, 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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• 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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