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On Faith: Bernie is right on Israel
Source: Rutland Herald
By John Nassivera
Published May1, 2021
Read MoreInternational law sides with Palestinian refugees. But can it solve their plight?
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-refugees-international-law-review/
By Sam Bahour
Published May 2, 2021
A new book dives into the myriad laws that protect Palestinian refugees and their right of return. Its proposed solution, though, may be hard to swallow.
Read MoreIt is necessary to be an anti-Zionist in order to reject anti-Semitism
Source: Middle East Monitor
By Asa Winstanley
Published April 1, 2021
Read MoreOPINION | Europe Beware! Biden Is Here and There Trumpian
Source: NRC News,The Netherlands
By Ko Colijn
Published April 30, 2021
Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
President Biden got off to a good start. But Europe must pay attention, says Ko Colijn*. The president draws his line. Sometimes it seems Trumpian.
Read MoreThe Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
By Nathan J. Brown
Published My 5, 2021
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become deeply ingrained in daily life. Work must begin now to heal deep-seated divisions, which are not likely to be resolved in a burst of diplomacy.
Read More‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/carnegie-usmep-israel-palestine/
By Mitchell Plitnick
Published May 6, 2021
A policy paper centering equal rights for both peoples marks a radical break from the Israel-centric discourse of mainstream U.S. think tanks.
Read MoreJews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry
Source: Science
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/jews-and-arabs-share-recent-ancestry
By Ann Gibbons
Published October 30, 2000
Read MoreOpinion: Zionism cannot produce a just peace. Only external pressure can end the Israeli apartheid.
Source: The Washington Post
Opinion by Raphael Mimoun
Published May 20, 2021
Read MoreSupport for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey
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
Read MoreIs Biden Sensitive to Growing US Criticism of Israel?
Source: NRC Amerika
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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