Common Grounds

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• Jewish groups that aid Israel’s war crimes can’t deny all responsibility for those crimes

  
  May 25, 2021 15:53

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/jewish-groups-that-aid-israels-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-for-those-crimes/

   

  By JONATHAN COOK 

  Published MAay 24, 2021

   

  Israel’s apologists – whether Jewish or not – cannot deny all responsibility for Israel’s war crimes when they actively aid and abet those crimes.

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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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• AN OPEN LETTER TO U.S. CHRISTIANS FROM A PALESTINIAN PASTOR

  
  May 31, 2021 11:59

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/open-letter-us-christians-palestinian-pastor

   

  By Munther Isaac

  Published May 19, 2021

   

  “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!”

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• Americans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians

  
  May 28, 2021 11:50

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

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• Bibi’s Poisoned Legacy

  
  June 11, 2021 12:03

  Source: Project Syndicate 

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/netanyahu-ousted-legacy-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-06

   

  By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

  Published June 9, 2021

   

  After 12 years with Binyamin Netanyahu in power, Israel is more divided than it has ever been, and Israelis have largely lost hope that their country can be both Jewish and democratic. Can the new government, united only by its aversion to the country's longest-serving prime minister, push back against this legacy?

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• Netanyahu may have won America, but he has lost Israel

  
  June 15, 2021 15:49

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210615-netanyahu-may-have-won-america-but-he-has-lost-israel/

   
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published June 15, 2021

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• Gaza children living in ‘hell on earth’, UN chief says, urging immediate end to fighting

  
  July 01, 2021 15:05

  Source: UN News

  https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/05/1092332

   

  Published My 20, 2021

   

  The past ten days have witnessed a “dangerous and horrific” surge in deadly violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), particularly Gaza, and in Israel, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday. 

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• Family reunification law aims to lower number of Palestinian citizens in Israel

  
  June 29, 2021 17:17

  Source: Al-Monitor

  https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/family-reunification-law-aims-lower-number-palestinian-citizens-israel#ixzz6z7XZvQOA

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published June 28, 2021

   

  The family reunification law could endanger the new Israeli government coalition.

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• Defying Fragmentation and the Significance of Unity: A New Palestinian Uprising

  
  June 29, 2021 16:53

  Source: Al-Shabaka

  https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/defying-fragmentation-and-the-significance-of-unity-a-new-palestinian-uprising/

   

  By Yara Hawari 

  Published June 29, 2021

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• He rescued 5 Jews after his martyrdom .. A family of a Palestinian martyr donates his organs

  
  July 01, 2021 15:26

  Source: Eg24 News

  https://www.eg24.news/2021/05/he-rescued-5-jews-after-his-martyrdom-a-family-of-a-palestinian-martyr-donates-his-organs.html?fbclid=IwAR3w-LMjQoEMcI_I1P6xCLWCBJW1pVKSDysNi50O8jqykz6u5LzjAgbacOA

   

  Published May 24, 2021

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