Common Grounds

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• Ignorance or Arrogance … Why?

  
  May 19, 2021 12:38

  Source: abrahamavankempen.com

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/07/arrogance-ignorance-whats-the-difference/

   

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

  Published July 15, 2020

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• Israel Should Focus on Evangelicals, Not U.S. Jews Who Are More Critical, Dermer Says

  
  May 11, 2021 15:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-should-focus-outreach-on-evangelicals-not-u-s-jews-former-envoy-says-1.9790303

   

  By Sam Sokol

  Published May 10, 2021

   

  Deciding to focus on strengthening relationship with evangelicals at the expense of the Jewish community is a numbers game, says ex-Israeli envoy to D.C. Ron Dermer

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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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• Is Israeli-Palestinian confederation all it’s hyped up to be?

  
  May 05, 2021 14:45

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/is-israeli-palestinian-confederation-all-its-hyped-up-to-be/

   

  Published May 4, 2021

  Shira Efron and Evan Gottesman write in +972

   

  While it is fair to critique the viability of a two-state or one-state solution, the ambitious confederation model risks failing for the same reasons.

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• Analysis | Jerusalem Has All the Ingredients for a New Intifada - but So Far It Hasn't Happened

  
  May 10, 2021 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-new-intifada-but-so-far-it-hasn-t-happened-1.9788002

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published May 9, 2021

   

  The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable

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• The Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  May 11, 2021 11:41

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/05/old-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-dead-long-live-emerging-israeli-palestinian-conflict-pub-84457

   

  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.

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• ‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine

  
  May 11, 2021 14:57

  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.

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• U.S. CHRISTIANS CAN’T IGNORE ISRAEL’S ONGOING OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

  
  May 31, 2021 12:10

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine

   

  By MAE ELISE CANNON, JOYCE AJLOUNY

  Published May 14, 2021

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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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• Quiet rebellion: Why US Jews are turning against Israel

  
  August 31, 2021 14:02

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1912206?utm_content=buffer8f783&utm_medium=social&utm_source=

  facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

   

  By RAMZY BAROUD

  Published August 16, 2021

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