Common Grounds
Essay – For the People, Of the People, By the People
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Biden’s Vision for America!
Isn’t it ‘America First’ all over again? Maybe!
Read MoreRaghuram G. Rajan Says More…
Source: Project Syndicate
Published January 26, 2021
This week in Say More, PS talks with Raghuram G. Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Read MoreWhy I left the cult
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/why-i-left-the-cult/
By AVIGAIL ABARBANEL
Published October 8, 2016
All changed, changed utterly:
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A terrible beauty is born.
–From Easter, 1916, by WB YeatsOpinion | They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'
Source: Haaretz
By Anshel Pfeffer
Published April 8, 2021
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
Read MoreNew bill would protect the rights of Palestinian children and families
Source: American Friends Service Committee
Published April 16, 2021
Quaker org urges fast passage to protect human rights
Read MoreDon’t be scared of Biden’s commitment to Palestinian refugees
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
https://jfjfp.com/dont-be-scared-of-bidens-commitment-to-palestinian-refugees/
Abe Silverstein writes in Haaretz on 12 April 2021
The Biden administration's recognition of Palestinian refugees goes beyond reinstating aid: It walks back Trump's adoption of the right wing's fantastical, punitive dreams. The rest of the pro-Israel camp should welcome it
Read MoreBreaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/04/19/breaking-israel-palestine-status-quo-pub-84167
By ZAHA HASSAN, DANIEL LEVY, HALLAAMAL KEIR, MARWAN MUASHER
Published April 19, 2021A new U.S. approach should prioritize protecting the rights and human security of Palestinians and Israelis over maintaining a peace process and attempting short-term fixes.
What ties the U.S. and Israel together? Our arrogant, doomed mythology of exceptionalism
Source: Salon
By DOUG NEISS
Published April 17, 2021
Our two nations are headed for doom, driven by the power of the Zionist right and a conviction we can do no wrong
Read MoreEssay | Man Imposes, God Disposes
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical
Read MoreAnalysis | Israel at 73: Alive, Kicking and Ailing
Source: Haaretz
By Alon Pinkas
Published April 14, 2021
Israel is descending into quasi-authoritarianism, led by a prime minister who is facing a corruption trial and spewing incendiary rhetoric. But not all is bleak
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