Common Grounds

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• Israeli authorities are authorizing 3,144 new squatter dwellings on Palestinian land

  
  October 29, 2021 12:22

  Friday's message by Rev. Sandra R Mackie

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• Israeli moves in the West Bank cause new frictions with Biden administration

  
  October 29, 2021 12:07

  Source:The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-settlements-coalition-politics/2021/10/28/6acf55d8-373b-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html

   

  By Steve Hendrix and Shira Rubin

  Published October 28, 2021

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• Israel moves to ban six Palestinian rights groups it accuses of terrorism, prompting international outrage

  
  October 26, 2021 14:16

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/23/israel-palestine-terrorist-human-rights/

   

  By Amy Cheng

  Published October 23, 2021 

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• Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

  
  October 22, 2021 11:45

  Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA
  NRC.NL/AMERIKA

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published Tuesday, October 19, 2021

   

  Amsterdam | Biden gets cornered, and Trump comes to a boil. They compete for the attention of the Americans as if we were three months before a presidential election instead of three years.

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• No, The Bible Doesn’t Command We “Stand With Israel”

  
  October 18, 2021 12:36

  Source: Patheos

  https://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/no-bible-doesnt-command-stand-israel/

   

  By Benjamin L. Corey

  Published February 27, 2017

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• Opinion | Only the World Can End the Israeli Occupation. It Won't Come From Bennett

  
  October 05, 2021 19:00

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-only-the-world-can-end-the-israeli-occupation-it-won-t-come-from-bennett-1.10252745

   

  By Rogel Alpher

  Published September 30,2021

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• Where is Palestine?: A story of loss, inequality and failure

  
  October 19, 2021 14:34

  Source: OCHA Services

  https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/where-palestine-story-loss-inequality-and-failure-september

   

  Published September 2021

   

  New report warns unequal status quo in Israel and Palestine will lead to more violence

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• Opinion | Israel Is Approaching the Next Nakba

  
  October 19, 2021 14:55

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-is-approaching-the-next-nakba-1.10305139

   

  By Sheren Falah Saab and Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal

  Published October 19, 2021

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• Opinion | The Harsh Truth Biden Needs to Tell Israelis Now About Their Future

  
  October 22, 2021 11:28

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-harsh-truth-biden-needs-to-tell-israelis-now-about-their-future-1.10310370

   

  By Daniel Sokatch

  Published October 20, 2021

   

  'You’re heading for a cliff': As the Bennett government insists on equating Israel with the settlements, even calling critics antisemitic, Biden must warn Israelis about its real repercussions

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• Israel relations in Congress aren't what they used to be - opinion

  
  October 22, 2021 11:15

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-relations-in-congress-arent-what-they-used-to-be-opinion-682396

   

  By ZALMAN SHOVAL   

  Published October 18, 2021

   

  The 'squad''s attempt to block Iron Dome funding is a sign that things are changing for Israel among a group of far-left politicians in the US.

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