Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Ben & Jerry’s and 'Terrorism'? Lapid and Herzog Are Embarrassing Israel

  
  July 26, 2021 14:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-ben-jerry-s-and-terrorism-lapid-and-herzog-are-embarrassing-israel-1.10023414?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

   

  By Ravit Hecht

  Published July 23, 2021

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• The US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out

  
  April 13, 2021 14:44

  Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

  https://jfjfp.com/the-us-media-is-touting-israels-covid-recovery-but-occupied-palestinians-are-left-out/

   

  Published April 12, 2021

  Yara M Asi reports in The Guardian Fri 9 Apr 2021

   

  Instead of vaccinating Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu tried to send thousands of doses around the world as rewards to countries that moved their embassies to Jerusalem

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• Top UK publishing company withdraws new school books after study finds that the revised materials are ‘emphatically pro-Israel’.

  
  July 27, 2021 14:50

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/how-british-pro-israel-groups-are-rewriting-middle-east-history-textbooks/

   

  Aron Keller reports in +972

  Published July 26, 2021

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• King Abdullah: 'Civil War' Between Jews and Arabs in Israel Is a Wake-up Call

  
  July 27, 2021 14:45

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-king-abdullah-civil-war-between-jews-and-arabs-in-israel-is-a-wake-up-call-1.10031024?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

   

  By Ben Samuels

  Published July 25, 2021

   

  Abdullah tells CNN that the Bennett-led government may not be the 'most ideal' to advance a two-state solution, but that it's important to get Israelis and Palestinians 'back to the table'
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• Palestinians welcome Ben and Jerry’s decision; claims of antisemitism rejected

  
  July 21, 2021 15:18

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1897696/middle-east

   

  By DAOUD KUTTAB

  Published July 21, 2021

   

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• What’s Next for Christian Zionists?

  
  July 20, 2021 23:52

  Source: Foreign Policy

  https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/19/christian-zionists-israel-trump-netanyahu-evangelicals/

   

  By Colum Lynch
  Published July 19, 2021

   

  The backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is a group of evangelical Christians, but their power is threatened by the changing of the political guard.

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• Opinion | Damn Them All

  
  July 18, 2021 20:42

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-should-have-treated-khalida-jarrar-with-humanity-1.10000031?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=389d7b7b0f&lts=1626374148433

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published July 15, 2021

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• Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism poses a moment of reckoning for Democrats

  
  July 16, 2021 10:51

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ilhan-omars-antisemitism-poses-a-moment-of-reckoning-for-democrats/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-15&utm_medium=email

   

  By John Hagee

  Published July 15, 2021

   

  Just as we have called out fellow Conservatives, Nancy Pelosi must choose between real leadership or shameful capitulation to the enemies of the Jewish people

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• The America that Israel and Palestine Need

  
  July 20, 2021 11:38

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-conflict-needs-more-balanced-us-approach-by-mohamed-elbaradei-2021-07

   

  By MOHAMED ELBARADEI

  Published July 16, 2021

   

  Joe Biden promised to make democracy and human rights central to US foreign policy. But that means not insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself without mentioning its expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, its policy of discrimination, and its denial of the Palestinians’ right to an independent state.

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• Palestine’s Struggle to Create Its Unique Narrative

  
  July 20, 2021 23:26

  Source: Governing

  https://www.governing.com/context/palestines-struggle-to-create-its-unique-narrative

   

  By Clay S. Jenkinson

  Published July 20, 2021

   

  America has had resounding success in telling the story of its birth and rise as a nation. So too has Israel during the 20th century. Now, Palestine must do the same if it wants to succeed, says Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi.

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