Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Messianism Is Israel’s Most Powerful Force, Embraced by Atheists Too

  
  September 07, 2021 14:44

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-messianism-is-israel-s-most-powerful-force-embraced-by-atheists-too-1.10175325

   

  By Assaf Harel

  Published September 5, 2021

   

  Seeing it simply as a religious West Bank phenomenon stifles debate. Differences among Jews and between Jews and non-Jews can be reduced, but first reality must be faced

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• How Did Religious Jews Become the Most Enthusiastic Supporters of the Occupation?

  
  September 07, 2021 14:05

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-how-did-religious-jews-become-enthusiastic-supporters-of-the-occupation-1.10177974

   

  By Mikhael Manekin

  Published September 3, 2021

   

  Violence and plunder were always anathema in Judaism. What went wrong?

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• Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

  
  August 10, 2021 15:10

  Source: The Pioneer

  https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

   

  By Manan Dwivedi

  Published August 8, 2021

   

  The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel

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• Palestinian dispossession is nothing new, but the world wasn’t always watching

  
  August 10, 2021 11:48

  Source: Open Democracy

  https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/palestinian-dispossession-is-nothing-new-but-the-world-wasnt-always-watching/

   

  By Himmat Zoubi

  Published August 5, 2021

   

  Recent protests by Palestinians in Israel highlight an ongoing reality of dispossession and discrimination for the country’s Arab citizens

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• ‘A wandering people-race’ — Shlomo Sand’s new book on Judéophobia

  
  August 09, 2021 10:59

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/a-wandering-people-race-shlomo-sands-new-book-on-judeophobia/

   

  By YAKOV RABKIN

  Published August 4, 2021

   

  UNE RACE IMAGINAIRE (AN IMAGINARY RACE)
  Courte Histoire de la Judéophobie (A Short History of Judéophobia)
  by Shlomo Sand
  176 pp. Paris, Seuil. 2020.

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• Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

  
  August 10, 2021 15:32

  Source: The Conversation 

  https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

   

  By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

  Published August 6, 2021

   

  The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.

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• Doubts & Loves: Israel/Palestine, Perspectives, & Peace

  
  August 12, 2021 14:55

  Source: Patheos

  https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2021/08/doubts-loves-israel-palestine-perspectives-peace/

   

  By Carl Gregg

  Published August 11, 2021

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• If no more two-state solution, then what? - opinion

  
  August 17, 2021 13:41

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/if-no-more-two-state-solution-then-what-opinion-676472

   

  By GERSHON BASKIN 

  Published: August 12, 2021

   

  ENCOUNTERING PEACE: THIS IS not a shallow argument of one state or two states; the political solutions of the future will probably be much more complex.

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• Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

  
  August 17, 2021 13:30

  Source: The International Crisis Group

  https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

   

  Published August 10, 2021

   

  The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.

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• Why Is This Happening? Understanding life inside Palestine with Rashid Khalidi

  
  August 05, 2021 12:19

  Source: NBC News Digital

  https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/understanding-life-inside-palestine-rashid-khalidi-n1274524

   

  By Chris Hayes

  Published july 20, 2021

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