Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems

  
  August 04, 2021 14:40

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

   

  By Eric H. Yoffie

  Published August 2, 2021

   

  Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help

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• On Faith: Bernie is right on Israel

  
  May 04, 2021 16:56

  Source: Rutland Herald

  https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/perspective/on-faith-bernie-is-right-on-israel/article_b039ae60-bb67-5c15-881d-298aff7b6e4e.html

   

  By John Nassivera

  Published May1, 2021

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• Israel forms special task force to pressure Ben & Jerry's over settlements boycott: report

  
  July 29, 2021 14:14

  Source: Insider

  https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-beginning-pressure-campaign-against-ben-and-jerrys-report-2021-7

   

  By Bryan Metzger 

  Published July 27, 2021

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• Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout

  
  July 30, 2021 10:24

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/fast-forward/473641/ben-and-jerry-endorse-ben-amp-jerry-s-israel-settlements-boycott/

   

  By Asaf Shalev

  Published July 28, 2021

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• The Evangelical Pope | Tourism: Breaking Through Walls

  
  August 02, 2021 13:01

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, August 1, 2021

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• Does Israel-Palestine need any ‘state’ solution?

  
  August 03, 2021 15:21

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/does-israel-palestine-need-any-state-solution/

   

  Diana B. Greenwald writes in +972 on 28 July, 2021

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• The Gospel According to Q

  
  August 03, 2021 14:20

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qanon-conspiracy-theories-connection-to-america-s-religious-right-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2021-07?

   

  By NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA

  Published July 29, 2021

   

  According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.

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• Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it?

  
  August 17, 2021 15:01

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/liberal-zionism-is-dying-will-foregoing-the-jewish-state-save-it/

   

  Shaul Magid wries a book review in +972

  Published August 16, 2021

   

  A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.

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• As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?

  
  August 19, 2021 15:52

  Source: The Conversation

  https://theconversation.com/as-afghanistan-falls-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-166169

   

  By Tony Walker

  Published: August 16, 2021

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• Opinion | Bennett’s Cowardly Response to Gantz-Abbas Meeting

  
  September 03, 2021 10:32

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-bennett-s-cowardly-response-to-israel-s-palestinian-ties-1.10165901?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=ce19a7e129

   

  By Noa Landau 
  Publlished August 30, 2021

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