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Is Israel Going on the Offensive Against Iran with Hollow Threats?
Source: NRC Handelsblad, Nederland
Published February 1, 2021
By Carolien Roelants, Middle East Correspondent Separating Facts from Hypes
English translation edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
President Biden wants to return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Israel opposes. An Israeli general simulates an attack on Iran.
Read MoreIt works: 0 deaths, only 4 severe cases among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis
Source: The Times of Israel
Published 11 February, 2021
HMO data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine’s success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it’s saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi official
Read MoreWho Really Supports Nonviolence?
Source: The Beinart Notebook
Published January 18, 2021
Read MoreOpinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/israel-palestinian-confederation.html
By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour
Published February 12, 2021
Politicians and experts should not doubt a two-state solution. But they should finally consider a plausible version of it.
Read MoreAre Modern Prophets NEVER Wrong?
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Read MoreChristian Prophets Are on the Rise. What Happens When They’re Wrong?
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/christian-prophets-predictions.html?searchResultPosition=1
By Ruth Graham
Published February 11, 2021
They are stars within one of the fastest-growing corners of American Christianity. Now, their movement is in crisis.
Read MoreI am a Jew and I want Palestinians heard in court
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)
https://jfjfp.com/i-am-a-jew-and-i-want-palestinians-heard-in-court/
Marilyn Garson writes in The Palestine Chronicle
Published February 8, 2021
Read MorePalestinian Evangelicals in Confrontation with Christian Zionism
Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2021, pp. 30-31
Christianity and the Middle East
By REV. ALEX AWAD
Read MoreIsraelis, Palestinians want separation, skeptical of solutions - study
ource: The Jerusalem Post
By LAHAV HARKOV
Published February 10, 2021
Israeli Jews and Arabs, as well as West Bank and Gazan Palestinians, were more likely to be uncertain about conflict solutions.
Read MoreIsrael's Normalization Pacts Not a Substitute for Peace With Palestinians, State Dept. Says
Source: Haaretz
By Ben Samuels
Published February 2, 2021
In first press briefing, State Department Spokesman Ned Price confirms aid to Palestinians will resume 'very quickly,' urges regional powers to build bridges in order to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace
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