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• I Love That Palestinian Look … the Colors of His Shawl

  
  January 25, 2021 14:12

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Anti-Semitism and Israel: Right-wing Zionists play a deadly word game

  
  January 26, 2021 13:39

  Source: Salon

  https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/anti-semitism-and-israel-zionists-hope-to-crush-dissent-with-mendacious-word-games/

   

  By DOUG NEISS
  Published January 24, 2021

   

  An expanded definition of "anti-Semitism" is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work

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• Opinion | Is 'Jewish' a Nationality or Religion? Inside Israel's Fierce, Bitter Debate About Identity

  
  January 25, 2021 18:06

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-is-jewish-a-nationality-or-religion-israel-s-fierce-bitter-debate-about-identity-1.9408781?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=2c5e823431

   

  By Simon J. Rabinovitch

  Published on 31.12.2020

   

  How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is a Jew

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• President Biden, you Need to Hear this: Respected Israeli Rights Group B’Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State

  
  January 20, 2021 13:14

  ource: "Juan Cole"

  https://www.juancole.com/2021/01/president-respected-apartheid.html

   

  By Juan Cole

  Published January 17, 2021

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• 'Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,' Says Former PM’s Son

  
  September 21, 2021 15:05

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-former-pm-s-son-israel-was-born-in-sin-i-m-collaborating-with-a-criminal-country-1.10220502

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published September 19, 2021

   

  Scion to an iconic Zionist family and former member of the Shin Bet, Yaakov Sharett, 95, has become an anti-Zionist who encourages people to leave Israel

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• How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism

  
  January 14, 2021 14:04

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html?referringSource=articleShare

   

  By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham

  Published January 11, 2021

   

  A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.

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• We’re an Orthodox Jew and evangelical Christian, and we saw the attack on the Capitol coming

  
  January 13, 2021 14:00

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/opinion/461823/orthodox-jew-evangelical-christian-trumpism-capitol-attack/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%20Newsletter%20RSS&utm_maildate=01/10/2021

   

  By Hannah Lebovits and Beth Piwkowski

  Published January 10, 2021

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• How we can face the future without fear, together

  
  January 14, 2021 19:21

  Source: TED

  Published July 13, 2017

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• For some Christians, the Capitol riot doesn’t change the prophecy: Trump will be president

  
  January 18, 2021 12:58

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/01/14/prophets-apostles-christian-prophesy-trump-won-biden-capitol/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/2e7f74f/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48/597682b5ae7e8a6816d78e2c/22/70/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48

   

  By Michelle Boorstein

  Published January 14, 2021

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• What’s It All About?

  
  January 18, 2021 15:51

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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