Common Grounds

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• AMERICA’S FOREIGN WARS

  
  August 20, 2021 10:50

  Source: PBS NEWSHOUR

  By Lisa Desjardins, Correspondent

  August 17, 2021

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• ‘We’re taking responsibility’: Sixty teens announce refusal to serve in Israeli army

  
  February 08, 2021 14:10

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

  https://jfjfp.com/were-taking-responsibility-sixty-teens-announce-refusal-to-serve-in-israeli-army/

   

  Oren Ziv writes in +972

  Published January 6, 2021

   

  Dozens of Israeli teens sign public letter objecting to military service over Israel's policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.

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