Common Grounds

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• Trump Complains About American Jews No Longer Loving Israel in Anti-Semitic Rant

  
  December 21, 2021 14:52

  Source: Rolling Stone

  https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-jews-america-anti-semitic-rant-1273189/

   

  By William Vaillancourt

  Published December 17, 2021

   

  “Jewish people in the United States, either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” the former president told journalist Barak Ravid

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• Opinion | Early Zionist Pioneers Adhered to the Same Founding Ethos as Today's Settlers

  
  December 21, 2021 15:01

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-early-zionist-pioneers-adhered-to-the-same-founding-ethos-as-today-s-settlers-1.10479328?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Shlomo%20Sand&utm_term=20211220-01:41

   

  By Shlomo Sand

  Published December 20, 2021

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• Analysis | So You Don’t Like the Two-state Solution? Meet the One-state Model

  
  December 23, 2021 22:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-so-you-don-t-like-the-two-state-solution-meet-the-one-state-model-1.10490651?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=7a176b0cf5&lts=1640283067350

   

  By Alon Pinkas

  Published December 23, 2021

   

  If the two-state solution is no longer viable or sustainable, as some say, what are the alternatives for Israel and the Palestinians? A primer on knowing your unitary state from your federal state, and more

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• Jerusalem Churches Protest 'Systematic Attempt to Drive Christians Out of the Holy Land'

  
  December 23, 2021 14:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-churches-protest-systematic-attempt-to-drive-christians-out-1.10483449?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=cc164f46ce

   

  By Nir Hasson

  Published December 21, 2021

   

  In a campaign launched ahead of Christmas, leaders of Christian denominations in the city criticize Israel for its response to violent attacks and moves by settler groups to acquire more properties in the Old City

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• Part of the problem: A better European approach to human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

  
  December 23, 2021 12:10

  Source: European Council on Foreign Relations 

  https://ecfr.eu/special/mena-human-rights/

   

  By James Lynch 

  Published November 18, 2021

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• A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

  
  November 25, 2021 12:09

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-thanksgiving-events-and-their-upside-for-jews/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Rabbi Yael Buechler

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

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• Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden? The answer means much to the world

  
  November 25, 2021 10:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-is-the-outlier-trump-or-biden-the-answer-means-much-to-the-world/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Aron Heller

  Published November 22, 2021

   

  With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?

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• ANTI-ZIONISM IS NOT ANTISEMITISM - Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics

  
  October 26, 2021 15:43

  Source: MintPress News

  https://www.mintpressnews.com/over-500-scholars-launch-fightback-against-israel-lobbys-antisemitism-smear-of-uk-academics/278772/

   

  by Jonathan Cook

  Published October 25, 2021

   

  The question, raised by the petition and letter of complaint, is whether universities like Glasgow will continue to submit to such attacks on academic life under the cover of false or evidence-free claims of anti-Semitism.

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• Breaking The Line of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

  
  October 26, 2021 14:42

  Source: Modern Diplomacy

  https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/10/21/breaking-the-line-of-the-israel-palestine-conflict/

   

  By Ogiandhafiz Juanda

  Published October 21, 2021

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• Israel moves to ban six Palestinian rights groups it accuses of terrorism, prompting international outrage

  
  October 26, 2021 14:16

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/23/israel-palestine-terrorist-human-rights/

   

  By Amy Cheng

  Published October 23, 2021 

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