Common Grounds

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• Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

  
  October 22, 2021 11:45

  Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA
  NRC.NL/AMERIKA

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published Tuesday, October 19, 2021

   

  Amsterdam | Biden gets cornered, and Trump comes to a boil. They compete for the attention of the Americans as if we were three months before a presidential election instead of three years.

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• A day in the life of a Palestine refugee student in the West Bank

  
  October 28, 2021 15:14

  Source: OCHA Services, Reliefweb

  https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/day-life-palestine-refugee-student-west-bank-0

   

  Published October 28, 2021

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• 7 FACTS ABOUT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

  
  October 28, 2021 15:24

  Source: The Borgen Project

  https://borgenproject.org/7-facts-about-palestinian-children/

   

  By Sarah Uddin

  Published August 21, 2020

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• Israeli authorities are authorizing 3,144 new squatter dwellings on Palestinian land

  
  October 29, 2021 12:22

  Friday's message by Rev. Sandra R Mackie

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• Israeli moves in the West Bank cause new frictions with Biden administration

  
  October 29, 2021 12:07

  Source:The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-settlements-coalition-politics/2021/10/28/6acf55d8-373b-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html

   

  By Steve Hendrix and Shira Rubin

  Published October 28, 2021

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• Opinion | For 17 Years, Stone-throwing Settlers Have Terrorized Palestinian Children. I Was One of Them

  
  October 28, 2021 15:45

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-for-17-years-settlers-have-terrorized-palestinian-children-i-was-one-of-them-1.10292655

   

  By Ali Awad

  Published October 17, 2021

   

  For the children of Tuba, a Palestinian village in South Hebron Hills, attending school means walking more than ten kilometers with an armed IDF escort, to bypass an illegal settlement whose residents regularly threaten and attack them. I was one of those kids

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• Opinion | The Harsh Truth Biden Needs to Tell Israelis Now About Their Future

  
  October 22, 2021 11:28

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-harsh-truth-biden-needs-to-tell-israelis-now-about-their-future-1.10310370

   

  By Daniel Sokatch

  Published October 20, 2021

   

  'You’re heading for a cliff': As the Bennett government insists on equating Israel with the settlements, even calling critics antisemitic, Biden must warn Israelis about its real repercussions

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• Israel relations in Congress aren't what they used to be - opinion

  
  October 22, 2021 11:15

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-relations-in-congress-arent-what-they-used-to-be-opinion-682396

   

  By ZALMAN SHOVAL   

  Published October 18, 2021

   

  The 'squad''s attempt to block Iron Dome funding is a sign that things are changing for Israel among a group of far-left politicians in the US.

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• Racial justice vs. the Israel Lobby: when being pro-Palestine becomes the new normal

  
  October 05, 2021 17:48

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211005-racial-justice-vs-the-israel-lobby-when-being-pro-palestine-becomes-the-new-normal/

   

  
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published October 5, 2021

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• Opinion | Why Are Israelis Scared of Palestinian Identity?

  
  September 28, 2021 13:16

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-why-are-israelis-scared-of-palestinian-identity-1.10214999

   

  By Ofer Daganand Ron Gerlitz

  Published September 16, 2021

   

  Efforts to build a Jewish-Arab shared society in Israel are needed more than ever. Here are three main obstacles such attempts must overcome

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