Common Grounds

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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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• Welcome?

  
  February 08, 2021 15:49

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel

  
  February 09, 2021 15:52

  Source: Mosaic

  https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2017/05/why-many-american-jews-are-becoming-indifferent-or-even-hostile-to-israel/

   

  By Daniel Gordis

  May 8, 2017

   

  It’s not about what Israel does. It’s about what, to their minds, Israel is.

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• There is no Jew or Gentile?

  
  February 09, 2021 12:30

  Source: Christians of Palestine

  https://www.christiansofpalestine.com/post/anti-zionists-vs-zionists

   

  By Mary Davis

  Published February 6, 2021

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• Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery

  
  February 04, 2021 13:13

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/multilateralism-for-the-masses-by-emmanuel-macron-et-al-2020-02?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=macron2021&utm_post-date=2021-02-03&utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=00d1a39859-Macron+Content+Mailing+02_03_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-00d1a39859-93791313

   

  Published February 3, 2021

  EMMANUEL MACRON, ANGELA MERKEL, MACKY SALL, ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, CHARLES MICHEL, URSULA VON DER LEYEN

   

  We should not be afraid of a post-pandemic world that will not be the same as the status quo ante. We should embrace it and use all appropriate fora and available opportunities to make it a better world by advancing the cause of international cooperation.

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• Israel's Normalization Pacts Not a Substitute for Peace With Palestinians, State Dept. Says

  
  February 04, 2021 12:39

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-state-dept-israel-normalization-pacts-not-a-substitute-for-peace-with-palestinians-1.9505778?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a6748ad73

   

  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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• Destroying Armageddon: The Apocalypse as a Tourism Attraction

  
  February 01, 2021 15:07

  ource: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=18ac36a0cb

   

  By Ruth Schuster

  Published January 31, 2021

   

  Snags to creating a park starring Tell Megiddo, a proto-church, a unique Roman legion camp and much more, include a pesky prison smack in the middle and the billion-shekel bill to move it – and the plan to expand a highway

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• ‘Israel has a stranglehold on Congress’ – Former Congressman Traficant

  
  February 01, 2021 13:36

  ource: If Americans Knew 

  https://israelpalestinenews.org/former-congressman-traficant-israel-has-a-stranglehold-on-congress/

   

  Published January 29, 2021

   

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• No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness

  
  February 01, 2021 16:13

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Opinion | How Do You Say Ku Klux Klan in Hebrew?

  
  February 02, 2021 11:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-do-you-say-ku-klux-klan-in-hebrew-1.9500745?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=152d4a9672

   

  By Michael Sfard

  Published January 02, 2021

   

  Those subjected to Israel’s occupation have been abandoned to the occupiers' cruelty, as a result of the weakness of the country's army, law enforcement and security establishment

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