Common Grounds

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• Our Prayer: Evangelicals Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Apocalypse!

  
  January 22, 2021 16:49

  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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• Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine

  
  February 02, 2021 15:43

  Source: Jewish Currents

  https://jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewish-case-for-equality-in-israel-palestine/

   

  By Peter Beinart

  Editor at large of Jewish Currents

  Published July 8, 2020

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• Palestinian Evangelicals in Confrontation with Christian Zionism

  
  February 12, 2021 14:35

  Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

  https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/palestinian-evangelicals-in-confrontation-with-christian-zionism.html

   

  Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2021, pp. 30-31

   

  Christianity and the Middle East

   

  By REV. ALEX AWAD

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• It works: 0 deaths, only 4 severe cases among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis

  
  February 12, 2021 14:22

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/hmo-sees-only-544-covid-infections-among-523000-fully-vaccinated-israelis/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2021-02-12-2478097&utm_medium=email

   

  By NATHAN JEFFAY

  Published 11 February, 2021

   

  HMO data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine’s success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it’s saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi official

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• Countries are lining up for Russia’s once-scorned Sputnik vaccine after strong efficacy results

  
  February 10, 2021 12:13

  Source: Fortune

  https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/international-sputnik-russia-demand/

   

  By BLOOMBERG AND HENRY MEYER
  Published February 8, 2021

   

  “We’re All in It, TOGETHER!

   

  We only have one life to live on this one planet.”

   

  Abraham A. van Kempen

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• Israelis, Palestinians want separation, skeptical of solutions - study

  
  February 12, 2021 15:07

  ource: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/study-israelis-palestinians-want-separation-skeptical-of-solutions-658468

   

  By LAHAV HARKOV

  Published February 10, 2021

   

  Israeli Jews and Arabs, as well as West Bank and Gazan Palestinians, were more likely to be uncertain about conflict solutions.

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• I am a Jew and I want Palestinians heard in court

  
  February 12, 2021 15:16

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

  https://jfjfp.com/i-am-a-jew-and-i-want-palestinians-heard-in-court/

   

  Marilyn Garson writes in The Palestine Chronicle

  Published February 8, 2021

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• Opinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation

  
  February 13, 2021 18:07

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/israel-palestinian-confederation.html

   

  By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour

  Published February 12, 2021

   

  Politicians and experts should not doubt a two-state solution. But they should finally consider a plausible version of it.

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• CMEP Supports Biden Administration's Opposition to the Israeli Government’s Approval of New Settlement Construction

  
  October 29, 2021 12:54

  Source: Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) 

  Published October 28, 2021

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