Common Grounds

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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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• Is Israel Going on the Offensive Against Iran with Hollow Threats?

  
  February 05, 2021 10:48

  Source: NRC Handelsblad, Nederland

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/02/01/gaat-israel-in-de-aanval-tegen-iran-ze-dreigen-er-wel-mee-a4029939

   

  Published February 1, 2021

  By Carolien Roelants, Middle East Correspondent Separating Facts from Hypes

   

  English translation edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  President Biden wants to return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Israel opposes. An Israeli general simulates an attack on Iran.

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• Editorial | The ICC's Decision Is a Red Flag for Israel

  
  February 08, 2021 12:28

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/.premium-the-icc-s-decision-is-a-red-flag-for-israel-1.9517743?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ce4c4fb544

   

  By Haaretz Editorial

  Published February 6, 2021

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• Welcome?

  
  February 08, 2021 15:49

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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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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• What’s It All About?

  
  January 18, 2021 15:51

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• For some Christians, the Capitol riot doesn’t change the prophecy: Trump will be president

  
  January 18, 2021 12:58

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/01/14/prophets-apostles-christian-prophesy-trump-won-biden-capitol/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/2e7f74f/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48/597682b5ae7e8a6816d78e2c/22/70/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48

   

  By Michelle Boorstein

  Published January 14, 2021

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