Common Grounds

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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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• How we can face the future without fear, together

  
  January 14, 2021 19:21

  Source: TED

  Published July 13, 2017

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• How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism

  
  January 14, 2021 14:04

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html?referringSource=articleShare

   

  By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham

  Published January 11, 2021

   

  A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.

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• The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ program for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel

  
  December 01, 2020 18:35

  ource: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/democratic-multicultural-palestine/

   

  By JEFF HALPER

  Published May 3, 2018

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• UN report: Israel’s blockade has devastated Gaza economy

  
  November 30, 2020 12:31

  Source: PBS NewsHour

  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-report-israels-blockade-has-devastated-gaza-economy

   

  By Josef Federman, Associated Press

  Published November 25, 2020

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• An outsider in my own community- Robert Cohen

  
  December 02, 2020 13:27

  ource: Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  https://jfjfp.com/an-outsider-in-my-own-community-robert-cohen/

   

  By Robert A. H. Cohen
  Published December 01, 2017

   

  ‘The truth is simple, but unwelcome’
   

  The Jewish writer Robert Cohen tells Huw Spanner that solidarity with Palestinians will be costly for Christians

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• Opinion | Israel’s War on Palestinian Children

  
  December 08, 2020 13:11

  ource: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-s-war-on-palestinian-children-1.9350708?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=bffcb0bf7a

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published 05.12.2020

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• Saudi prince: Bully Israel steals land, puts Palestinians in concentration camps

  
  December 10, 2020 20:30

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-prince-bully-israel-steals-land-puts-palestinians-in-concentration-camps/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-06&utm_medium=email

   

  By RAPHAEL AHREN

  Published 6 December, 2020

   

  Turki al-Faisal also says Israel ‘assassinates who it wants to,’ built ‘apartheid wall,’ and denies equal rights to its non-Jewish citizens; FM Ashkenazi slams false accusations

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• Jewels More Precious Than Stone

  
  December 10, 2020 12:08

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/12/jewels-more-precious-than-stone/

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• Calling on International Civil Society to Join Them: Palestinians, Israelis Call for a Single Democratic State

  
  November 27, 2020 12:14

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/calling-on-international-civil-society-to-join-them-palestinians-israelis-call-for-a-single-democratic-state/

   

  By One Democratic State Campaign

  Published November 24, 2020

   

  Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued by the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) on November 15, 2020. The ODSC is one the largest initiatives of Palestinians and Israelis championing a one-state solution as an alternative to the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. 

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