Common Grounds

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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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• 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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• Anti-Semitism and Israel: Right-wing Zionists play a deadly word game

  
  January 26, 2021 13:39

  Source: Salon

  https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/anti-semitism-and-israel-zionists-hope-to-crush-dissent-with-mendacious-word-games/

   

  By DOUG NEISS
  Published January 24, 2021

   

  An expanded definition of "anti-Semitism" is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work

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• Opinion | Is 'Jewish' a Nationality or Religion? Inside Israel's Fierce, Bitter Debate About Identity

  
  January 25, 2021 18:06

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-is-jewish-a-nationality-or-religion-israel-s-fierce-bitter-debate-about-identity-1.9408781?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=2c5e823431

   

  By Simon J. Rabinovitch

  Published on 31.12.2020

   

  How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is a Jew

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• I Love That Palestinian Look … the Colors of His Shawl

  
  January 25, 2021 14:12

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• What is – and what is not – antisemitic misconduct

  
  January 27, 2021 12:45

  Source: Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)

  https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/antisemitic-misconduct/

   

  Published September 24, 2018

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• Jon Stewart on Liberal Hypocrisy, Donald Trump and Dog Whistles

  
  January 28, 2021 17:12

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/schmooze/354884/jon-stewart-on-liberal-hypocrisy-donald-trump-and-dog-whistles/

   

  By Talya Zax

  Published November 18, 2016

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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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• On Being with Krista Tippett

  
  January 29, 2021 12:04

  Source: On Being

  https://onbeing.org/programs/bishop-michael-curry-dr-russell-moore-spiritual-bridge-people/

    

  Bishop Michael Curry & Dr. Russell Moore

  Spiritual Bridge People

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• I live among evangelicals, and admired them. Now I think a reckoning is due.

  
  January 28, 2021 17:25

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/opinion/462884/evangelicals-trump-reckoning-is-due/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20USE%20THIS%20ONE&utm_maildate=01/26/2021

   

  By Mark I. Pinsky

  Published January 26, 2021

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