Common Grounds

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• Pope gives Iraqis hope

  
  March 11, 2021 17:25

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published March 8, 2021

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• Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords

  
  March 11, 2021 17:51

  Source: Jews News Syndicate

  https://www.jns.org/opinion/pope-francis-and-part-two-of-the-abraham-accords/

   

  By Fiamma Nirenstein

  Published March 9, 2021

   

  Coming on the heels of Israel’s treaties with several Muslim countries, the meeting between the head of the Vatican and the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites is particularly significant.

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• One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

  
  March 23, 2021 14:02

  Source: Red Letter Cristians

  https://www.redletterchristians.org/one-state-solution-in-israel-palestine-a-conversation-and-review/

   

  By Bruce Fisk

  Published March 16, 2021

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• The Tormented Dance of the Colonizer: Peter Beinart, Liberal Zionism and the Battle for Palestine

  
  March 23, 2021 12:28

  Source: Tikkun

  https://www.tikkun.org/the-tormented-dance-of-the-colonizer/

   

  By Mark Braverman

  Published March 18, 2021

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• A Christian Vision of Social Justice

  
  March 24, 2021 12:06

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html

   

  
  By David Brooks

  Published March 18, 2021

   

  Social change can be pursued with mercy and hope.

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• A Book Review on the Topic of Christian Nationalism

  
  March 25, 2021 13:50

  Source: Gospel in Life

  https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism/

   

  By Timothy Keller

   

  Tim Keller reviews Samuel L. Perry and Andrew Whitehead's book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford, 2020)

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• Lucky for Fox Trump No Longer President

  
  March 26, 2021 12:01

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published March 23, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Good afternoon,

   

  Fascinating to see how the roles have simply turned. A Democratic government keeps the press away from sheltering migrant children, and a Republican governor worried about a corona outbreak in the shelter.

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• Oppression And Land Theft Bring Shame To Israel – OpEd

  
  March 19, 2021 13:44

  Source: Eurasia Review

  https://www.eurasiareview.com/19032021-oppression-and-land-theft-bring-shame-to-israel-oped/

   

  By Ray HananiaRay Hanania

  Published March 19,2021

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• Palestinian Elections: How Real, and with What Results

  
  March 19, 2021 13:27

  Source: Fikra Forum / Washington Institute

  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/palestinian-elections-how-real-and-what-results

   

  By Michael Milstein

  Published March 5, 2021

   

  Members of the political class and the general public are increasingly anticipating and expecting that Palestinian elections will take place due to an unusual convergence of interests between PA president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas.

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• US Church leaders write to President with key Middle East policy recommendations

  
  March 16, 2021 19:14

  Source: Independent Catholic News

  https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/41742

   

  Published March 12, 2021

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