Common Grounds

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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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• Who is a Jew? Israel’s High Court of Justice’s Answer Reveals Larger Societal Tensions

  
  March 16, 2021 20:07

  Source: The McGill Journal of Political Studies (MJPS)

  https://mjps.ssmu.ca/2021/03/15/who-is-a-jew-israels-high-court-of-justices-answer-reveals-larger-societal-tensions/

   

  Published By : Melanie Rose

  March 15, 2021 

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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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• Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

  
  March 08, 2021 22:40

  Source: CHRON

  https://www.chron.com/news/article/Intense-preparation-paves-way-for-pontiff-to-meet-15995920.php

   

  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press

  Published March 3, 2021

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• Opinion | Picture Israeli Labor Party Leader Michaeli in Prison

  
  March 08, 2021 22:29

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-picture-israeli-labor-party-leader-michaeli-in-prison-1.9596277?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=a89eb682c1

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published March 6, 2021

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• How Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel

  
  March 09, 2021 20:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-how-christian-evangelical-money-is-driving-immigration-to-israel-1.9590223?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=96ea17f883

   

  By Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published March 8,2021

   

  Once the proud preserve of Jewish Diaspora organizations, aliyah funding is increasingly being ‘outsourced’ to deeply devout Christian groups with equally deep pockets and their own motives to encourage the ingathering of the exiles

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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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• 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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