Common Grounds

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• With the Nation-State Law, Israel’s religious right is deciding who is a Jew

  
  December 22, 2020 14:48

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/nation-state-law-judaism-religious-right/

   

  By Etan Nechin

  Published December 20, 2020

   

  Israel's Nation-State Law does not see Judaism as a diverse religion, but as an identity that guarantees supremacy over other people — including other Jews.

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• A Christmas message from Palestine: thank you for your support

  
  December 29, 2020 13:50

  Source: Morning Star

  https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/christmas-message-palestine-thank-you-your-support

   

  By Dr Mona El-Farra 

  Published December 24, 2020

   

  The people of besieged Gaza are suffering doubly from the Covid-19 pandemic and the Israeli occupation. DR MONA EL-FARRA writes for the Morning Star from the Palestinian enclave

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• Netanyahu’s two Israels

  
  December 25, 2020 12:29

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-two-israels/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-24&utm_medium=email

   

  By Yossi Klein Halevi

  Published December 24, 2020

   

  He is our most talented leader and our most destructive politician, bringing unprecedented agreements with Arab countries and scorched earth in our governance

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• I am a Jew and I want Palestinians heard in court

  
  February 12, 2021 15:16

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

  https://jfjfp.com/i-am-a-jew-and-i-want-palestinians-heard-in-court/

   

  Marilyn Garson writes in The Palestine Chronicle

  Published February 8, 2021

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• Christian Prophets Are on the Rise. What Happens When They’re Wrong?

  
  February 13, 2021 17:23

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/christian-prophets-predictions.html?searchResultPosition=1

   

  By Ruth Graham

  Published February 11, 2021

   

  They are stars within one of the fastest-growing corners of American Christianity. Now, their movement is in crisis.

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• Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy

  
  April 02, 2021 10:47

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/business/economy/biden-infrastructure-plan.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210401&instance_id=28723&nl=the-morning&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=54658&te=1&user_id=

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  By Jim Tankersley

  Published March 31, 2021

   

  The president began selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.

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• How Israeli rights groups prevent Palestinians from framing their own reality

  
  April 01, 2021 15:43

  Source: Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

  https://jfjfp.com/how-israeli-rights-groups-prevent-palestinians-from-framing-their-own-reality/

   

  Haneen Maikey and Lana Tatour write in Middle East Eye:

  Published April 1, 2021

   

  Imbued in the settler-colonial system, Israeli human rights organisations appear to view Palestinians as little more than a raw data source, while Jewish staff set the agenda

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• Balfour Project newsletter: new definition of Antisemitism

  
  March 31, 2021 11:56

  Source: Balfour Project

  https://balfourproject.org/category/current/news/

   

  Published March 30, 2021

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• Against economic absolutism

  
  April 02, 2021 11:17

  Source: Fortune

  https://fortune.com/2021/03/31/against-economic-absolutism-socialism-vs-capitalism-ceo-daily/

   

  By DAVID MEYER

  Published March 31, 2021

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• Essay – For the People, Of the People, By the People

  
  April 02, 2021 12:25

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Biden’s Vision for America!

   

  Isn’t it ‘America First’ all over again? Maybe!

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