Common Grounds

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• UN Votes Overwhelmingly in Support of Palestinian Self-determination

  
  November 20, 2020 14:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-un-votes-overwhelmingly-in-support-of-palestinian-self-determination-1.9319979

   

  By Noa Landau

  Published November 20, 2020

   

  While Pompeo makes unprecedented visit to a West Bank settlement, a General Assembly committee redoubled its commitment to a two-state solution with 163 states voting in favor

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• Opinion | Antisemitism? Better Call It Judeophobia

  
  November 25, 2020 13:37

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-antisemitism-better-call-it-judeophobia-1.9326080

   

  By Shlomo Sand

  Published 25.11.2020

   

  There is no such thing as a Semitic race. There are only Semitic languages. I am a Semite because I speak and write Hebrew. My parents were not Semites because they spoke Yiddish

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• The Gift of Faith …

  
  November 22, 2020 20:54

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, November 22, 2020

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• Gulf normalization isn’t about fearing Iran, it’s about embracing Israel

  
  December 17, 2020 11:25

  ource: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/gulf-normalization-isnt-about-fearing-iran-its-about-embracing-israel/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-16&utm_medium=email

   

  By   HAVIV RETTIG GUR

  Published December 16, 2020

   

  An off-the-record conversation between Emirati and Israeli officials reveals a deeper impulse for forging ties than the immediate benefits each country has won for itself

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• How Gulf states became business partners in Israel's occupation

  
  December 17, 2020 11:54

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-gulf-states-became-business-partners-israels-occupation

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published December 14, 2020

   

  Since signing the Abraham Accords, the UAE and Bahrain have been actively colluding with Israel's settler movement and military authorities

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• Hey Cool It … We Can’t Walk Alone!

  
  January 12, 2021 13:13

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• The Stone of Hope

  
  January 10, 2021 23:35

  Source: On Being

  https://engage.onbeing.org/20210109_the_pause?utm_campaign=20210109_the_pause&utm_medium=email&utm_source=onbeing#share

   

  On Being with Krista Tippett

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• Decoding the extremist symbols and groups at the Capitol Hill insurrection

  
  January 10, 2021 22:44

  Source: CNN

  https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-hill-insurrection-extremist-flags-soh/index.html

   

  Story by Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner, CNN
  Photo Illustrations by Priya Krishnakumar, CNN

  Updated January 10, 2021

   

  Watch the video HERE

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• We’re an Orthodox Jew and evangelical Christian, and we saw the attack on the Capitol coming

  
  January 13, 2021 14:00

  Source: Forward

  https://forward.com/opinion/461823/orthodox-jew-evangelical-christian-trumpism-capitol-attack/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%20Newsletter%20RSS&utm_maildate=01/10/2021

   

  By Hannah Lebovits and Beth Piwkowski

  Published January 10, 2021

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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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