Common Grounds

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• Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind

  
  February 18, 2021 12:49

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210215&instance_id=27155&nl=the-morning&regi_id=146080032&segment_id=51724&te=1&user_id=e

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  By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

  Published February 15, 2021

   

  Administration and Fed officials argue that workers not getting enough stimulus help is a larger concern than potential spikes in consumer prices.

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• America Is (Sort of) Back

  
  February 18, 2021 12:16

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-foreign-policy-challenges-credibility-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-02

   

  By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

  Published February 17, 2021

   

  From its botched pandemic response to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, America’s political dysfunction has lately been on stark display. And that is only one obstacle President Joe Biden's administration faces in pursuing a robust foreign policy.

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• Israelis, Palestinians want separation, skeptical of solutions - study

  
  February 12, 2021 15:07

  ource: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/study-israelis-palestinians-want-separation-skeptical-of-solutions-658468

   

  By LAHAV HARKOV

  Published February 10, 2021

   

  Israeli Jews and Arabs, as well as West Bank and Gazan Palestinians, were more likely to be uncertain about conflict solutions.

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• Palestinian Evangelicals in Confrontation with Christian Zionism

  
  February 12, 2021 14:35

  Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

  https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/palestinian-evangelicals-in-confrontation-with-christian-zionism.html

   

  Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2021, pp. 30-31

   

  Christianity and the Middle East

   

  By REV. ALEX AWAD

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• It works: 0 deaths, only 4 severe cases among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis

  
  February 12, 2021 14:22

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/hmo-sees-only-544-covid-infections-among-523000-fully-vaccinated-israelis/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2021-02-12-2478097&utm_medium=email

   

  By NATHAN JEFFAY

  Published 11 February, 2021

   

  HMO data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine’s success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it’s saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi official

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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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• Reviewing US policy on Palestine, with Professor Rashid Khalidi

  
  February 16, 2021 15:38

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210210-memo-in-conversation-with-professor-rashid-khalidi-2/

   

  By Nasim Ahmed

  Published February 10,2021

   

  Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

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• Are Modern Prophets NEVER Wrong?

  
  February 15, 2021 12:23

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Opinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation

  
  February 13, 2021 18:07

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/israel-palestinian-confederation.html

   

  By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour

  Published February 12, 2021

   

  Politicians and experts should not doubt a two-state solution. But they should finally consider a plausible version of it.

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