Common Grounds
Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel
Source: Mosaic
By Daniel Gordis
May 8, 2017
It’s not about what Israel does. It’s about what, to their minds, Israel is.
Read MoreThere is no Jew or Gentile?
Source: Christians of Palestine
https://www.christiansofpalestine.com/post/anti-zionists-vs-zionists
By Mary Davis
Published February 6, 2021
Read MoreIs Israel Going on the Offensive Against Iran with Hollow Threats?
Source: NRC Handelsblad, Nederland
Published February 1, 2021
By Carolien Roelants, Middle East Correspondent Separating Facts from Hypes
English translation edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
President Biden wants to return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Israel opposes. An Israeli general simulates an attack on Iran.
Read MoreEditorial | The ICC's Decision Is a Red Flag for Israel
Source: Haaretz
Published February 6, 2021
Read More‘We’re taking responsibility’: Sixty teens announce refusal to serve in Israeli army
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)
https://jfjfp.com/were-taking-responsibility-sixty-teens-announce-refusal-to-serve-in-israeli-army/
Oren Ziv writes in +972
Published January 6, 2021
Dozens of Israeli teens sign public letter objecting to military service over Israel's policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.
Read MoreWelcome?
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Read MoreChristian Prophets Are on the Rise. What Happens When They’re Wrong?
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.
Read MoreOpinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation
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.
Read MoreWas Jesus a Zionist? (continued)
Source: www.christianzionism.org
https://www.christianzionism.org/en/was-jesus-zionist
Read MoreBiden Goes Big
Source: Project Syndicate
By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ
Published February 1, 2021
The US president's proposed $1.9 trillion recovery package will provide enormous stimulus to the economy. The economic growth that results will generate substantial tax revenues, not just for the federal government but also for the states and municipalities that are now starved of the funds they need to provide essential services.
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