Common Grounds

---

• Blinken tells Israel: Palestinians should enjoy same rights, freedoms as you do

  
  April 06, 2021 14:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-tells-israel-palestinians-should-enjoy-same-rights-freedoms-as-you-do/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-04-03&utm_medium=email

   

  By AFP and TOI STAFF

  Published April 3, 2021

   

  US secretary of state to Foreign Minister Ashkenazi: ‘Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and democracy’

  Read More

• Opinion | A President in Handcuffs: Why Palestinians Should Vote for Barghouti

  
  April 06, 2021 15:20

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-a-president-in-handcuffs-why-palestinians-should-vote-for-barghouti-1.9671926?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=b6903cb670

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published March 31, 2021

  Read More

• Don’t be scared of Biden’s commitment to Palestinian refugees

  
  April 21, 2021 14:06

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/dont-be-scared-of-bidens-commitment-to-palestinian-refugees/

   

  Abe Silverstein writes in Haaretz on 12 April 2021

   

  The Biden administration's recognition of Palestinian refugees goes beyond reinstating aid: It walks back Trump's adoption of the right wing's fantastical, punitive dreams. The rest of the pro-Israel camp should welcome it

  Read More

• New bill would protect the rights of Palestinian children and families

  
  April 21, 2021 12:02

  Source: American Friends Service Committee

  https://www.afsc.org/newsroom/new-bill-would-protect-rights-palestinian-children-and-families?fbclid=IwAR1v9Esza0XWqeKXFGwAYn1s4p4daLC3Y7gXn_RFZ-wz5l0IGf9qOnCA3vw

   

  Published April 16, 2021

   

  Quaker org urges fast passage to protect human rights

  Read More

• Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo

  
  April 23, 2021 13:32

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/04/19/breaking-israel-palestine-status-quo-pub-84167

   

  By ZAHA HASSAN,  DANIEL LEVY,  HALLAAMAL KEIR,  MARWAN MUASHER
  Published April 19, 2021

   

  A new U.S. approach should prioritize protecting the rights and human security of Palestinians and Israelis over maintaining a peace process and attempting short-term fixes.

   

  Read More

• The End of the Forever War in Afghanistan

  
  April 26, 2021 13:16

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published April 20, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

  Read More

• Why Biden Must Watch This Palestinian Movie

  
  April 28, 2021 10:28

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-palestine-israel-the-present.html

   

  By John Brennan

  Published April 27, 2021

  Read More

• Accountability? Yes! Justice? A Work in Progress!

  
  April 26, 2021 13:31

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published April 21, 2021

   

  Translated by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Cheers after Floyd's case ruling, but "it shouldn't end with Derek Chauvin."

   

  Police brutality! After the jury's verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin is heard in Minneapolis. President Joe Biden said that "there is still a long way to go."

  Read More

• What ties the U.S. and Israel together? Our arrogant, doomed mythology of exceptionalism

  
  April 20, 2021 18:05

  Source: Salon

  https://www.salon.com/2021/04/17/what-ties-the-us-and-israel-together-our-arrogant-doomed-mythology-of-exceptionalism/

   

  By DOUG NEISS

  Published April 17, 2021

   

  Our two nations are headed for doom, driven by the power of the Zionist right and a conviction we can do no wrong

  Read More

• Essay | Man Imposes, God Disposes

  
  April 20, 2021 11:55

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical

  Read More