Common Grounds

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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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• 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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• Countries are lining up for Russia’s once-scorned Sputnik vaccine after strong efficacy results

  
  February 10, 2021 12:13

  Source: Fortune

  https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/international-sputnik-russia-demand/

   

  By BLOOMBERG AND HENRY MEYER
  Published February 8, 2021

   

  “We’re All in It, TOGETHER!

   

  We only have one life to live on this one planet.”

   

  Abraham A. van Kempen

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• Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel

  
  February 09, 2021 15:52

  Source: Mosaic

  https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2017/05/why-many-american-jews-are-becoming-indifferent-or-even-hostile-to-israel/

   

  By Daniel Gordis

  May 8, 2017

   

  It’s not about what Israel does. It’s about what, to their minds, Israel is.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Raghuram G. Rajan Says More…

  
  February 18, 2021 13:28

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/say-more/an-interview-with-raghuram-g-rajan-2021-01?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=fdcfb2f10c-contributor_newsletter_schwab_09_02_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-fdcfb2f10c-93791313&mc_cid=fdcfb2f10c&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  Published January 26, 2021

   

  This week in Say More, PS talks with Raghuram G. Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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• Biden Goes Big

  
  February 18, 2021 13:45

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-right-to-launch-massive-rescue-plan-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2021-02?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=521e775455-sunday_newsletter_02_07_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-521e775455-93791313&mc_cid=521e775455&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  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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• U.S. 'Firmly Opposed' to ICC War Crimes Probe That 'Targets Israel Unfairly'

  
  March 04, 2021 11:47

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-firmly-opposed-to-icc-war-crimes-probe-that-targets-israel-unfairly-1.9587871

   

  By Ben Samuels

  Published March 3, 2021

   

  State Department argues the International Criminal Court 'has no jurisdiction' over the Palestinian territories, after prosecutor's statement that was hailed by Palestinian leadership and denounced by Israel

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