Common Grounds

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• 'No Diplomatic Process With the Palestinians,' Source Close to Bennett Says After Gantz Meets Abbas

  
  September 03, 2021 12:41

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-gantz-meets-with-abbas-in-ramallah-to-discuss-security-economy-1.10163773?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=2cc956bcda

   

  By Jonathan Lis

  Published August 30, 2021

   

  Gantz says that Israel is right to take steps to strengthen the Palestinian economy in the first meeting between a senior Israeli government official and Abbas since 2010

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• Ultra-Orthodox Aliyah to Israel Is Breaking Records. Here's Why

  
  November 30, 2021 14:26

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-ultra-orthodox-aliyah-to-israel-is-breaking-records-here-s-why-1.10427636

   

  By Judy Maltz

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  For decades, Haredim in the Diaspora rejected the notion of immigrating to Israel. No more. Now, ultra-Orthodox American Jews see themselves as ‘the next great frontier in aliyah’ and are moving to Israel in increasing numbers

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• Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi

  
  November 30, 2021 13:58

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/anti-zionist-jews-are-jews-in-name-only-and-more-dangerous-than-external-antisemitic-threat-chicago-reform-rabbi/

   

  By PHILIP WEISS 

  Published November 26, 2021

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• Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

  
  November 26, 2021 10:42

  Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA

  nrc.nl/america

   

  By Merijn de Waal

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Amsterdam | Biden opts for continuity and bipartisanship in his choice of a central banker as the battle over his ambitious Build Back Better bill moves to the Senate in the coming weeks.

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• A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

  
  November 25, 2021 12:09

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-thanksgiving-events-and-their-upside-for-jews/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Rabbi Yael Buechler

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

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• These Jewish Migrants Survived Pogroms, Riots and Famine. Then They Were Faced With Zionist Cruelty

  
  November 30, 2021 14:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-zionist-selection-the-movement-rejected-jewish-migrants-deemed-too-weak-or-sick-1.10422540?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=829f0ff655

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'

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• Do China and Russia want to replace the US as mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

  
  December 02, 2021 14:03

  Source: Atlantic Council

  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/do-china-and-russia-want-to-replace-the-us-as-mediators-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

   

  By Richard LeBaron, Mohamed Bin Huwaidin, Daniel Rakov, Jonathan Fulton, and Joze Pelayo

  Published May 21, 2021

   

  This article is part of a strategic collaboration launched by the Atlantic Council (Washington, DC), the Emirates Policy Center (Abu Dhabi), and the Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv). The authors are associated with the initiative’s Working Group on Chinese and Russian Power Projection in the Middle East. The views expressed by the authors are theirs and not their institutions’.

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• Israeli Arab City Bounced Back From Deadly Flareup, but Residents Fear Further Violence

  
  December 07, 2021 14:19

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-arab-city-bounced-back-from-deadly-flareup-but-residents-fear-further-violence-1.10439694?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Jack Khoury

  Published December 4, 2021

   

  After days of violent attacks and clashes, the Umm al-Fahm residents are still on edge

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• Opinion | Who Will Stop Israel's Craziest Settlement Plan Ever?

  
  December 07, 2021 14:11

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-who-will-stop-israel-s-craziest-settlement-plan-ever-1.10440698?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Hagit Ofran

  Published December 5, 2021

   

  A new mega-settlement would be the death sentence for a viable future Palestinian state. But with the shameful silence of the 'pro-peace,' two state supporters in Israel's coalition government, the only hope for halting the plan rests with Biden and Blinken

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• 'I Showed Palestinians the Footage That Israel Looted. They Started to Cry'

  
  December 06, 2021 11:21

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-i-showed-palestinians-the-footage-that-israel-looted-they-started-to-cry-1.10438349?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Nirit Anderman

  Published December 4, 2021

   

  In the 1982 Lebanon War, the Israeli army raided the PLO archive in Beirut, confiscating numerous reels of film depicting Palestinian life. A new film by Karnit Mandel reveals her quest to find the mysterious footage

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