Common Grounds

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• Seven Black Swans in the Middle East

  
  March 02, 2021 12:26

  Source: Mosaic

  https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/politics-current-affairs/2019/09/seven-black-swans-in-the-middle-east/

   

  By MARTIN KRAMER

  Published September 24, 2019

   

  From the Yom Kippur War to the Arab Spring, events considered impossible happen in the Middle East with unusual frequency. Here are seven; when will the eighth appear?

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• ICC announces investigation into Israeli, Palestinian war crimes

  
  March 04, 2021 12:11

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/icc-announces-investigation-into-israeli-palestinian-war-crimes/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-03-03&utm_medium=email

   

  By LAZAR BERMAN 

  Published March 3, 2021

   

  Chief Prosecutor Bensouda promises to investigate ‘impartially and objectively’; her look back starts from the day after 3 Israeli teens were murdered in West Bank in 2014

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• Is Inflation Alive?

  
  March 04, 2021 19:28

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/bigpicture/is-inflation-alive?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=3babda6500-covid_newsletter_03_04_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-3babda6500-93791313&mc_cid=3babda6500&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  Published March 3, 2021

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• Why Israel fears the ICC war crimes investigation

  
  March 04, 2021 20:02

  Source: Guardian

  https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/mar/03/israeli-officials-start-to-feel-the-impact-of-icc-investigation

   

  By Peter Beaumont

  Published March 3, 2021

   

  Analysis: officials recognise there is a real risk of prosecution over the deadly 2014 conflict

   

  Report: ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories

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• EVANGELICAL LEADERS ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

  
  March 01, 2021 12:53

  Source: Ron Sider Blog

  https://ronsiderblog.substack.com/

   

  By Ron Sider

  Published February 25, 2021

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• Remember the Marshall Plan … Debating Biden’s Stimulus Plan

  
  February 26, 2021 12:55

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

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• Opinion | A Dirty but Effective Way to Start Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  February 22, 2021 14:08

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-a-dirty-but-effective-way-to-start-ending-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-1.9550846?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=38628aeb2c&lts=1613747321381

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published February 18, 2021

   

  Trump’s deal is dead, Biden is busy, the far right dreams of annexation and the far left of BDS, the peace process industry is engrossed in its fantasies. But there’s a practical, unglamorous way to make life better for two million Israelis and Palestinians

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• Was Jesus a Zionist? (continued)

  
  February 19, 2021 11:16

  Source: www.christianzionism.org

  https://www.christianzionism.org/en/was-jesus-zionist

   

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• Trump's gifts, Biden's promises, Netanyahu's wishes

  
  February 25, 2021 14:37

  Source: Daily Sabah

  https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/trumps-gifts-bidens-promises-netanyahus-wishes

   

  BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN

  Published February 23, 2021

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• Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy

  
  February 25, 2021 15:05

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/noam-chomsky-middle-east-israel/

   

  By Lilach Ben David 

  Published February 17, 2021

   

  From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'

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