Common Grounds

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• UN Votes Overwhelmingly in Support of Palestinian Self-determination

  
  November 20, 2020 14:22

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-un-votes-overwhelmingly-in-support-of-palestinian-self-determination-1.9319979

   

  By Noa Landau

  Published November 20, 2020

   

  While Pompeo makes unprecedented visit to a West Bank settlement, a General Assembly committee redoubled its commitment to a two-state solution with 163 states voting in favor

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• Opinion | This Is What Real Mideast Peace Looks Like

  
  December 18, 2020 12:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-this-is-what-real-mideast-peace-looks-like-1.9369064?lts=1608250989243

   

  By Avi Shilon

  Published December 13, 2020

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• With the Nation-State Law, Israel’s religious right is deciding who is a Jew

  
  December 22, 2020 14:48

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/nation-state-law-judaism-religious-right/

   

  By Etan Nechin

  Published December 20, 2020

   

  Israel's Nation-State Law does not see Judaism as a diverse religion, but as an identity that guarantees supremacy over other people — including other Jews.

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• What’s It All About?

  
  January 18, 2021 15:51

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• For some Christians, the Capitol riot doesn’t change the prophecy: Trump will be president

  
  January 18, 2021 12:58

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/01/14/prophets-apostles-christian-prophesy-trump-won-biden-capitol/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/2e7f74f/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48/597682b5ae7e8a6816d78e2c/22/70/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48

   

  By Michelle Boorstein

  Published January 14, 2021

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• How we can face the future without fear, together

  
  January 14, 2021 19:21

  Source: TED

  Published July 13, 2017

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• How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism

  
  January 14, 2021 14:04

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html?referringSource=articleShare

   

  By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham

  Published January 11, 2021

   

  A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.

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• Who Really Supports Nonviolence?

  
  January 20, 2021 12:42

  Source: The Beinart Notebook

  https://peterbeinart.substack. com/p/who-really-supports- nonviolence?token= eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MzkyODM5LCJwb3 N0X2lkIjozMTYyMjk0OSwiXyI6IkF3 b2RwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjExMDgzMjcyLC JleHAiOjE2MTEwODY4NzIsImlzcyI6 InB1Yi0xMDUyNjAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3 N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0. kLJTs4mOHUPwhZ2PhoNFq- hgfzlsySr2lWaYo_vj7dY

   

  By Peter Beinart

  Published January 18, 2021

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• President Biden, you Need to Hear this: Respected Israeli Rights Group B’Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State

  
  January 20, 2021 13:14

  ource: "Juan Cole"

  https://www.juancole.com/2021/01/president-respected-apartheid.html

   

  By Juan Cole

  Published January 17, 2021

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• Our Prayer: Evangelicals Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Apocalypse!

  
  January 22, 2021 16:49

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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