Common Grounds

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

  
  February 26, 2021 12:55

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

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• 10-20 American mouthpieces for Israeli government had unrivaled access to Obama White House — Rhodes

  
  February 26, 2021 12:20

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/02/10-20-american-mouthpieces-for-israeli-government-had-unrivaled-access-to-obama-white-house-rhodes/

   

  BY PHILIP WEISS  

  Published February 24, 2021

   

  White House officials have to go to the Israel lobby AIPAC conference, but if they meet with Arab-Americans 'you can get into trouble,' former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes says.

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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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• 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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• Are Modern Prophets NEVER Wrong?

  
  February 15, 2021 12:23

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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• Opinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation

  
  February 13, 2021 18:07

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/israel-palestinian-confederation.html

   

  By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour

  Published February 12, 2021

   

  Politicians and experts should not doubt a two-state solution. But they should finally consider a plausible version of it.

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• Reviewing US policy on Palestine, with Professor Rashid Khalidi

  
  February 16, 2021 15:38

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210210-memo-in-conversation-with-professor-rashid-khalidi-2/

   

  By Nasim Ahmed

  Published February 10,2021

   

  Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

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• America Is (Sort of) Back

  
  February 18, 2021 12:16

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-foreign-policy-challenges-credibility-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-02

   

  By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

  Published February 17, 2021

   

  From its botched pandemic response to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, America’s political dysfunction has lately been on stark display. And that is only one obstacle President Joe Biden's administration faces in pursuing a robust foreign policy.

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