Common Grounds

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• The People v. Bill Gates

  
  May 06, 2021 13:29

  Source: London Review of Books

  https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/the-people-v.-bill-gates?utm_campaign=20210504blog&utm_content=20210504blog%20CID_5287d0a6678dc7688a

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  By Linsey McGoey

  Published May 4, 2021

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• Is Israeli-Palestinian confederation all it’s hyped up to be?

  
  May 05, 2021 14:45

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/is-israeli-palestinian-confederation-all-its-hyped-up-to-be/

   

  Published May 4, 2021

  Shira Efron and Evan Gottesman write in +972

   

  While it is fair to critique the viability of a two-state or one-state solution, the ambitious confederation model risks failing for the same reasons.

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• On Faith: Bernie is right on Israel

  
  May 04, 2021 16:56

  Source: Rutland Herald

  https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/perspective/on-faith-bernie-is-right-on-israel/article_b039ae60-bb67-5c15-881d-298aff7b6e4e.html

   

  By John Nassivera

  Published May1, 2021

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• Analysis | Jerusalem Has All the Ingredients for a New Intifada - but So Far It Hasn't Happened

  
  May 10, 2021 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-new-intifada-but-so-far-it-hasn-t-happened-1.9788002

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published May 9, 2021

   

  The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable

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• The Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  May 11, 2021 11:41

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/05/old-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-dead-long-live-emerging-israeli-palestinian-conflict-pub-84457

   

  By Nathan J. Brown

  Published My 5, 2021

   

  The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become deeply ingrained in daily life. Work must begin now to heal deep-seated divisions, which are not likely to be resolved in a burst of diplomacy.

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• Israel Should Focus on Evangelicals, Not U.S. Jews Who Are More Critical, Dermer Says

  
  May 11, 2021 15:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-should-focus-outreach-on-evangelicals-not-u-s-jews-former-envoy-says-1.9790303

   

  By Sam Sokol

  Published May 10, 2021

   

  Deciding to focus on strengthening relationship with evangelicals at the expense of the Jewish community is a numbers game, says ex-Israeli envoy to D.C. Ron Dermer

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• ‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine

  
  May 11, 2021 14:57

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/carnegie-usmep-israel-palestine/

   

  By Mitchell Plitnick

  Published May 6, 2021

   

  A policy paper centering equal rights for both peoples marks a radical break from the Israel-centric discourse of mainstream U.S. think tanks.

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• International law sides with Palestinian refugees. But can it solve their plight?

  
  May 04, 2021 16:46

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-refugees-international-law-review/

   

  By Sam Bahour 

  Published May 2, 2021

   

  A new book dives into the myriad laws that protect Palestinian refugees and their right of return. Its proposed solution, though, may be hard to swallow.

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• OPINION | Europe Beware! Biden Is Here and There Trumpian

  
  April 30, 2021 12:32

  Source: NRC News,The Netherlands

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/04/28/in-bidens-eerste-100-dagen-blijft-het-america-first-a4041654?utm_intern=nrc-web-reacties#reacties

   

  By Ko Colijn

  Published April 30, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  President Biden got off to a good start. But Europe must pay attention, says Ko Colijn*. The president draws his line. Sometimes it seems Trumpian.

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• The End of the Forever War in Afghanistan

  
  April 26, 2021 13:16

  Source: NRC Amerika

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  By Bas Blokker

  Published April 20, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

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