Common Grounds
The Seven Secrets of 2020
Source: Project Syndicate
By YANIS VAROUFAKIS
Published December 28, 2020
This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.
Read MoreBiden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind
Source: The New York Times
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By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek
Published February 15, 2021
Administration and Fed officials argue that workers not getting enough stimulus help is a larger concern than potential spikes in consumer prices.
Read MoreEVANGELICAL LEADERS ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
Source: Ron Sider Blog
https://ronsiderblog.substack.com/
By Ron Sider
Published February 25, 2021
Read MoreSeven Black Swans in the Middle East
Source: Mosaic
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?
Read MorePope gives Iraqis hope
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111
By Daoud Kuttab
Published March 8, 2021
Read MoreHow Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel
Source: Haaretz
By Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer
Published March 8,2021
Once the proud preserve of Jewish Diaspora organizations, aliyah funding is increasingly being ‘outsourced’ to deeply devout Christian groups with equally deep pockets and their own motives to encourage the ingathering of the exiles
Read MorePope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords
Source: Jews News Syndicate
https://www.jns.org/opinion/pope-francis-and-part-two-of-the-abraham-accords/
By Fiamma Nirenstein
Published March 9, 2021
Coming on the heels of Israel’s treaties with several Muslim countries, the meeting between the head of the Vatican and the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites is particularly significant.
Read MoreUS Church leaders write to President with key Middle East policy recommendations
Source: Independent Catholic News
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/41742
Published March 12, 2021
Read MoreThe Wasting of the Evangelical Mind
Source: The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind
By Michael Luo
Published March 4, 2021The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
Read MoreWho is a Jew? Israel’s High Court of Justice’s Answer Reveals Larger Societal Tensions
Source: The McGill Journal of Political Studies (MJPS)
Published By : Melanie Rose
March 15, 2021
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