Common Grounds

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• Americans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians

  
  May 28, 2021 11:50

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published May 25, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

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• Biden, Palestine, and the buttressing of Christian Zionism

  
  June 01, 2021 13:36

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/26/biden-palestine-and-the-buttressing-of-christian-zionism

   

  By Mimi Kirk

  Published May 26, 2021

   

  Biden’s position on Israel-Palestine does not constitute any real shift from that of Trump and thus similarly gratifies the desires of Christian Zionists.

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• U.S. CHRISTIANS CAN’T IGNORE ISRAEL’S ONGOING OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

  
  May 31, 2021 12:10

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine

   

  By MAE ELISE CANNON, JOYCE AJLOUNY

  Published May 14, 2021

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• AN OPEN LETTER TO U.S. CHRISTIANS FROM A PALESTINIAN PASTOR

  
  May 31, 2021 11:59

  Source: Sojourners

  https://sojo.net/articles/open-letter-us-christians-palestinian-pastor

   

  By Munther Isaac

  Published May 19, 2021

   

  “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!”

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• Essay | Man Imposes, God Disposes

  
  April 20, 2021 11:55

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical

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• The Jewish Women Who Posed an 'Existential Threat' to Israel by Marrying Arab Men

  
  April 16, 2021 11:25

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-jewish-women-who-posed-an-existential-threat-to-israel-by-marrying-arab-men-1.9712411?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=4c9d6c5409&lts=1618499688158

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published April 14, 2021

   

  Hundreds of Jewish women married Arab men in the Mandate period. They were branded enemies of Israel, and to this day their families find it hard to talk about them. No wonder, then, that these stories were buried in the archives and are only now coming to light

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• Oppression And Land Theft Bring Shame To Israel – OpEd

  
  March 19, 2021 13:44

  Source: Eurasia Review

  https://www.eurasiareview.com/19032021-oppression-and-land-theft-bring-shame-to-israel-oped/

   

  By Ray HananiaRay Hanania

  Published March 19,2021

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• Palestinian Elections: How Real, and with What Results

  
  March 19, 2021 13:27

  Source: Fikra Forum / Washington Institute

  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/palestinian-elections-how-real-and-what-results

   

  By Michael Milstein

  Published March 5, 2021

   

  Members of the political class and the general public are increasingly anticipating and expecting that Palestinian elections will take place due to an unusual convergence of interests between PA president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas.

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• A mother’s voice

  
  March 18, 2021 21:56

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-mothers-voice/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2021-03-18&utm_medium=email

   

  By Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya 

  Published March 17, 2021

   

  Anarchy now reigns in Arab locales, and I know that my loved ones could be harmed; I therefore turn to you, my Jewish friends, to support our demand for peace and security

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• The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

  
  March 16, 2021 20:40

  Source: The New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind

   

  By Michael Luo
  Published March 4, 2021

   

  The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.

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