Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Picture Israeli Labor Party Leader Michaeli in Prison

  
  March 08, 2021 22:29

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-picture-israeli-labor-party-leader-michaeli-in-prison-1.9596277?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=a89eb682c1

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published March 6, 2021

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• Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

  
  March 08, 2021 22:40

  Source: CHRON

  https://www.chron.com/news/article/Intense-preparation-paves-way-for-pontiff-to-meet-15995920.php

   

  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press

  Published March 3, 2021

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• Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords

  
  March 11, 2021 17:51

  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.

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• Pope gives Iraqis hope

  
  March 11, 2021 17:25

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published March 8, 2021

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• How Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel

  
  March 09, 2021 20:02

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-how-christian-evangelical-money-is-driving-immigration-to-israel-1.9590223?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=96ea17f883

   

  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

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• Sunshine Breaking Through Dark Clouds

  
  March 26, 2021 14:26

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  The anguish in my wife's eyes voiced volumes: "What are 'we' going to do with them … thousands, alone? Kids! Where are their parents?"

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• The Evangelical Pope – Children the Center of Christianity

  
  March 29, 2021 11:18

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, March 28, 2021

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• William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians

  
  April 07, 2021 10:24

  Source: Religion News Service

  https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published April 6, 2021

   

  Barber’s appearance served to recognize Christians in the Palestinian liberation movement, which some American evangelicals paint as an apocalyptic conflict between Christians and Muslims.

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• Opinion | A President in Handcuffs: Why Palestinians Should Vote for Barghouti

  
  April 06, 2021 15:20

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-a-president-in-handcuffs-why-palestinians-should-vote-for-barghouti-1.9671926?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=b6903cb670

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published March 31, 2021

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• Blinken tells Israel: Palestinians should enjoy same rights, freedoms as you do

  
  April 06, 2021 14:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-tells-israel-palestinians-should-enjoy-same-rights-freedoms-as-you-do/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-04-03&utm_medium=email

   

  By AFP and TOI STAFF

  Published April 3, 2021

   

  US secretary of state to Foreign Minister Ashkenazi: ‘Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and democracy’

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