Common Grounds

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• 2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen

  
  January 04, 2022 15:20

  Source: Middle East Monitor

  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/

  
  By Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Published January 1, 2022

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• After decades of waiting, Israel allows unification of some Palestinian Christians

  
  January 31, 2022 11:02

  Source: Maghtas Magazine

  https://maghtas.com/2022/01/israel-allows-unification-of-palestinian-christians/#

   

  By Daoud Kuttab

  Published January 29, 2022

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• Opinion | First Saudi Arabia, Now Sudan: Why Israel's Normalization Strategy Is Imploding

  
  November 05, 2021 11:12

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/saudi-arabia-to-sudan-why-israel-s-normalization-strategy-is-imploding-1.10353622?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=b025df3c19

   

  By Yonatan Touval

  Published November 5, 2021

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• The Evangelical Pope | Brandenburg – The Gate of Freedom

  
  November 08, 2021 11:03

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, November 7, 2021

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• Zionism’s Original Sin: Ignoring the Fact That Palestine Was Fully Populated

  
  November 09, 2021 15:55

  Source: Washinton Report on Middle East Affairs

  https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/zionisms-original-sin-ignoring-the-fact-that-palestine-was-fully-populated.html

   

  By ALLAN C. BROWNFELD

  Published November 4, 2021

   

  Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2021, pp. 12-13, 21

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• Analysis | What Trump Accidentally Got Right on Israel and Congress

  
  November 04, 2021 15:20

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-what-trump-accidentally-got-right-on-israel-and-congress-1.10347033?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=878cbe2595&lts=1635906252668

   

  By Alon Pinkas

  Published November 2, 2021

   

  When the former U.S. president said Israel is no longer a consensus issue in Congress, he attributed it to AOC and Ilhan Omar. But the real reasons for the change lie much closer to Trump Tower

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• Egypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout

  
  November 04, 2021 15:00

  Source: Christianity Today

  https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/october/egypt-human-rights-strategy-sisi-religion-coptic-christians.html

   

  By JAYSON CASPER

  Published October 18,2021

   

  Some Copts cheer Sisi’s stance and new five-year reform strategy, while others focus on absence of attention to problematic ID cards and reconciliation committees.

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• Hopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington

  
  January 04, 2022 15:03

  Source: Common Dreams

  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/03/hopefully-2022-year-two-state-solution-finally-dies-washington

   

  By PHILIP WEISS

  Published January 3, 2022

   

  Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"

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• 13 European states call on Israel to halt plans for 3,000 settlement homes

  
  October 29, 2021 13:08

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/13-european-states-call-on-israel-to-halt-plans-for-3000-settlement-homes/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-10-28&utm_medium=email

   

  By TOI STAFF and AFP

  Published October 28, 2021

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• Sisi’s Brand of Islam

  
  November 04, 2021 14:42

  Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/85621?utm_source=rssemail&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=MDk1LVBQVi04MTMAAAGAQpPnWuh0wEw4-C0vcd5lO05oLJkdTorAD8bUDJUOW0rntytvOxmhxChzreJ5MbFyqT0sKbpcnzff-PubNf6AdCOqGEX-7HJ0D6xXS5_NDUI

   

  By MAGED MANDOUR

  Published October 21, 2021

   

  Sisi’s call for religious renewal falls within the regime’s attempt to centralize power in its hands by creating a top-down version of state sponsored Islam anchored in conservative social values.

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