Common Grounds

---

• Talking about Palestine/Israel – what words to use?

  
  March 30, 2021 12:09

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

  https://jfjfp.com/talking-about-palestine-israel-what-words-to-use/

   

  Eve Spangler writes in Mondoweiss

  Publsihed March 25, 2021

  Read More

• 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?"

  Read More

• Why Biden Must Watch This Palestinian Movie

  
  April 28, 2021 10:28

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-palestine-israel-the-present.html

   

  By John Brennan

  Published April 27, 2021

  Read More

• Accountability? Yes! Justice? A Work in Progress!

  
  April 26, 2021 13:31

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published April 21, 2021

   

  Translated by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Cheers after Floyd's case ruling, but "it shouldn't end with Derek Chauvin."

   

  Police brutality! After the jury's verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin is heard in Minneapolis. President Joe Biden said that "there is still a long way to go."

  Read More

• Jewish groups that aid Israel’s war crimes can’t deny all responsibility for those crimes

  
  May 25, 2021 15:53

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/jewish-groups-that-aid-israels-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-for-those-crimes/

   

  By JONATHAN COOK 

  Published MAay 24, 2021

   

  Israel’s apologists – whether Jewish or not – cannot deny all responsibility for Israel’s war crimes when they actively aid and abet those crimes.

  Read More

• Bibi’s Poisoned Legacy

  
  June 11, 2021 12:03

  Source: Project Syndicate 

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/netanyahu-ousted-legacy-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-06

   

  By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

  Published June 9, 2021

   

  After 12 years with Binyamin Netanyahu in power, Israel is more divided than it has ever been, and Israelis have largely lost hope that their country can be both Jewish and democratic. Can the new government, united only by its aversion to the country's longest-serving prime minister, push back against this legacy?

  Read More

• Don’t mourn a coexistence that never existed

  
  June 08, 2021 13:40

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/dont-mourn-a-coexistence-that-never-existed/

   

  Rami Younis writes in +972

  Published June 2, 2021

   

  After weeks of racist incitement, the Israeli media is suddenly talking about 'bringing back coexistence' — a paradise that was never even here

  Read More

• How will pro-Israel Evangelicals react to the post-Bibi era?

  
  June 08, 2021 14:02

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/how-will-pro-israel-evangelicals-react-to-the-post-bibi-era-670370

   

  By Joel C. Rosenberg

  Published June 7, 2021

   

  They don’t know Naftali Bennett or Yair Lapid, so there is no trust yet, but it can be developed

  Read More

• 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

  Read More

• 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!”

  Read More