Common Grounds

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• Opinion | Who Will Stop Israel's Craziest Settlement Plan Ever?

  
  December 07, 2021 14:11

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-who-will-stop-israel-s-craziest-settlement-plan-ever-1.10440698?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

   

  By Hagit Ofran

  Published December 5, 2021

   

  A new mega-settlement would be the death sentence for a viable future Palestinian state. But with the shameful silence of the 'pro-peace,' two state supporters in Israel's coalition government, the only hope for halting the plan rests with Biden and Blinken

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• These Jewish Migrants Survived Pogroms, Riots and Famine. Then They Were Faced With Zionist Cruelty

  
  November 30, 2021 14:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-zionist-selection-the-movement-rejected-jewish-migrants-deemed-too-weak-or-sick-1.10422540?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=829f0ff655

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'

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• Ultra-Orthodox Aliyah to Israel Is Breaking Records. Here's Why

  
  November 30, 2021 14:26

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-ultra-orthodox-aliyah-to-israel-is-breaking-records-here-s-why-1.10427636

   

  By Judy Maltz

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  For decades, Haredim in the Diaspora rejected the notion of immigrating to Israel. No more. Now, ultra-Orthodox American Jews see themselves as ‘the next great frontier in aliyah’ and are moving to Israel in increasing numbers

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• A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

  
  November 25, 2021 12:09

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-thanksgiving-events-and-their-upside-for-jews/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Rabbi Yael Buechler

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

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• Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

  
  November 26, 2021 10:42

  Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA

  nrc.nl/america

   

  By Merijn de Waal

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Amsterdam | Biden opts for continuity and bipartisanship in his choice of a central banker as the battle over his ambitious Build Back Better bill moves to the Senate in the coming weeks.

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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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• If we must talk about Rabin – let us talk about the right of return

  
  November 09, 2021 16:19

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/if-we-must-talk-about-rabin-let-us-talk-about-the-right-of-return/

   

  By YAARA BENGER ALALUF 

  Published November 1, 2021

   

  Although remembered as a peacemaker, Yitzhak Rabin was one of the key perpetrators of Israel's ethnic cleansing policy.

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• Opinion | The World May Have Given Up on Two States, but It Still Cares About the Occupation

  
  November 09, 2021 16:09

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-world-may-have-given-up-on-two-states-but-it-still-cares-about-the-occupation-1.10347756

   

  By Mickey Gitzin

  Published November 2, 2021

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• Breaking The Line of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

  
  October 26, 2021 14:42

  Source: Modern Diplomacy

  https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/10/21/breaking-the-line-of-the-israel-palestine-conflict/

   

  By Ogiandhafiz Juanda

  Published October 21, 2021

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• ANTI-ZIONISM IS NOT ANTISEMITISM - Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics

  
  October 26, 2021 15:43

  Source: MintPress News

  https://www.mintpressnews.com/over-500-scholars-launch-fightback-against-israel-lobbys-antisemitism-smear-of-uk-academics/278772/

   

  by Jonathan Cook

  Published October 25, 2021

   

  The question, raised by the petition and letter of complaint, is whether universities like Glasgow will continue to submit to such attacks on academic life under the cover of false or evidence-free claims of anti-Semitism.

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