Common Grounds

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• Opinion: Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith

  
  December 30, 2021 11:29

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/trump-idolatry-has-undermined-religious-faith/

   

  By Jennifer Rubin

  Published December 28, 2021

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• Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi

  
  November 30, 2021 13:58

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/anti-zionist-jews-are-jews-in-name-only-and-more-dangerous-than-external-antisemitic-threat-chicago-reform-rabbi/

   

  By PHILIP WEISS 

  Published November 26, 2021

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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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• Do China and Russia want to replace the US as mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

  
  December 02, 2021 14:03

  Source: Atlantic Council

  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/do-china-and-russia-want-to-replace-the-us-as-mediators-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

   

  By Richard LeBaron, Mohamed Bin Huwaidin, Daniel Rakov, Jonathan Fulton, and Joze Pelayo

  Published May 21, 2021

   

  This article is part of a strategic collaboration launched by the Atlantic Council (Washington, DC), the Emirates Policy Center (Abu Dhabi), and the Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv). The authors are associated with the initiative’s Working Group on Chinese and Russian Power Projection in the Middle East. The views expressed by the authors are theirs and not their institutions’.

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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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• 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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• As Biden Holds Summit for Democracy, Arab People Call on US and Western governments to Stop Supporting Authoritarian Regimes

  
  December 10, 2021 12:40

  Source: Office of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakol Karman

   

  Published December, 2021

   

  Democracy First for Arab World

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• To the students who walked out on Palestinian-Israeli dialogue

  
  November 23, 2021 20:28

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-the-students-who-walked-out-on-palestinian-israeli-dialogue/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Yossi Klein Halevi

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  I've learned you can’t cancel a people: Mohammed Darawshe and I are modeling a painful conversation about injustice and existential fears

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• Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden? The answer means much to the world

  
  November 25, 2021 10:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-is-the-outlier-trump-or-biden-the-answer-means-much-to-the-world/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Aron Heller

  Published November 22, 2021

   

  With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?

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• UN envoy warns of risk of new Israel-Palestinian violence

  
  December 03, 2021 11:59

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/un-envoy-warns-of-risk-of-new-israel-palestinian-violence-1.10430090

   

  The Associated Press

  Published December 1, 2021

   

  Tor Wennesland says parties must calm tensions, reduce violence across the Palestinian territories, avoid unilateral steps including new Israeli settlement building and solidify the May cease-fire

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