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Analysis | What Trump Accidentally Got Right on Israel and Congress
Source: Haaretz
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
Read MoreOpinion | First Saudi Arabia, Now Sudan: Why Israel's Normalization Strategy Is Imploding
Source: Haaretz
By Yonatan Touval
Published November 5, 2021
Read MoreThe Evangelical Pope | Brandenburg – The Gate of Freedom
Living Words from John Paul II
Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
Published Sunday, November 7, 2021
Read MoreZionism’s Original Sin: Ignoring the Fact That Palestine Was Fully Populated
Source: Washinton Report on Middle East Affairs
By ALLAN C. BROWNFELD
Published November 4, 2021
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2021, pp. 12-13, 21
Read MoreEgypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout
Source: Christianity Today
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.
Read MoreSisi’s Brand of Islam
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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.
Read MoreIsraeli authorities are authorizing 3,144 new squatter dwellings on Palestinian land
Friday's message by Rev. Sandra R Mackie
Read MoreCMEP Supports Biden Administration's Opposition to the Israeli Government’s Approval of New Settlement Construction
Source: Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
Published October 28, 2021
Read More13 European states call on Israel to halt plans for 3,000 settlement homes
Source: The Times of Israel
By TOI STAFF and AFP
Published October 28, 2021
Read MoreIsraeli Arab City Bounced Back From Deadly Flareup, but Residents Fear Further Violence
Source: Haaretz
By Jack Khoury
Published December 4, 2021
After days of violent attacks and clashes, the Umm al-Fahm residents are still on edge
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