Common Grounds

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• Erdogan: Israel Ties Could Be Fixed if It Displays 'Sensitivity' Toward Palestinians

  
  December 09, 2021 14:06

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/erdogan-israel-ties-could-be-fixed-if-it-displays-sensitivity-toward-palestinians-1.10449438?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=dd2e0e29a4

   

  The Associated Press

  Published December 8, 2021

   

  In Qatar, Erdogan says that better ties with Israel would be 'beneficial' for peace in the wider region

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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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• For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution

  
  November 23, 2021 14:42

  Source: Labour List

  https://labourlist.org/2021/11/for-israel-palestine-and-peace-we-must-work-towards-a-two-state-solution/

   

  By Steve McCabe

  Published November 23, 2021

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• ‘Everyone’s a Suspect.’ Six Former Israeli Soldiers Speak

  
  November 18, 2021 11:52

  Source: The New York Times 

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/israel-palestine-idf-mission-hebron.html

   

  By Rona Segal

  Published November, 2021

   

  Director Rona Segal learned filmmaking in the Israeli army.
  Now, she turns the camera on her fellow soldiers.

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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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• CMEP Supports Biden Administration's Opposition to the Israeli Government’s Approval of New Settlement Construction

  
  October 29, 2021 12:54

  Source: Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) 

  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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• 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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• 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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• Israeli authorities are authorizing 3,144 new squatter dwellings on Palestinian land

  
  October 29, 2021 12:22

  Friday's message by Rev. Sandra R Mackie

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