Common Grounds

‘Change’ will not change Palestine-Israel situation

June 08, 2021 14:38
Source: Gulf Today

https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2021/06/06/change-will-not-change-palestine-israel-situation

By Michael Jansen

Published June 6, 2021
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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?
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Top evangelical leader warns: Israel could lose our support if Netanyahu ousted

June 09, 2021 12:31
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-evangelical-leader-warns-israel-could-lose-our-support-if-netanyahu-ousted/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-06-08&utm_medium=email

By TOI STAFF

Published June 8, 2021

Mike Evans says his 77 million followers will ‘go into the opposition’ with Netanyahu; decries coalition that seeks to replace PM as anti-Zionists who’ll surrender to radical Islam
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America, Human Rights, and Israel’s War on Palestine

June 01, 2021 13:56
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-must-uphold-palestinian-human-rights-in-israel-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-05

By JEFFREY D. SACHS

Published May 25, 2021

Human rights are human rights, and they are part of international law under the UN Charter. Whether the case is Xinjiang and the Uighurs, Myanmar and the Rohingya, or Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, the correct way to defend international law is through the United Nations, starting with an independent investigation under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council.
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The America that Israel and Palestine Need

July 20, 2021 11:38
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-conflict-needs-more-balanced-us-approach-by-mohamed-elbaradei-2021-07

By MOHAMED ELBARADEI

Published July 16, 2021

Joe Biden promised to make democracy and human rights central to US foreign policy. But that means not insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself without mentioning its expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, its policy of discrimination, and its denial of the Palestinians’ right to an independent state.
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Opinion: Zionism cannot produce a just peace. Only external pressure can end the Israeli apartheid.

May 25, 2021 15:34
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/israel-gaza-war-zionism-apartheid-injustice-pressure/

Opinion by Raphael Mimoun

Published May 20, 2021
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Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry

May 24, 2021 12:01
Source: Science

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/jews-and-arabs-share-recent-ancestry

By Ann Gibbons

Published October 30, 2000
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Support for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey

May 25, 2021 16:12
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/support-for-israel-among-young-us-evangelicals-drops-sharply-survey/

By JACOB MAGID

Published May 25, 2021

Since 2018, backing for Israel dropped from 75% to 33%; nearly half of evangelicals aged 18-29 say they favor establishment of Palestinian state, voted for Biden over Trump
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U.S. CHRISTIANS CAN’T IGNORE ISRAEL’S ONGOING OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

May 31, 2021 12:10
Source: Sojourners

https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine

By MAE ELISE CANNON, JOYCE AJLOUNY

Published May 14, 2021
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Biden, Palestine, and the buttressing of Christian Zionism

June 01, 2021 13:36
Source: Aljazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/26/biden-palestine-and-the-buttressing-of-christian-zionism

By Mimi Kirk

Published May 26, 2021

Biden’s position on Israel-Palestine does not constitute any real shift from that of Trump and thus similarly gratifies the desires of Christian Zionists.
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