Common Grounds

‘We’re taking responsibility’: Sixty teens announce refusal to serve in Israeli army

February 08, 2021 14:10
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

https://jfjfp.com/were-taking-responsibility-sixty-teens-announce-refusal-to-serve-in-israeli-army/

Oren Ziv writes in +972

Published January 6, 2021

Dozens of Israeli teens sign public letter objecting to military service over Israel's policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.
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Editorial | The ICC's Decision Is a Red Flag for Israel

February 08, 2021 12:28
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/.premium-the-icc-s-decision-is-a-red-flag-for-israel-1.9517743?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ce4c4fb544

By Haaretz Editorial

Published February 6, 2021
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Welcome?

February 08, 2021 15:49
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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There is no Jew or Gentile?

February 09, 2021 12:30
Source: Christians of Palestine

https://www.christiansofpalestine.com/post/anti-zionists-vs-zionists

By Mary Davis

Published February 6, 2021
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Countries are lining up for Russia’s once-scorned Sputnik vaccine after strong efficacy results

February 10, 2021 12:13
Source: Fortune

https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/international-sputnik-russia-demand/

By BLOOMBERG AND HENRY MEYER
Published February 8, 2021

“We’re All in It, TOGETHER!

We only have one life to live on this one planet.”

Abraham A. van Kempen
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Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel

February 09, 2021 15:52
Source: Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2017/05/why-many-american-jews-are-becoming-indifferent-or-even-hostile-to-israel/

By Daniel Gordis

May 8, 2017

It’s not about what Israel does. It’s about what, to their minds, Israel is.
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Is Israel Going on the Offensive Against Iran with Hollow Threats?

February 05, 2021 10:48
Source: NRC Handelsblad, Nederland

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/02/01/gaat-israel-in-de-aanval-tegen-iran-ze-dreigen-er-wel-mee-a4029939

Published February 1, 2021

By Carolien Roelants, Middle East Correspondent Separating Facts from Hypes

English translation edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

President Biden wants to return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Israel opposes. An Israeli general simulates an attack on Iran.
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Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery

February 04, 2021 13:13
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/multilateralism-for-the-masses-by-emmanuel-macron-et-al-2020-02?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=macron2021&utm_post-date=2021-02-03&utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=00d1a39859-Macron+Content+Mailing+02_03_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-00d1a39859-93791313

Published February 3, 2021

EMMANUEL MACRON, ANGELA MERKEL, MACKY SALL, ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, CHARLES MICHEL, URSULA VON DER LEYEN

We should not be afraid of a post-pandemic world that will not be the same as the status quo ante. We should embrace it and use all appropriate fora and available opportunities to make it a better world by advancing the cause of international cooperation.
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No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness

February 01, 2021 16:13
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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Destroying Armageddon: The Apocalypse as a Tourism Attraction

February 01, 2021 15:07
ource: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=18ac36a0cb

By Ruth Schuster

Published January 31, 2021

Snags to creating a park starring Tell Megiddo, a proto-church, a unique Roman legion camp and much more, include a pesky prison smack in the middle and the billion-shekel bill to move it – and the plan to expand a highway
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