Common Grounds

Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy

April 02, 2021 10:47
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/business/economy/biden-infrastructure-plan.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210401&instance_id=28723&nl=the-morning&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=54658&te=1&user_id=

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By Jim Tankersley

Published March 31, 2021

The president began selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.
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Against economic absolutism

April 02, 2021 11:17
Source: Fortune

https://fortune.com/2021/03/31/against-economic-absolutism-socialism-vs-capitalism-ceo-daily/

By DAVID MEYER

Published March 31, 2021
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Opinion | They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'

April 13, 2021 15:58
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-they-re-israel-s-far-right-anti-arab-nationalists-but-don-t-call-them-nazis-1.9694208?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=weekend&utm_content=fa566b83bc

By Anshel Pfeffer

Published April 8, 2021

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
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Why I left the cult

April 13, 2021 15:16
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/why-i-left-the-cult/

By AVIGAIL ABARBANEL

Published October 8, 2016

                    All changed, changed utterly:
                    A terrible beauty is born.
                    –From Easter, 1916, by WB Yeats
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Analysis | Israel at 73: Alive, Kicking and Ailing

April 15, 2021 11:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-at-73-alive-kicking-and-ailing-1.9711973?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=c1e2a2f904&lts=1618451607513

By Alon Pinkas

Published April 14, 2021

Israel is descending into quasi-authoritarianism, led by a prime minister who is facing a corruption trial and spewing incendiary rhetoric. But not all is bleak
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The Jewish Women Who Posed an 'Existential Threat' to Israel by Marrying Arab Men

April 16, 2021 11:25
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-jewish-women-who-posed-an-existential-threat-to-israel-by-marrying-arab-men-1.9712411?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=4c9d6c5409&lts=1618499688158

By Ofer Aderet

Published April 14, 2021

Hundreds of Jewish women married Arab men in the Mandate period. They were branded enemies of Israel, and to this day their families find it hard to talk about them. No wonder, then, that these stories were buried in the archives and are only now coming to light
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What ties the U.S. and Israel together? Our arrogant, doomed mythology of exceptionalism

April 20, 2021 18:05
Source: Salon

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/17/what-ties-the-us-and-israel-together-our-arrogant-doomed-mythology-of-exceptionalism/

By DOUG NEISS

Published April 17, 2021

Our two nations are headed for doom, driven by the power of the Zionist right and a conviction we can do no wrong
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Essay | Man Imposes, God Disposes

April 20, 2021 11:55
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical
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The US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out

April 13, 2021 14:44
Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

https://jfjfp.com/the-us-media-is-touting-israels-covid-recovery-but-occupied-palestinians-are-left-out/

Published April 12, 2021

Yara M Asi reports in The Guardian Fri 9 Apr 2021

Instead of vaccinating Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu tried to send thousands of doses around the world as rewards to countries that moved their embassies to Jerusalem
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William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians

April 07, 2021 10:24
Source: Religion News Service

https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/

By Daoud Kuttab

Published April 6, 2021

Barber’s appearance served to recognize Christians in the Palestinian liberation movement, which some American evangelicals paint as an apocalyptic conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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