Common Grounds

2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen

January 04, 2022 15:20
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published January 1, 2022
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Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie

January 11, 2022 14:38
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bourgeoisie-boutagy-haifa/

By Himmat Zoubi

Published January 6, 2022

The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.
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What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state

January 04, 2022 15:28
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/

By Ayat Abou Shmeiss

Published January 3, 2022

At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.
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1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil

January 24, 2022 12:15
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1000-strong-multifaith-crowd-rallies-around-jewish-community-at-post-standoff-vigil/?utm_source=The+Weekend+Edition&utm_campaign=weekend-edition-2022-01-23&utm_medium=email

By JACOB MAGID JACOB MAGID

Published January 18, 2022

Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion
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There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

January 25, 2022 11:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-there-s-a-mass-palestinian-grave-at-a-popular-israeli-beach-veterans-confess-1.10553968

By Adam Raz

Published January 20, 2022

The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender
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Analysis | Israel’s Hysterical Response to Amnesty’s ‘Apartheid’ Report

February 03, 2022 15:28
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-hysterical-response-to-amnesty-s-apartheid-report-is-a-typical-hasbara-fail-1.10581770

By Anshel Pfeffer

Published February 1, 2022
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U.S. State Department Rejects Amnesty's Apartheid Claim Against Israel

February 03, 2022 11:36
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/u-s-state-department-rejects-amnesty-s-apartheid-claims-against-israel-1.10583830

By Reuters and Ben Samuels

Published February 1, 2022

'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report
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A Jewish Congregation Considers Affirming Anti-Zionism as a Core Value

February 01, 2022 15:42
Source: Shalom Rav, A Blog by Rabbi Brant Rosen

https://rabbibrant.com/

Published January 25, 2022
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Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s anti-Soros Crusade Is a Clear Danger for American Jews

February 07, 2022 10:55
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-tucker-carlson-s-anti-soros-crusade-is-a-clear-danger-for-american-jews-1.10576543?lts=1644149939899

By Joshua Shanes

Published January 30, 2022

Fox News marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Tucker Carlson 'Special' glorifying Hungary’s white Christian nationalism and accusing Holocaust survivor George Soros of waging a 'secret war' on Western civilization. There should have been far more outrage
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Opinion | Josh Mandel Has Joined the Trumpist Christians-First Far Right. Will He Drag GOP Jews With Him?

February 07, 2022 10:57
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-josh-mandel-joins-the-trumpist-christians-first-far-right-will-gop-jews-follow-1.10390411

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Published November 17, 2021

By embracing Trumpist extremists like Mike Flynn and Marjorie Taylor-Greene pushing an exclusively Christian America, Josh Mandel isn’t forging a coalition with the far right, he's joining it. What does that mean for U.S. Jews?
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