Common Grounds

Do China and Russia want to replace the US as mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

December 02, 2021 14:03
Source: Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/do-china-and-russia-want-to-replace-the-us-as-mediators-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/

By Richard LeBaron, Mohamed Bin Huwaidin, Daniel Rakov, Jonathan Fulton, and Joze Pelayo

Published May 21, 2021

This article is part of a strategic collaboration launched by the Atlantic Council (Washington, DC), the Emirates Policy Center (Abu Dhabi), and the Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv). The authors are associated with the initiative’s Working Group on Chinese and Russian Power Projection in the Middle East. The views expressed by the authors are theirs and not their institutions’.
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A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

November 25, 2021 12:09
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-thanksgiving-events-and-their-upside-for-jews/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

By Rabbi Yael Buechler

Published November 23, 2021

Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story
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Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden? The answer means much to the world

November 25, 2021 10:57
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-is-the-outlier-trump-or-biden-the-answer-means-much-to-the-world/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

By Aron Heller

Published November 22, 2021

With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?
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Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

November 26, 2021 10:42
Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA

nrc.nl/america

By Merijn de Waal

Published November 23, 2021

Amsterdam | Biden opts for continuity and bipartisanship in his choice of a central banker as the battle over his ambitious Build Back Better bill moves to the Senate in the coming weeks.
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Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi

November 30, 2021 13:58
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/anti-zionist-jews-are-jews-in-name-only-and-more-dangerous-than-external-antisemitic-threat-chicago-reform-rabbi/

By PHILIP WEISS

Published November 26, 2021
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These Jewish Migrants Survived Pogroms, Riots and Famine. Then They Were Faced With Zionist Cruelty

November 30, 2021 14:48
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-zionist-selection-the-movement-rejected-jewish-migrants-deemed-too-weak-or-sick-1.10422540?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=829f0ff655

By Ofer Aderet

Published November 30, 2021

A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'
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Ultra-Orthodox Aliyah to Israel Is Breaking Records. Here's Why

November 30, 2021 14:26
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-ultra-orthodox-aliyah-to-israel-is-breaking-records-here-s-why-1.10427636

By Judy Maltz

Published November 30, 2021

For decades, Haredim in the Diaspora rejected the notion of immigrating to Israel. No more. Now, ultra-Orthodox American Jews see themselves as ‘the next great frontier in aliyah’ and are moving to Israel in increasing numbers
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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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Trump Complains About American Jews No Longer Loving Israel in Anti-Semitic Rant

December 21, 2021 14:52
Source: Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-jews-america-anti-semitic-rant-1273189/

By William Vaillancourt

Published December 17, 2021

“Jewish people in the United States, either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” the former president told journalist Barak Ravid
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