Common Grounds

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• 10-20 American mouthpieces for Israeli government had unrivaled access to Obama White House — Rhodes

  
  February 26, 2021 12:20

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/02/10-20-american-mouthpieces-for-israeli-government-had-unrivaled-access-to-obama-white-house-rhodes/

   

  BY PHILIP WEISS  

  Published February 24, 2021

   

  White House officials have to go to the Israel lobby AIPAC conference, but if they meet with Arab-Americans 'you can get into trouble,' former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes says.

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• Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy

  
  February 25, 2021 15:05

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/noam-chomsky-middle-east-israel/

   

  By Lilach Ben David 

  Published February 17, 2021

   

  From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'

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• Trump's gifts, Biden's promises, Netanyahu's wishes

  
  February 25, 2021 14:37

  Source: Daily Sabah

  https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/trumps-gifts-bidens-promises-netanyahus-wishes

   

  BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN

  Published February 23, 2021

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• Opinion | A Dirty but Effective Way to Start Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  February 22, 2021 14:08

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-a-dirty-but-effective-way-to-start-ending-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-1.9550846?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=38628aeb2c&lts=1613747321381

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published February 18, 2021

   

  Trump’s deal is dead, Biden is busy, the far right dreams of annexation and the far left of BDS, the peace process industry is engrossed in its fantasies. But there’s a practical, unglamorous way to make life better for two million Israelis and Palestinians

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• Was Jesus a Zionist? (continued)

  
  February 19, 2021 11:16

  Source: www.christianzionism.org

  https://www.christianzionism.org/en/was-jesus-zionist

   

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• Biden Goes Big

  
  February 18, 2021 13:45

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-right-to-launch-massive-rescue-plan-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2021-02?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=521e775455-sunday_newsletter_02_07_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-521e775455-93791313&mc_cid=521e775455&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

  Published February 1, 2021

   

  The US president's proposed $1.9 trillion recovery package will provide enormous stimulus to the economy. The economic growth that results will generate substantial tax revenues, not just for the federal government but also for the states and municipalities that are now starved of the funds they need to provide essential services.

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• Raghuram G. Rajan Says More…

  
  February 18, 2021 13:28

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/say-more/an-interview-with-raghuram-g-rajan-2021-01?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=fdcfb2f10c-contributor_newsletter_schwab_09_02_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-fdcfb2f10c-93791313&mc_cid=fdcfb2f10c&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  Published January 26, 2021

   

  This week in Say More, PS talks with Raghuram G. Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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• The Seven Secrets of 2020

  
  February 18, 2021 13:07

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/seven-secrets-revealed-by-2020-by-yanis-varoufakis-2020-12?barrier=accesspaylog

   

  By YANIS VAROUFAKIS

  Published December 28, 2020

   

  This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.

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• Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind

  
  February 18, 2021 12:49

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210215&instance_id=27155&nl=the-morning&regi_id=146080032&segment_id=51724&te=1&user_id=e

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  By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

  Published February 15, 2021

   

  Administration and Fed officials argue that workers not getting enough stimulus help is a larger concern than potential spikes in consumer prices.

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• America Is (Sort of) Back

  
  February 18, 2021 12:16

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-foreign-policy-challenges-credibility-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-02

   

  By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

  Published February 17, 2021

   

  From its botched pandemic response to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, America’s political dysfunction has lately been on stark display. And that is only one obstacle President Joe Biden's administration faces in pursuing a robust foreign policy.

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