Common Grounds

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• Fit in: Don’t hate Jews. Hate Muslims

  
  November 27, 2017 14:08

  Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=96614

   

  By Peter Beinart, Forward
  Publsihed November 22, 2017

   

  Actually, Steve Bannon Is Not An Anti-Semite. He’s Something Worse.

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• November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

  
  November 29, 2017 13:10

  Source: HuffPost

  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/zeina-azzam/november-29-international_b_8666560.html

   

  By Zeina Azzam

   

  On November 29, 1947, after Great Britain—the mandatory power in Palestine—had asked the United Nations to meet in a special session to discuss the “problem of Palestine,” the General Assembly passed Resolution 181 (II) to end the British mandate by August 1, 1948. The centerpiece of this historic resolution, however, was to partition Palestine and call for the establishment, after a transition period, of “Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem.”

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• Linda Sarsour: 'We must all commit to dismantling anti-Semitism'

  
  November 30, 2017 14:23

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/linda-sarsour-we-must-all-commit-to-dismantling-anti-semitism/131054/

   

  By Natasha Roth
  Published November 29, 2017

   

  A storm of protest failed to overshadow a diverse, progressive panel on anti-Semitism held in New York, featuring Linda Sarsour and Jewish Voice for Peace head Rebecca Vilkomerson.

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• Opinion // Mideast Master Plan: How Israeli-Palestinian Peace Fits Trump's Economic Interests

  
  December 01, 2017 13:54

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.825126

   

  By Tzvia Greenfield

  Published Nov 27, 2017

   

  Fostering an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is just one step in Trump's ultimate deal for Middle East profitability, so don't underestimate him

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• Nationalism; The Toxic Effect.

  
  December 01, 2017 13:44

  Source: Veterans Today

  https://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/11/26/nationalism-the-toxic-effect/

   

  By Sami Jamil Jadallah 
  Published November 26, 2017

   

  Over the last decade here in the US and in Europe, we have seen the rise of “Nationalist Parties” parties that stand to the “right” of the political spectrum, mostly around race, color and religion.

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• Opinion // Israel Must Not Divide Jerusalem

  
  December 04, 2017 13:00

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.826521

   

  By Moshe Arens

  Published Dec 03, 2017

   

  Arbitrarily altering a city's boundaries based on demographic forecasts is hardly the way to manage a municipality. Instead, all of East Jerusalem should be rehabilitated

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• Deep schism between Israel and American Jewry

  
  December 04, 2017 13:06

  Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

  http://jfjfp.com/?p=96766

   

  By Uri Savir, Al Monitor, Israel Pulse
  Published November 30, 2017

   

  US Jews losing faith in Israel

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• The row over Jerusalem gives American Jews a tough choice

  
  December 05, 2017 13:42

  Source: The National

  https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/the-row-over-jerusalem-gives-american-jews-a-tough-choice-1.681280

   

  By Jonathan Cook
  Published December 4, 2017

   

  For decades most American Jews have claimed an “Israel exemption”: resolutely progressive on domestic issues, they are hawks on their cherished cause. Racism they would vigorously oppose if applied in the United States is welcomed in Israel.

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• Hopes for solving Israeli-Palestinian conflict fall across the Mideast, poll finds

  
  December 05, 2017 13:35

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/hopes-for-solving-israeli-palestinian-conflict-fall-across-the-mideast-poll-finds/131125/

   

  By James J. Zogby

  Published December 2, 2017

   

  Only in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are majorities still inclined to support a two-state solution, while more than 40 percent of Lebanese, Jordanians, and Palestinians now say they no longer believe any solution is possible. 

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• In Generational Shift, Millennial Evangelicals Not as Supportive of Israel

  
  December 05, 2017 13:50

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.826720

   

  By Amir Tibon (Washington)

  Published Dec 04, 2017

   

  New survey shows majority of American, young Evangelicals believe 'Christians should do more to love and care for the Palestinian people'

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