Common Grounds

Trump’s Poised To Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital. Here’s 6 Reasons You Should Care.

December 06, 2017 15:39
Source: Forward

https://forward.com/news/israel/389170/trumps-poised-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-heres-6-reasons-you/?attribution=articles-hero-item-img-2

Nathan Guttman

December 5, 2017

President Trump is about to fulfill one of his top election promises on Wednesday, but the plan may threaten to ignite the entire Middle East.
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Trump, Take Note: How Jerusalem Went From Hosting 16 Embassies to Zero

December 06, 2017 15:51
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.826698

David B. Green

Dec 06, 2017

President Donald Trump may still be mulling whether to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but countries such as Chile, the Netherlands and Kenya once had ambassadors in the city
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Is Netanyahu still a psychopath and pathological liar?

December 07, 2017 12:12
Source: Veterans Today

https://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/12/05/is-netanyahu-still-a-psychopath-and-a-liar/

By Jonas E. Alexis
Published December 5, 2017

Ciamak Morsadegh: “Benjamin Netanyahu and the anti-Semites need each other: they supply each other with what they need – intolerance and hatred. The fact is, Iran is a place where Jews feel secure and we are happy to be here. We are proud to be Iranian. I know this doesn't follow the Zionist script, but this is the reality. No one forces the Jews to stay here."
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Analysis // Trump Hasn’t Killed the Peace Process, He Just Pronounced It Dead

December 07, 2017 15:14
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.827482

By Zvi Bar'el

U.S. recognition of Jerusalem has shattered the illusion that if only the core issues could be resolved, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would come to an end
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Jerusalem for Dummies: Why the World Doesn’t Recognize It as Israel’s Capital

December 08, 2017 14:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.826929

By David B. Green

And why the possibility that Trump might do just that, seven decades after Israel's establishment, is such a source of apprehension worldwide
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The Evangelical Force Behind Trump's Jerusalem Speech

December 11, 2017 12:54
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.827591

By Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published Dec 11, 2017

The U.S. evangelical community is in raptures over Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel, believing it moves the world closer to Armagedon
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I have witnessed two intifadas. Trump’s stance on Israel may ignite a third

December 11, 2017 13:22
Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/trump-jerusalem-israel-capital-may-incite-intifada

By Raja Shehadeh

Published 10 December 2017

In recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the US president has hindered the prospect of peace in the region
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Trump’s truth

December 12, 2017 13:25
Source: JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS

http://jfjfp.com/?p=96996

By Robert A. H. Cohen, Writing from the Edge/Patheos
Published December 10, 2017

Why Trump’s Jerusalem “reality” is good news for Palestinian solidarity
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Netanyahu fails to sell Trump Jerusalem recognition in Europe

December 12, 2017 13:31
Source: The Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171212-netanyahu-fails-to-sell-trump-jerusalem-recognition-in-europe/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to convince the European Union to follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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The Qur’an: From a Talisman to a Book for Life

December 12, 2017 20:27
Source: HuffPost

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-quran-from-a-talisman-to-a-book-for-life_us_5a2ff21ae4b0cf10effbb096

By Safi Kaskas, Contributor

Co-author of “The Qur’an, A Contemporary Understanding, with References to the Bible”
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