Common Grounds

Why is the Israeli army suddenly concerned about Gaza?

January 23, 2018 14:41
Source: The National

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/why-is-the-israeli-army-suddenly-concerned-about-gaza-1.697240

By Jonathan Cook
Published January 21, 2018

For years, Gaza has been on the brink of collapse. Jonathan Cook looks at the troubling reasons behind a sudden uptick in interest by the Israeli military
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Opinion Mike Pence Just Confirmed America's Exit From the Mideast Peace Process

January 23, 2018 14:58
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-pence-confirms-america-s-exit-from-the-peace-process-1.5751151

By Sam Bahour
Published Jan 23, 2018

When Pence says: 'We stand with Israel. Your cause is our cause, your fight is our fight', it's clear America is only interested in offering Israel blind political support and abandoning the Palestinians. Real peace must now mean circumventing the U.S. administration
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Why Pence should listen to Christians in the Middle East, not just in the Bible Belt

January 23, 2018 15:05
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/22/why-pence-should-listen-to-christians-in-the-middle-east-not-just-in-the-bible-belt/?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.6e437f00fdd8

By Issam Smeir

Published January 22 2018

Vice President Pence visited my home country of Jordan during his much-anticipated (and delayed) tour of the Middle East, including stops in Israel and Egypt. The trip is designed to draw attention to the plight of Christians in the region, a key concern for many evangelical supporters of President Trump.
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Sudan refugee laments plan to imprison, deport Africans

January 24, 2018 13:05
Source: Al Jazeera

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/sudan-refugee-laments-plan-imprison-deport-africans-180121185731099.html

By Azad Essa

Published 23 Jan 2018

Indefinite imprisonment or a one-way ticket.

These were the options Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to African refugees and migrants in Israel earlier in January.
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Women 'insulted' as American Vice President Mike Pence visits Jerusalem's Western Wall

January 24, 2018 13:14
Source: The New Arab

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/1/23/women-insulted-as-american-vp-pence-visits-western-wall

Published 23 January, 2018

"Western Wall rules" were used to separate male and female journalists covering Vice-President Pence, sparking outrage amongst reporters.
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Republicans and Democrats have never been more divided over Israel

January 24, 2018 16:06
Source: Vox

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/23/16924184/democrat-republican-israel-palestinians-poll-trump

By Ricky Zipp

Published Jan 23, 2018

Also, both parties have flipped by 45 percent in their opinions of Donald Trump versus Barack Obama.
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Palestine: Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees

January 25, 2018 11:43
Source: International Business Times

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/battle-between-israel-palestine-being-fought-olive-fields-100-trees-torched-1471595?utm_source=social

By Tabatha Kinder
Updated October 24, 2014

Israeli settlers in the northern occupied West Bank have razed to the ground huge swathes of Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the town of Huwara, according to reports.
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Abbas Asks EU to Recognize Palestinian State Within 1967 Borders: 'You're the Main Partner in Building Palestinian State'

January 25, 2018 15:25
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-while-pence-in-israel-abbas-to-ask-eu-to-recognize-palestine-1.5750648?platform=hootsuite

By Jack Khoury
Published Jan 22, 2018

The Palestinian Authority is boycotting U.S. vice president Mideast visit and taking their push for statehood to the Europeans
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White Evangelicals, This is Why People Are Through With You

January 25, 2018 11:54
Source: https://johnpavlovitz.com

By JOHN PAVLOVITZ

Published JANUARY 24, 2018

Dear White Evangelicals,

I need to tell you something: People have had it with you.
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Examining ‘Ten Myths about Israel’, by Ilan Pappe

January 25, 2018 15:39
Source: MONDOWEISS

http://mondoweiss.net/2018/01/examining-myths-israel/

By Allan C. Brownfeld

Published January 24, 2018

This review of the book “Ten Myths About Israel’ by Ilan Pappe will appear in the Winter 2018 ISSUES, the quarterly journal of the American Council for Judaism. The book is published by Verso.
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