Common Grounds

How Israel’s leaders use targeted killings to try to ‘stop history’

January 29, 2018 13:05
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israels-leaders-use-targeted-killings-to-try-to-stop-history/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=23dcc7c93d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-23dcc7c93d-54647837

By DAVID HOROVITZ

Published 26 January 2018

Ronen Bergman, author of 'Rise and Kill First,' a revelatory history of Israeli strikes on individual enemies, dissects his discoveries and their often discomfiting implications
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One state or two states? You're asking the wrong question

January 30, 2018 13:20
Source: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/one-state-or-two-states-youre-asking-the-wrong-question/132753/

By Haggai Matar
Published January 29, 2018

What we desperately need now is to go back to the basics and recognize that guaranteeing Palestinians’ rights is the foundation for any political solution.
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Reasons Why I as an Evangelical Leader in the Middle East Don't Agree With Trump's Declaration on Jerusalem

January 30, 2018 13:50
Source: The Christian Post

https://www.christianpost.com/voice/reasons-why-i-as-an-evangelical-leader-in-the-middle-east-dont-agree-with-trumps-declaration-on-jerusalem.html

By Rev. Dr. Jack Y. Sara

Published 5 Jan 2018

I want to address several reasons why evangelical believers in the Middle East—and particularly in Palestine and Israel—are upset with Trump's declaration.
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European Commission - Press release: New assistance package for Palestine : EU strongly committed to support socio-economic revival of East-Jerusalem

January 31, 2018 15:02
Source: European Commission - Press Release Database

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-368_en.htm

Brussels, 31 January 2018

The EU will fund projects to increase the resilience of locals and support the Palestinian presence in the city, through targeted measures benefiting young people and the private sector.
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EU: No alternative to two-state solution to resolve Palestine question

January 31, 2018 15:21
Source: KUNA, Kuwait News Agency

https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2687475&language=en

Published 31.01.2018

BRUSSELS, Jan 31 (KUNA) -- The European Union stressed Wednesday that the two-state solution is the only realistic solution to the Palestine question and also underlined that without US participation there cannot be a solution.
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W. E. Gutman: An open letter to the Palestinian people

January 31, 2018 15:33
Source: The Signal

https://signalscv.com/2018/01/w-e-gutman-open-letter-palestinian-people/

Published January 1, 2018

This letter should have been written years ago, when the incident that prompts its belated publication took place.
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Opinion // The New Israeli Is Frankenstein’s Monster

February 01, 2018 15:20
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-new-israeli-is-frankenstein-s-monster-1.5765414

By Yossi Klein
Published Jan 25, 2018

We have created a new creature. We are the creature that pushed aside Frankenstein, smashed the gate and left the laboratory to wreak havoc in the neighborhood
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Dear Mr Trump, we're facing a humanitarian disaster

February 01, 2018 15:26
Source: Al Jazeera

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/dear-trump-facing-humanitarian-disaster-180131094246849.html

by Mays Abu Ghosh

Dear President Trump,

Every evening, my grandmother sits us down and tells us stories about a piece of heaven on earth, a place called "Imwas". She describes every little detail about this place - the water spring, the lavish trees and the flowers that bloom throughout the year. She tells us about the beautiful old stone houses, the fig trees and the cactus plants.
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Has the long, uneasy love affair of Israel and America’s evangelicals peaked?

February 02, 2018 15:13
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2018/02/02/Has-the-long-uneasy-love-affair-of-Israel-and-America-s-evangelicals-peaked/stories/201801280248

By LOVEDAY MORRIS, MICHELLE BOORSTEIN AND RUTH EGLASH

The Washington Post

Published FEB 2, 2018

JERUSALEM - For many, the beaming smiles on both sides during Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Jerusalem last month embodied the love affair between American evangelicals and Israel.
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Talk to Palestinians or pay price of ‘perpetual occupation’ – German FM to Israel

February 02, 2018 15:23
Source: RT

https://www.rt.com/news/417620-israel-prospect-occupation-palestine/

Published: 1 Feb, 2018

Israel could pay the price for “perpetual occupation and conflict” and face the prospect of being stuck in a “fully-fledged annexation” if it abandons reconciliation with the Palestinians, the German foreign minister has warned.
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