Common Grounds

Israel’s ‘Jewish nation state’ bill is pushback against Palestinian citizens’ resistance

March 21, 2018 14:54
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180321-israels-jewish-nation-state-bill-is-pushback-against-palestinian-citizens-resistance/

By Ben White

Published March 21, 2018

Last week, a Knesset committee approved a final version of the controversial “Jewish nation state” bill, sending it to the plenum for its three readings before becoming law.
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UN officials condemn arbitrary arrest of Palestinian children

March 21, 2018 15:08
Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/officials-condemn-arbitrary-arrest-palestinian-children-180320141232332.html

By Barbara Bibbo

UN reports at Human Rights Council in Geneva show Palestinian living conditions severely worsening over the past year.
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No Mr. Schumer, the Torah is Not a Real Estate Book

March 21, 2018 15:14
Source: Tuck Magazine

http://tuckmagazine.com/2018/03/21/no-mr-schumer-torah-not-real-estate-book/

By Sami Jamil Jadallah

Published March 21, 2018

In his shameful appeasement at the recent AIPAC convention where Zionists and non-Zionist politicians are ordered to recite their pledge of allegiance to Israel and line up to “kiss ass”, always under constant fear from AIPAC to lose their jobs, Senator Schumer an Israeli First and foremost, presented himself as an Israeli who believed that the Torah is a “Real Estate Book and Deed” granted by G-d and not as most scholars agree, written by scholars and Rabbis, certainly not Moses.
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MIDDLE EAST: ANGLICAN “PEACEMAKER” CALLS FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IN ENDING ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT

March 22, 2018 14:25
Source: Sight Magazine

https://www.sightmagazine.com.au/features/9009-middle-east-anglican-peacemaker-calls-for-christians-to-be-part-of-the-solution-in-ending-israel-palestine-conflict

By DAVID ADAMS

Christians in the West need to cease giving uncritical, one-sided support to Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and instead engage with Christians in the Middle Eastern church who are working for peace and reconciliation.
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Opinion // Will Europe Continue to Betray the Palestinians Who Endorsed a Non-violent Struggle?

March 23, 2018 14:34
Source: Haretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-should-we-palestinians-have-endorsed-a-non-violent-struggle-1.5932730

By Saeb Erekat
Published Mar 21, 2018

Europe told us only after we Palestinians endorsed non-violence and the 1967 borders would they act on our behalf. We did. Now they refuse to act, because of pressure from a rogue state - America
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A Palestinian mother’s open letter to Melania and Ivanka Trump

March 23, 2018 14:41
Sorce: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/a-palestinian-mothers-open-letter-to-melania-and-ivanka-trump/133957/

By Dalal Erakat

Published March 21, 2018

On the occasion of Mother’s Day in Palestine, one Palestinian mother discusses how teaching tolerance is becoming more difficult as American policies sow more divisions and violence.
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Seventy years on: Whither Israel and the Palestinians?

March 26, 2018 13:50
Source: Gulf News

http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/seventy-years-on-whither-israel-and-the-palestinians-1.2192903

By Osama Al Sharif, Special to Gulf News
Published March 22, 2018

No impartial scholar can examine Israel’s modern history without acknowledging the ongoing plight of the Palestinians
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In one Palestinian village, the whole story of the occupation

March 26, 2018 14:04
Source: +972 Magazine

https://972mag.com/in-one-palestinian-village-the-whole-story-of-the-occupation/133903/

By Joshua Leifer
Published March 19, 2018

Encircled by the separation barrier, threatened with demolition orders, and deemed illegal aliens in their own homes, the residents of the Palestinian village of Walajeh are fighting for their lives.
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Israeli-Palestinian peace process: 'Don't tear down bridges,' Heiko Maas warns

March 28, 2018 14:37
Source: Deutsche Welle

http://www.dw.com/en/israeli-palestinian-peace-process-dont-tear-down-bridges-heiko-maas-warns/a-43141986

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has reiterated Germany's commitment to a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During a visit to the region, he urged the Palestinians "not to tear down bridges."
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Opinion // To the Settler Chief Who Insists Jews Must Rule Israel Even if Arabs Become the Majority

March 28, 2018 14:46
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-to-the-settler-saying-jews-must-rule-israel-even-with-an-arab-majority-1.5955935

Bradley Burston
Mar 27, 2018

If nothing else, the right has persuaded me of this: We need to offer every West Bank Palestinian the option of voting in Israeli elections. If you refuse to allow them a country, for God's sake, allow them the vote
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