Common Grounds
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An explainer about Evangelical Christians and Jerusalem
June 04, 2018 14:24Source: The Anninston Star
Musings of The Star's editorial board
Published May 29, 2018The violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the Middle East isn't easy to explain and, considering it's been going on since 1948, it's even tougher to prevent. President Trump's recent decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has made the situation even more complicated, particularly for the Evangelical Christians in America who universally support Israel in these discussions.
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What would you do if soldiers dragged your son out of bed in the middle of the night?
June 12, 2018 13:35Source: +972 Magazine
By Orly Noy
Published June 8, 2018After more than half a century of occupation, most Israelis can no longer imagine themselves in the place of the Palestinians. But if we cannot imagine what it is like to live under occupation, we must at least confront its brutal reality.
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Opinion // Should Palestinians 'Return' to Judaism?
June 12, 2018 13:53Source: Haaretz
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-should-palestinians-return-to-judaism-1.6159270
By Seraj Assi
Published Jun 10, 2018'They belong to our people': Why Israel's founders believed Palestinians were originally Jews, and how this discredited theory could offer hope for reconciliation today
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In Israel, top Indonesian cleric calls for ‘compassion’ between Muslims and Jews
June 17, 2018 21:41Source: The Times of Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Published 12 June 2018
Yahya Staquf, who heads world’s largest Muslim organization, says he wants to promote ties with Jerusalem, but stresses he came to affirm 'Palestine's sovereignty'
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'You never told me': Confronting American Jewish myths about Israel
June 21, 2018 15:58Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/you-never-told-me-confronting-american-jewish-myths-about-israel/136298/
By Emma Goldberg
Published June 19, 2018
A group of young American Jews are challenging the the institutionalized myths they were taught about the Jewish state in classrooms, youth group trips, and summer camps.
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When racism in Israel becomes the 'legitimate right' of its Jewish citizens
June 21, 2018 16:08Source: +972 Magazine
https://972mag.com/when-racism-in-israel-becomes-the-legitimate-right-of-its-jewish-citizens/136332/
By Suhad Bishara
Published June 21, 2018
Protests against Arab families moving into a Jewish city are a reminder that until everyone is free to choose where they want to live, the Israeli regime will remain segregationist and racist at its core.
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U.S. close to releasing Mideast peace proposal that Palestinian leadership may immediately reject
June 21, 2018 16:15Source: The Washington Post
By Anne Gearan, Karen DeYoung and Loveday Morris
Published June 21, 2018
The Trump administration is close to releasing a long-awaited Middle East peace proposal that officials said would present U.S. goals for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians, despite the Palestinian position that President Trump cannot be an honest broker.
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Corbyn Says Labour Government Would Recognize State Of Palestine
June 25, 2018 14:11Source: Forward
By JTA
Published June 24, 2018
(JTA) — British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, under fire for having anti-Israel views born out of anti-Semitism, said in a tweet that a Labour-led government would recognize Palestine as a state.
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Ending colonialism in Palestine
June 25, 2018 14:24Source: The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/content/ending-colonialism-palestine/24756
By Rod Such
Published 24 June 2018
Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism edited by Noushin Darya Framke and Susan Landau, Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) (2018)
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The More Plausible And Reasonable History Of Palestine And Israel – OpEd
June 25, 2018 14:36Source: Eurasia Review
http://www.eurasiareview.com/22062018-the-more-plausible-and-reasonable-history-of-palestine-and-israel-oped/
By Rima Najja
Published June 22, 2018
The history behind Palestine and Israel is a history of Jewish European settler-colonialism — i.e., Zionism. And since racism is a symptom and a tool of settler-colonialism, Zionism is also viewed as anti-Semitism, and as ethno-supremacy or Jewish supremacy, Arabophobia and Islamophobia.
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