Common Grounds

Donald Trump policies are hurting Palestinians and Middle East peace prospects

June 28, 2018 11:42
Source: USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/27/donald-trump-hurts-palestinians-middle-east-peace-prospects-column/729413002/

By Dianne Feinstein

Published June 27, 2018

Palestinian leaders didn't meet with Jared Kushner because of Donald Trump's heartless policies. The U.S. can't broker peace unless he repairs the damage.
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Young Evangelicals Feel the Complexity of Conflict After Traveling to Israel

July 18, 2018 12:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/young-evangelicals-feel-complexity-of-conflict-after-travel-to-israel-1.6267717

The Forward and Ben Fractenberg

Published Jul 12, 2018

5,000 young Christians who have visited Israel over the past three years on a trip called “Passages”, the Evangelical version of Birthright Israel
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How Israel enshrines apartheid into law

July 18, 2018 12:42
Source: Middle East Eye

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/how-israel-enshrines-apartheid-law-818001636

By Ben White

Published 17 July 2018

‘Jewish nation state’ bill is only the latest attempt to legislate discrimination against Palestinians
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Short Cuts

July 23, 2018 09:58
Source: London Review of Books

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By Amjad Iraqi

Published 19 July 2018

Late last month, the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee approved the latest version of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which is now one step closer to becoming law. The bill was introduced to Congress in March 2017, with the aim of prohibiting American companies from assisting international governmental organisations with boycotts against Israel.
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Oh Israel, Israel, what have you done?

July 26, 2018 12:53
Source: Christian Today

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/oh-israel-israel-what-have-you-done/130051.htm

By David Baker

Published 23 Jul 2018

Israel has passed 'a defining moment in the annals of Zionism and the history of the State of Israel' – according to its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

He was speaking after the Knesset, Israel's parliament, narrowly passed a contentious new 'Nation State Law' which declares that Jews alone have 'the right of self-determination' in the country. International reaction has been negative, with some even labelling it 'apartheid'.
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Opinion // Still waiting for a Palestinian Gandhi? S/he's already here

July 31, 2017 12:08
Source: Haaretz

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.804133

By Zaha Hassan

Published Jul 30, 2017

Every little West Bank girl crossing a checkpoint to get to school is a Rosa Parks. Every prisoner on hunger strike is a Mandela, and every Gazan, surviving despite the dehumanizing conditions, is a Palestinian Gandhi
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The Jewish Nation State Law: If Israel Practiced Democracy, It’d Be Called Palestine

July 30, 2018 13:32
Source: Foreign Policy Journal

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By Jeremy R. Hammond

Published Jul 25, 2018

Israel’s Jewish Nation State Law can’t be a departure from democratic principles for the simple reason that it owes its existence to rejecting democracy.
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PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST AHED TAMIMI RELEASED, BUT EXPERTS SAY ISRAEL HAS BIGGER PROBLEM

July 30, 2018 13:13
Source: Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-released-experts-say-israel-has-bigger-1046716

By TOM O'CONNOR

Published 7/29/18

Teenage Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi and her mother have been released from prison eight months after being incarcerated for a now-famous act of protest against Israeli security forces.
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Opinion // The Sentence That Rewrote the History of the Jewish People

August 03, 2018 11:21
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-sentence-that-rewrote-the-history-of-the-jewish-people-1.6340314

By Ofri Ilany

Published Aug 02, 2018

You only have to look in the Bible to discover that the nation-state law’s claim that the Land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people is simplistic and dubious
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Palestinians Can’t Keep Living Like This

August 20, 2018 12:13
Source: Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-17/palestinians-can-t-keep-living-under-israeli-apartheid

By Hussein Ibish

Published August 17, 2018

In a tiny West Bank village not long ago, a teenage girl slapped a heavily armed soldier outside her home. The prevailing sense among 7 million Jews was that she was a violent renegade, a kind of apprentice terrorist. But almost 7 million Palestinians saw her act as effectively, or at least relatively, nonviolent. They viewed her as fully justified and, indeed, heroic.
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