Common Grounds

Haaretz Weekly Podcast Is the U.S. Still Safe for Jews – and What Should Israel Do About It?

November 02, 2018 15:40
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/is-the-u-s-still-safe-for-jews-and-what-should-israel-do-about-it-1.6608811

By Simon Spungin

Published Oct 29, 2018

In the aftermath of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack on American soil, we discuss the rift between Israel and the Diaspora and the growing anger of U.S. Jews toward their own president and Israeli leaders
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Anti-Zionist influence growing in Southern Baptist, evangelical circles

November 06, 2018 12:24
Source: Capstone Report

http://capstonereport.com/2018/11/05/anti-zionist-influence-growing-in-southern-baptist-evangelical-circles/32221/

By Capstone Report staff

Published November 5, 2018

Theology of Resistance embraced at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as the Social Justice infiltration of Evangelicalism continues; Social Justice Warriors adopt Liberation Theology to attack Israel
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Opinion // Thanks to Trump, the Entire Mideast Now Knows: You're Either With America, or Against Us

November 06, 2018 12:38
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-with-trump-the-entire-mideast-now-knows-you-re-either-with-america-or-against-us-1.6614067

By Elliott Abrams

Published November 04, 2018

Trump’s policy has been grounded in realism, in reasserting that the U.S. knows who its friends are - and who are not: A simple, old-fashioned, yet absolutely indispensable stance for a world power
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Jews against Zionism - Rodolfo Ragonesi

November 12, 2018 14:58
Source: Times of Malta

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20181107/opinion/jews-against-zionism-rodolfo-ragonesi.693659

By Rodolfo Ragonesi

Published November 7, 2018

Speaking out against Zionism and the occupation of Palestine, the Golan Heights and the illegal wars in the Middle East often creates a backlash and unleashes a bunch of trolls making ludicrous claims of anti-semiticism through that well-known cunning ad hominem tactic of attacking the person instead of rationally countering his arguments. Subsequently, many persons shy away from speaking out against Zionism and its roots in racist ideology, for fear of being thus labelled.
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Opinion // The Twisted Logic of the Jewish ‘Historic Right’ to Israel

November 14, 2018 15:44
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-twisted-logic-of-the-jewish-historic-right-to-israel-1.6654428

By Shlomo Sand

Publshed Nov 14, 2018

Our political culture insists on seeing the Jews as the direct descendants of the ancient Hebrews. But the Jews never existed as a ‘people’ – still less as a nation
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Opinion // God Is All the Palestinians Have Left

November 16, 2018 13:31
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-god-is-all-the-palestinians-have-left-1.6651510

By Odeh Bisharat

Published Nov 13, 2018

The risible Qatari sum given as charity money to Gaza shows the scum of the Arab world has joined with Israel against the Palestinians, and only God remains at their side
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Ten Days in Palestine: A Close-Up View of the Fatuity of the Two-State Solution

November 16, 2018 13:54
Source: Mintpressnews

https://www.mintpressnews.com/ten-days-palestine-close-view-fatuity-two-state-solution/251791/

By Miko Peled

Published November 13, 2018

Ten days in Palestine is all one needs in order to experience the collapse of the prevailing political thinking regarding Palestine.
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Israel’s Suicidal Passion for Tribal Nationalism

November 20, 2018 14:55
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

http://jfjfp.com/israels-suicidal-passion-for-tribal-nationalism-2/

By Arthur Goodman

Published November 19, 2018

Zeev Sternhell writes in Haaretz Nov 16, 2018. This article is printed in its entirety

The fate of the Jews has been tied to liberal values, and yet the levels of racist tribal nationalism reached here are incomparable,
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Gaza will always remain a fortress of dignity

November 20, 2018 15:05
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181119-gaza-will-always-remain-a-fortress-of-dignity/

By Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

Published November 19, 2018

While the whole world is busy dealing with the case of assassinated journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and after the announcement of an internationally-mediated cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, a surprise security operation was carried out by a group of elite forces in the Zionist enemy army under the cover of darkness in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
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U.S. Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Netanyahu as Trump Readies Mideast Peace Plan

November 23, 2018 14:24
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-evangelicals-put-their-faith-in-netanyahu-as-trump-readies-mideast-peace-plan-1.6674084

By Amir Tibon

Published Nov 20, 2018

The U.S. president faces a Catch-22 with his ‘deal of the century’: Any plan that includes Israeli concessions could disappoint many of his evangelical supporters, but only a plan with real Israeli concessions has any chance of moving forward
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