Common Grounds

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• When Zionism imagined Jewish nationalism without supremacy

  
  July 22, 2019 14:08

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://972mag.com/will-imagining-zionism-without-supremacy/142415/

   

  By Meron Rapoport

  Published July 21, 2019

   

  In his recent book, Dr. Dmitry Shumsky shows that, contrary to popular belief, the forefathers of Zionism did not envision a state based on Jewish supremacy. And yet Zionism, he says, inevitably involves the oppression of Palestinians.

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• It Started Out So Good …

  
  July 24, 2019 12:03

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

  The Hague, The Netherlands

   

  Israeli journalist, Meron Rapoport, states in his article, ‘When Zionism imagined Jewish nationalism without supremacy:’

   

  “In his recent book [‘Beyond the Nation-State’], Dr. Dmitry Shumsky [a historian of the Zionist movement at the Hebrew University] shows that, contrary to popular belief, the forefathers of Zionism did not envision a state based on Jewish supremacy. And yet Zionism, he says, inevitably involves the oppression of Palestinians.”

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• The Abuse of Religion to Foster Extremism Is a Universal Phenomenon

  
  July 31, 2019 15:06

  Source: Common Dreams

  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/29/abuse-religion-foster-extremism-universal-phenomenon

   

  By James Zogby

  Published July 29, 2019

   

  When it masks a political agenda or when it justifies violence either by groups or state actors, it becomes a danger

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• Evangelicals aren’t turned off by Trump’s first term — they’re delighted by it

  
  August 14, 2019 10:57

  Source: Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/evangelicals-arent-turned-off-by-trumps-first-term--theyre-delighted-by-it/2019/08/11/3911bc88-a990-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?noredirect=on

   

  By Julie Zauzmer
  Published August 13, 2019

   

  BRANDON, Fla. — Three years ago, Rickey Halbert was torn about whether to vote for Donald Trump.

   

  On the one hand, he’d read about Trump’s extramarital affairs and the women who alleged he had sexually assaulted them. Halbert, a Defense Department employee, didn’t think the candidate matched his moral compass.

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• Making the Means, Methods and Mechanism for MANY to Move Mountains …

  
  September 04, 2015 11:09

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-dignify-or-to-destroy/

  Published SEP 3, 2018

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