Common Grounds

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• Our Finest Hour

  
  April 03, 2020 13:45

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-socioeconomic-landscape-after-covid19-pandemic-by-javier-solana-2020-03

   

  Published March 28, 2020

  By JAVIER SOLANA

   

  Over the coming weeks, much will be at stake collectively, and for some of us also individually. Today, uncertainty about what the post-pandemic world will look like is rife, but we do know it will be built upon the words and deeds we choose now.

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• What Do We Do Now? Larger Lessons From The Pandemic

  
  April 07, 2020 13:38

  Source: Jewish Websight

  https://jewishwebsite.com/opinion/what-do-we-do-now-larger-lessons-from-the-pandemic/54239/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Today+in+JWS

   

  By Louis René Beres 
  Published April 6, 2020 

   

  “The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)

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• What caused the coronavirus? A skeptical take on the theories about the outbreak’s Chinese origin.

  
  April 17, 2020 11:45

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/16/what-caused-coronavirus-skeptical-take-theories-about-outbreaks-chinese-origin/

   

  By Adam Taylor

  Published April 16, 2020

   

  Of all the mysteries about the novel coronavirus, its origin excites the most fervent debate. At the outbreak’s beginning, there were conspiracy theories that the virus was man-made; recently, questions have focused on whether a natural virus was accidentally spread through research.

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• Nearly three-in-ten Americans believe COVID-19 was made in a lab

  
  April 17, 2020 19:16

  Source: Pew Research Center

  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/08/nearly-three-in-ten-americans-believe-covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab/

   

  By KATHERINE SCHAEFFER

  Published April 8, 2020

   

  As news and misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic has spread, many Americans have encountered conflicting narratives about how the new coronavirus originated. Scientists have determined the virus came about naturally, but there is some uncertainty about how it first infected people.

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• The intangible effects of walls

  
  April 27, 2020 11:33

  Source: TED

  https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_auer_the_intangible_effects_of_walls_apr_2020?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image__2020-04-24

   

  Alexandra Aue / TEDxEindhoven

   

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• The Coming Greater Depression of the 2020s

  
  May 05, 2020 13:24

  Source: ProjectSyndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greater-depression-covid19-headwinds-by-nouriel-roubini-2020-04?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=64d8372856-sunday_newsletter_03_05_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-64d8372856-93791313&mc_cid=64d8372856&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By NOURIEL ROUBINI

  Published April 28, 2020

   

  While there is never a good time for a pandemic, the COVID-19 crisis has arrived at a particularly bad moment for the global economy. The world has long been drifting into a perfect storm of financial, political, socioeconomic, and environmental risks, all of which are now growing even more acute.

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• The American Public and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2000-2020

  
  May 12, 2020 14:37

  Source: Besa Center

  https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/israel-palestinians-americans/#

   

  By Prof. Eytan Gilboa

  Published May 11, 2020

   

  BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,560, May 11, 2020

   

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Data and analysis of surveys of American public opinion on three issues—views of Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority, sympathies with the two sides, and support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state—reveal that from 2000 to 2020, Americans have consistently viewed Israel favorably and the Palestinian Authority unfavorably and shown much more sympathy for Israelis than for Palestinians. They are increasingly supportive of the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, a trend that might have resulted from the inclusion of a Palestinian state in President Donald Trump’s peace plan.  

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• In Nicaragua With Christ in Peace …

  
  May 15, 2020 13:02

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, 17 May 2020

   

  Each week we let Saint Pope John Paul II share meaningful signposts to spark socio-economic resolves through justice and righteousness combined with mercy and compassion; in short, love.

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• Trouble in paradise: ‘GOD TV’ spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals

  
  May 19, 2020 10:37

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/trouble-in-paradise-god-tv-spat-exposes-tensions-between-israel-evangelicals/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-05-18&utm_medium=email

   

  By JOSEPH KRAUSS

  Published 18 May 2020

   

  Jewish state has long welcomed Christians’ political and financial support, but most Jews view any effort to convert them as deeply offensive

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• Gospel Truth: The Inside Story on How Christian Broadcaster God TV Invoked the Wrath of Israel

  
  May 21, 2020 11:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-gospel-truth-how-christian-broadcaster-god-tv-invoked-the-wrath-of-israel-1.8859931

   

  By Judy Maltz

  Published 20 May, 2020

   

  An Israeli cable TV channel with minuscule viewing figures has become international news after seemingly missionizing to Jews. The regulator says this was not part of its broadcasting license, while cable provider Hot denies any wrongdoing. Who are the figures behind God TV and what are they doing beyond fundraising for messianic Jews? A Haaretz investigation

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