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The Beatitudes in Tourism …

August 03, 2020 11:39
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, August 02, 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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The uncertain Israeli annexation plans in West Bank

August 06, 2020 16:05
Source: EVANGELICAL FOCUS

https://evangelicalfocus.com/world/7395/the-uncertain-israeli-annexation-plans-in-west-bank

By Jonatán Soriano

Published 6 August 2020

Many inside and outside Israel raised their voices against the plan. Israeli evangelicals “do not see as part of our call to make political statements of any kind”.

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The Plagues of Nuclear Weapons, COVID-19, and Racism: Reflection and Action

August 11, 2020 13:02
Source: The National Council of Churches

https://www.grnewsletters.com/archive/ncc_newsletter/NCC-Newsletter-The-Plagues-of-Nuclear-Weapons-COVID-19-and-Racism-Reflection-and-Action-784708305.html

By Jim Winkler

NCC Newsletter

Published August 7, 2020

Nuclear Weapons, War, and Racism: The Myth of Redemptive Violence
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Palestinians should seek US Christians’ support

August 13, 2020 13:06
Source: Aeab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1694791

By Ray Hanania

Published June 24, 2020
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The salt of the sea, for the first time in Jaffa

August 20, 2020 12:52
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2020/08/the-salt-of-the-sea-for-the-first-time-in-jaffa/

BY Dareen TATOUR

Published August 17, 2020

Depriving people of the simplest right -- to see the sea -- is a crime of the Israeli occupation. An entire generation in Palestine grew up not knowing what the sea means.
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Opinion / Pushing Palestinians Back to Armed Struggle

August 20, 2020 13:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-pushing-palestinians-back-to-armed-struggle-1.9085548

By Sam Bahour

Israeli and American Jews would be well-advised to rethink where Trump and Netanyahu are taking them – and remember that we Palestinians are going nowhere
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Can ‘Abraham’ Bring Peace to the Middle East?

August 25, 2020 15:09
Source: Christianity Today

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/august/israel-peace-plan-united-arab-emirates-uae-abraham-accord.html

By JAYSON CASPER

Published August 17, 2020

Christians in the Gulf hope historic UAE-Israel normalization might also lead to a deal with Palestinians.
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How Israel wages its war on Palestinian history

September 01, 2020 10:25
Source: The National

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/how-israel-wages-its-war-on-palestinian-history-1.1065932?fbclid=IwAR09QU4ELogWafPfEdVv_6_IJ9cfsfG1WLyNXXTEgGc9IXJ249pHXPWUJ14

By Jonathan Cook

Published August 20, 2020

The state is using a variety of means to create a perception that its policies vis-a-vis the Palestinians have been driven by security concerns
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How Israel-UAE deal obliterates the illusion of Arab unity

September 01, 2020 10:32
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/how-israel-uae-deal-obliterates-the-illusion-of-arab-unity/

Published August 27, 2020

Global solidarity with Palestinians, best expressed in the BDS movement, is crucial to the future of the Palestinian cause
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Shhh! Don’t Tell Evangelical Supporters of Israel, but Abortion There Is Legal — and Often It’s Free

September 07, 2020 12:44
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-shhh-don-t-tell-evangelical-supporters-of-israel-about-the-country-s-abortion-laws-1.7274968

By Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published 22.05.2019

Neither religious conservatives nor liberal feminists are completely satisfied with the status quo in the Jewish state, but the current system allows some 40,000 women to have abortions annually
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