Common Grounds

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• A Noble Pursuit … A Sustainable Peace!

  
  September 30, 2020 19:24

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

   

  If I may call a spade a spade and call me an egomaniac if you’d like, my 10 Point Peace Initiative is more than a Noble Pursuit. It is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Don’t take my word for it. Read it! You might agree. You’re welcome to disagree as well. Better yet, what are your ideas? Forgive my candor combined with slivers of humor. I know I’m skating on thin ice. Get ready to review the original, the one and only ‘Abraham Accords,’ the real McCoy.

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• Young evangelicals are defying their elders' politics

  
  October 06, 2020 11:50

  Source: CNN

  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/29/opinions/young-evangelicals-fight-climate-change-and-trump-meyaard-schaap/index.html

   

  Opinion by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

  Published September 30, 2020

   

  Editors note: Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. He is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and is a Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN.

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• Opinion / Israel's Founding Generation of Looters

  
  October 06, 2020 12:11

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-s-founding-generation-was-a-generation-of-looters-1.9208398

   

  By Odeh Bisharat

  Published 05.10.2020

   

  According to historian Adam Raz, in his book “Looting of Arab Property in the War of Independence” (Carmel Publishing House, in association with the Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research; in Hebrew), Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion said in July 1948: “It turned out that most of the Jews are thieves.” For me that was the most infuriating thing in the article by Ofer Aderet, who reviewed the book.

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• The future of Israel and Palestine

  
  October 13, 2020 12:33

  Source: The Nation

  https://nation.com.pk/13-Oct-2020/the-future-of-israel-and-palestine

   

  By Dr James J. Zogby

  Published October 13, 2020

   

  In the weeks following the signing of agreements between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, I was struck by some of the commentary by Israeli and Palestinian writers and analysts. While the views expressed by each side were polar opposites and equally hyperbolic, they were both wildly wrong.

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• An Evangelical Understanding of Jews and Judaism

  
  October 13, 2020 14:07

  Source: Patheos

  https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2020/10/evangelical-understanding-jews-judaism/

   

  By Chris Gehrz

  Published October 13, 2020

   

  I’m grateful to Jay Phelan, former president of North Park Theological Seminary, for taking the time to answer a few questions about his new book, Separated Siblings: An Evangelical Understanding of Jews and Judaism (Eerdmans).

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• Beyond Confirmation Bias … A New World Order?

  
  October 15, 2020 17:19

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

  https://abrahamavankempen.com/2020/10/beyond-confirmation-bias-a-new-world-order/

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• Pro-Israel groups reportedly break law, media & Congress look the other way

  
  October 16, 2020 14:50

  Source: If Americans Knew 

  https://israelpalestinenews.org/pro-israel-groups-reportedly-break-law-media-congress-look-the-other-way/

   

  By Alison Weir

  Published September 11, 2020

   

  Documents obtained from the Israeli government show US pro-Israel organizations secretly used Israeli money to influence US policies. Such behavior is illegal under US law. Yet, mainstream media so far are ignoring the information, and Congress shows no interest in investigating this evidence of foreign tampering. A Congressional caucus with 80 members is connected to one of the groups…

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• Understanding American Jewish Philanthropy

  
  October 21, 2020 12:24

  Source: https://sbahour.medium.com/understanding-american-jewish-philanthropy-c0a99e2199e4

   

  By Sam Bahour

  Published 20.10.2020

   

  Book review of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex by Lila Corwin Berman

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• What About the Gospel, the Kingdom of God?

  
  October 25, 2020 19:27

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, October 25, 2020

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• The 2020 US elections – What do Arabs Want?

  
  October 26, 2020 13:42

  By Ray Hanania

  President/CEO Urban Strategies Group

   

  New poll shows Arabs in Middle East favor Biden over Trump
   

  Biden seen as better for the Middle East, but most Arabs want him to shun Obama era policies: Arab News/YouGov poll 

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