Common Grounds

The Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

May 11, 2021 11:41
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/05/old-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-dead-long-live-emerging-israeli-palestinian-conflict-pub-84457

By Nathan J. Brown

Published My 5, 2021

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become deeply ingrained in daily life. Work must begin now to heal deep-seated divisions, which are not likely to be resolved in a burst of diplomacy.
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‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine

May 11, 2021 14:57
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/carnegie-usmep-israel-palestine/

By Mitchell Plitnick

Published May 6, 2021

A policy paper centering equal rights for both peoples marks a radical break from the Israel-centric discourse of mainstream U.S. think tanks.
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Israel Should Focus on Evangelicals, Not U.S. Jews Who Are More Critical, Dermer Says

May 11, 2021 15:07
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-should-focus-outreach-on-evangelicals-not-u-s-jews-former-envoy-says-1.9790303

By Sam Sokol

Published May 10, 2021

Deciding to focus on strengthening relationship with evangelicals at the expense of the Jewish community is a numbers game, says ex-Israeli envoy to D.C. Ron Dermer
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America, Human Rights, and Israel’s War on Palestine

June 01, 2021 13:56
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-must-uphold-palestinian-human-rights-in-israel-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-05

By JEFFREY D. SACHS

Published May 25, 2021

Human rights are human rights, and they are part of international law under the UN Charter. Whether the case is Xinjiang and the Uighurs, Myanmar and the Rohingya, or Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, the correct way to defend international law is through the United Nations, starting with an independent investigation under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Why Israel’s leadership change might benefit Palestinians

June 15, 2021 17:08
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1876601

By DAOUD KUTTAB

Published June 14, 2021
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Netanyahu may have won America, but he has lost Israel

June 15, 2021 15:49
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210615-netanyahu-may-have-won-america-but-he-has-lost-israel/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published June 15, 2021
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The Evangelical Pope | One World Religion? MANY!

June 21, 2021 13:04
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, June 20, 2021

"… Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. (1 John 4: 16)
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It’s time for a new approach – The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians

June 22, 2021 19:07
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/israel-palestine-offering-concern-solves-nothing-its-time-for-a-new-approach/

Crispin Blunt writes in Middle East Eye

Published June 21, 2021
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Between the Holocaust and the Nakba, Two Histories – and Maybe a Shared Future

June 22, 2021 19:27
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-between-the-holocaust-and-the-nakba-two-histories-and-maybe-a-shared-future-1.9915571

By David B. Green

Published June 18, 2021

Israeli professors Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg propose an original way of relating to these historical events that just might offer a new path toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Top evangelical leader warns: Israel could lose our support if Netanyahu ousted

June 09, 2021 12:31
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-evangelical-leader-warns-israel-could-lose-our-support-if-netanyahu-ousted/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-06-08&utm_medium=email

By TOI STAFF

Published June 8, 2021

Mike Evans says his 77 million followers will ‘go into the opposition’ with Netanyahu; decries coalition that seeks to replace PM as anti-Zionists who’ll surrender to radical Islam
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