Common Grounds

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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Break the fear barrier and speak up for Palestine

July 08, 2021 13:47
Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/11/break-the-fear-barrier-and-speak-up-for-palestine

By Mark Muhannad Ayyash

Published May 11, 2021

Saying the Palestinian issue is ‘complex’ is no excuse for not speaking up against Israeli crimes.
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Take Action to Stop Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem #SaveSheikhJarrah

June 24, 2021 14:00
Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)

https://www.cjpme.org/?utm_campaign=em_2021_26_23_ethnic_cleansing&utm_ medium=email&utm_source=cjpme

June 23, 2021
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Defying Fragmentation and the Significance of Unity: A New Palestinian Uprising

June 29, 2021 16:53
Source: Al-Shabaka

https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/defying-fragmentation-and-the-significance-of-unity-a-new-palestinian-uprising/

By Yara Hawari

Published June 29, 2021
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No Bibi? No Problem: Trump Allies Celebrate Israel’s New Breakthrough With Gulf States

June 29, 2021 13:43
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-no-bibi-no-problem-trump-allies-laud-israel-s-new-breakthrough-with-gulf-states-1.9948985

By Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published June 28, 2021

As Foreign Minister Yair Lapid heads to the UAE for an unprecedented state visit, supporters of the 45th U.S. president see a continuation of the Abraham Accords, now with a new government in Israel
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Family reunification law aims to lower number of Palestinian citizens in Israel

June 29, 2021 17:17
Source: Al-Monitor

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/family-reunification-law-aims-lower-number-palestinian-citizens-israel#ixzz6z7XZvQOA

By Daoud Kuttab

Published June 28, 2021

The family reunification law could endanger the new Israeli government coalition.
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An American Kingdom

July 14, 2021 13:26
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/11/mercy-culture-church/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/3420f98/60ec673c9d2fda8060034242/597682b5ae7e8a6816d78e2c/9/70/60ec673c9d2fda8060034242

By Stephanie McCrummen

Published July 11, 2021

A new and rapidly growing Christian movement is openly political, wants a nation under God’s authority, and is central to Donald Trump’s GOP
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The America that Israel and Palestine Need

July 20, 2021 11:38
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-conflict-needs-more-balanced-us-approach-by-mohamed-elbaradei-2021-07

By MOHAMED ELBARADEI

Published July 16, 2021

Joe Biden promised to make democracy and human rights central to US foreign policy. But that means not insisting on Israel’s right to defend itself without mentioning its expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, its policy of discrimination, and its denial of the Palestinians’ right to an independent state.
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Opinion | Damn Them All

July 18, 2021 20:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-israel-should-have-treated-khalida-jarrar-with-humanity-1.10000031?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=389d7b7b0f&lts=1626374148433

By Gideon Levy

Published July 15, 2021
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Palestine’s Struggle to Create Its Unique Narrative

July 20, 2021 23:26
Source: Governing

https://www.governing.com/context/palestines-struggle-to-create-its-unique-narrative

By Clay S. Jenkinson

Published July 20, 2021

America has had resounding success in telling the story of its birth and rise as a nation. So too has Israel during the 20th century. Now, Palestine must do the same if it wants to succeed, says Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi.
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