Common Grounds

Gaza children living in ‘hell on earth’, UN chief says, urging immediate end to fighting

July 01, 2021 15:05
Source: UN News

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/05/1092332

Published My 20, 2021

The past ten days have witnessed a “dangerous and horrific” surge in deadly violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), particularly Gaza, and in Israel, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday.
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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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Questions and Answers: Israel’s De Facto Annexation of Palestinian Territory

July 02, 2021 12:08
Source: Al-Haq

https://www.alhaq.org/publications/18430.html

Published May 25, 2021
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How a staunch rightist gave her kidney to a Gaza boy — simply to do a good deed

July 02, 2021 12:30
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-staunch-rightist-gave-her-kidney-to-a-gaza-boy-simply-to-do-a-good-deed/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-01&utm_medium=email

By TANI GOLDSTEIN

Published May 30, 2021

Fighting furious objections from her family, Idit Harel Segal went through with the operation, hoping to live up to the morals her Holocaust-surviving grandfather taught her
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Opinion | Should Jews Fear Fanatically pro-Israel, Philosemitic U.S. Evangelicals?

July 16, 2021 10:42
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-should-jews-fear-fanatically-pro-israel-philosemitic-u-s-evangelicals-1.9911159

By Judah Isseroff

Published June 16, 2021

For Jews, what is more offensive – and more threatening? Today’s philosemitic Evangelicals, some with their venomous takes on Israel's new government, or yesteryear’s Christian theological antisemitism?
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Not the Palestine we dreamed of, nor were promised - opinion

July 06, 2021 15:41
Source: The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/not-the-palestine-we-dreamed-of-nor-were-promised-opinion-672916

By DALAL IRIQAT

Published July 5, 2021

Freedom of expression is one of the most sacred rights in the international arena — And the Palestinian people deserve this right and freedom too.
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The Zionist assault on Judaism

July 06, 2021 15:55
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/the-zionist-assault-on-judaism/

Jefff Halper writes in Mondoweiss

Published July 5, 2021

Zionism has not yet murdered Judaism but it has undermined its moral and historical integrity. By intentionally fanning antisemitism, Israel is a major contributor to Jewish insecurity
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Genocide, apartheid? A poll Israel cannot allow itself to ignore

July 16, 2021 10:47
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/genocide-apartheid-a-poll-israel-cannot-allow-itself-to-ignore/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-15&utm_medium=email

By DAVID HOROVITZ

Published July 15, 2021

Nobody who knows the reality in Israel could possibly believe it is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Yet 22% of US Jews apparently do. Alarm bells should be ringing
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CJPME URGES CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO MOVE BEYOND FOCUS ON TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

July 27, 2021 14:35
Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)

https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2021_07_26_beyond_two_states

Published July 26, 2021
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Opinion | Ben & Jerry’s and 'Terrorism'? Lapid and Herzog Are Embarrassing Israel

July 26, 2021 14:12
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-ben-jerry-s-and-terrorism-lapid-and-herzog-are-embarrassing-israel-1.10023414?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

By Ravit Hecht

Published July 23, 2021
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