Common Grounds

Israel and its western allies have run out of Palestinian enforcers

June 22, 2021 19:48
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-western-allies-run-out-Palestinian-enforcers

By Joseph Massad

Published June 11, 2021

A continuation of the strategy of finding client leaders cannot forestall the massive Palestinian anti-colonial revolt to come
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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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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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Ilan Pappe - The JNF's Role in the Nakba

July 12, 2021 14:37
Source: YouTube

https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/?shva=1&zx=h5ngnpngz4cs#inbox/FMfcgzGkZGpdjWKNmBgxlqdpxSgzSFMV?projector=1
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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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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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Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable

July 20, 2021 23:44
Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/evangelical-support-for-israel-is-neither-permanent-nor-inevitable-164209

Published July 19, 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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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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