Common Grounds

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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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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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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Why does everyone want Jerusalem? CNN investigates in a new docuseries

July 15, 2021 11:16
Source: The Forward

https://forward.com/culture/472875/jerusalem-city-of-faith-and-fury-cnn-docuseries-mcgregor-palestinian/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2522576

By PJ Grisar

Published July 13, 2021
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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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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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On Memory, Justice, and the Bones of Indigenous Children

July 13, 2021 14:14
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/on-memory-justice-and-the-bones-of-indigenous-children/

By Benay Blend

Published July 5, 2021
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Americans' Religion and Their Sympathies in the Middle East

June 15, 2021 17:39
Source: Gallup

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/350435/americans-religion-sympathies-middle-east.aspx

By FRANK NEWPORT

Published May 28, 2021
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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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