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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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Israel forms special task force to pressure Ben & Jerry's over settlements boycott: report

July 29, 2021 14:14
Source: Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-beginning-pressure-campaign-against-ben-and-jerrys-report-2021-7

By Bryan Metzger

Published July 27, 2021
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Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

July 29, 2021 14:31
Source: Ben & Jerry’s

https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/palestine-statement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=demand&utm_term=photo&utm_content=palestine-statement

Published July 19, 2021
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The Evangelical Pope | Tourism: Breaking Through Walls

August 02, 2021 13:01
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, August 1, 2021
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Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout

July 30, 2021 10:24
Source: Forward

https://forward.com/fast-forward/473641/ben-and-jerry-endorse-ben-amp-jerry-s-israel-settlements-boycott/

By Asaf Shalev

Published July 28, 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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Analysis | America Is Losing Its 'Leader of the Free World' Mantle. That's Bad News for Israel

July 26, 2021 13:21
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-america-is-losing-its-leader-of-the-free-world-mantle-that-s-bad-news-for-israel-1.10030871?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=111950d2cc

By Alon Pinkas

Published July 25, 2021

For the past five years, the U.S. has been regarded a ‘flawed democracy.’ Unless it can resolve its internal problems, the rest of the world will lose faith in American leadership. That would be a problem for U.S. allies like Israel
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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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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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