Common Grounds

William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians

April 07, 2021 10:24
Source: Religion News Service

https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/

By Daoud Kuttab

Published April 6, 2021

Barber’s appearance served to recognize Christians in the Palestinian liberation movement, which some American evangelicals paint as an apocalyptic conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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The US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out

April 13, 2021 14:44
Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

https://jfjfp.com/the-us-media-is-touting-israels-covid-recovery-but-occupied-palestinians-are-left-out/

Published April 12, 2021

Yara M Asi reports in The Guardian Fri 9 Apr 2021

Instead of vaccinating Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu tried to send thousands of doses around the world as rewards to countries that moved their embassies to Jerusalem
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Lecture by Angela Davis Canceled after Pressure from Pro-Israel Students

April 05, 2021 14:06
Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/lecture-by-angela-davis-canceled-after-pressure-from-pro-israel-students/

Published April 1, 2021
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Essay – For the People, Of the People, By the People

April 02, 2021 12:25
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Biden’s Vision for America!

Isn’t it ‘America First’ all over again? Maybe!
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Balfour Project newsletter: new definition of Antisemitism

March 31, 2021 11:56
Source: Balfour Project

https://balfourproject.org/category/current/news/

Published March 30, 2021
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How Israeli rights groups prevent Palestinians from framing their own reality

April 01, 2021 15:43
Source: Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

https://jfjfp.com/how-israeli-rights-groups-prevent-palestinians-from-framing-their-own-reality/

Haneen Maikey and Lana Tatour write in Middle East Eye:

Published April 1, 2021

Imbued in the settler-colonial system, Israeli human rights organisations appear to view Palestinians as little more than a raw data source, while Jewish staff set the agenda
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Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy

April 02, 2021 10:47
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/business/economy/biden-infrastructure-plan.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210401&instance_id=28723&nl=the-morning&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=54658&te=1&user_id=

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By Jim Tankersley

Published March 31, 2021

The president began selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.
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Against economic absolutism

April 02, 2021 11:17
Source: Fortune

https://fortune.com/2021/03/31/against-economic-absolutism-socialism-vs-capitalism-ceo-daily/

By DAVID MEYER

Published March 31, 2021
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Why I left the cult

April 13, 2021 15:16
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/why-i-left-the-cult/

By AVIGAIL ABARBANEL

Published October 8, 2016

                    All changed, changed utterly:
                    A terrible beauty is born.
                    –From Easter, 1916, by WB Yeats
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Opinion | They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'

April 13, 2021 15:58
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-they-re-israel-s-far-right-anti-arab-nationalists-but-don-t-call-them-nazis-1.9694208?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=weekend&utm_content=fa566b83bc

By Anshel Pfeffer

Published April 8, 2021

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
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