Common Grounds

Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry

May 24, 2021 12:01
Source: Science

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2000/10/jews-and-arabs-share-recent-ancestry

By Ann Gibbons

Published October 30, 2000
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International law sides with Palestinian refugees. But can it solve their plight?

May 04, 2021 16:46
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-refugees-international-law-review/

By Sam Bahour

Published May 2, 2021

A new book dives into the myriad laws that protect Palestinian refugees and their right of return. Its proposed solution, though, may be hard to swallow.
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OPINION | Europe Beware! Biden Is Here and There Trumpian

April 30, 2021 12:32
Source: NRC News,The Netherlands

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/04/28/in-bidens-eerste-100-dagen-blijft-het-america-first-a4041654?utm_intern=nrc-web-reacties#reacties

By Ko Colijn

Published April 30, 2021

Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

President Biden got off to a good start. But Europe must pay attention, says Ko Colijn*. The president draws his line. Sometimes it seems Trumpian.
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On Faith: Bernie is right on Israel

May 04, 2021 16:56
Source: Rutland Herald

https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/perspective/on-faith-bernie-is-right-on-israel/article_b039ae60-bb67-5c15-881d-298aff7b6e4e.html

By John Nassivera

Published May1, 2021
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Is Israeli-Palestinian confederation all it’s hyped up to be?

May 05, 2021 14:45
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/is-israeli-palestinian-confederation-all-its-hyped-up-to-be/

Published May 4, 2021

Shira Efron and Evan Gottesman write in +972

While it is fair to critique the viability of a two-state or one-state solution, the ambitious confederation model risks failing for the same reasons.
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Analysis | Jerusalem Has All the Ingredients for a New Intifada - but So Far It Hasn't Happened

May 10, 2021 14:57
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jerusalem-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-new-intifada-but-so-far-it-hasn-t-happened-1.9788002

By Anshel Pfeffer

Published May 9, 2021

The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable
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The People v. Bill Gates

May 06, 2021 13:29
Source: London Review of Books

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/the-people-v.-bill-gates?utm_campaign=20210504blog&utm_content=20210504blog%20CID_5287d0a6678dc7688a

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By Linsey McGoey

Published May 4, 2021
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It is necessary to be an anti-Zionist in order to reject anti-Semitism

April 28, 2021 11:33
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210401-it-is-necessary-to-be-an-anti-zionist-in-order-to-reject-anti-semitism/

By Asa Winstanley

Published April 1, 2021
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‘One system, one policy’: Why Human Rights Watch is charging Israel with apartheid

April 28, 2021 11:13
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/hrw-apartheid-persecution-omar-shakir/

By Amjad Iraqi

Published April 27, 2021

Israel has made it irrefutably clear it intends to make Jewish domination over Palestinians permanent between the river and the sea, says HRW's Omar Shakir in interview following landmark report.
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New bill would protect the rights of Palestinian children and families

April 21, 2021 12:02
Source: American Friends Service Committee

https://www.afsc.org/newsroom/new-bill-would-protect-rights-palestinian-children-and-families?fbclid=IwAR1v9Esza0XWqeKXFGwAYn1s4p4daLC3Y7gXn_RFZ-wz5l0IGf9qOnCA3vw

Published April 16, 2021

Quaker org urges fast passage to protect human rights
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