Common Grounds

What ties the U.S. and Israel together? Our arrogant, doomed mythology of exceptionalism

April 20, 2021 18:05
Source: Salon

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/17/what-ties-the-us-and-israel-together-our-arrogant-doomed-mythology-of-exceptionalism/

By DOUG NEISS

Published April 17, 2021

Our two nations are headed for doom, driven by the power of the Zionist right and a conviction we can do no wrong
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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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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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Doubts & Loves: Israel/Palestine, Perspectives, & Peace

August 12, 2021 14:55
Source: Patheos

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlgregg/2021/08/doubts-loves-israel-palestine-perspectives-peace/

By Carl Gregg

Published August 11, 2021
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Israel-Palestine question: Biden’s role

August 10, 2021 15:10
Source: The Pioneer

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/sunday-edition/israel-palestine-question--biden---s-role.html

By Manan Dwivedi

Published August 8, 2021

The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem gets an ample reflection in the au courant US foreign policy. President Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. President Biden can redefine the relations with Israel. Still, nothing out of the box emerged in Biden- speak for Israel
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Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

August 17, 2021 13:30
Source: The International Crisis Group

https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/225-beyond-business-usual-israel-palestine

Published August 10, 2021

The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.
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If no more two-state solution, then what? - opinion

August 17, 2021 13:41
Source: The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/if-no-more-two-state-solution-then-what-opinion-676472

By GERSHON BASKIN

Published: August 12, 2021

ENCOUNTERING PEACE: THIS IS not a shallow argument of one state or two states; the political solutions of the future will probably be much more complex.
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Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it?

August 17, 2021 15:01
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/liberal-zionism-is-dying-will-foregoing-the-jewish-state-save-it/

Shaul Magid wries a book review in +972

Published August 16, 2021

A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.
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Palestinian dispossession is nothing new, but the world wasn’t always watching

August 10, 2021 11:48
Source: Open Democracy

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/palestinian-dispossession-is-nothing-new-but-the-world-wasnt-always-watching/

By Himmat Zoubi

Published August 5, 2021

Recent protests by Palestinians in Israel highlight an ongoing reality of dispossession and discrimination for the country’s Arab citizens
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‘A wandering people-race’ — Shlomo Sand’s new book on Judéophobia

August 09, 2021 10:59
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/a-wandering-people-race-shlomo-sands-new-book-on-judeophobia/

By YAKOV RABKIN

Published August 4, 2021

UNE RACE IMAGINAIRE (AN IMAGINARY RACE)
Courte Histoire de la Judéophobie (A Short History of Judéophobia)
by Shlomo Sand
176 pp. Paris, Seuil. 2020.
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