Common Grounds

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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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• The Gospel According to Q

  
  August 03, 2021 14:20

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qanon-conspiracy-theories-connection-to-america-s-religious-right-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2021-07?

   

  By NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA

  Published July 29, 2021

   

  According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.

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• Does Israel-Palestine need any ‘state’ solution?

  
  August 03, 2021 15:21

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  https://jfjfp.com/does-israel-palestine-need-any-state-solution/

   

  Diana B. Greenwald writes in +972 on 28 July, 2021

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• Opinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems

  
  August 04, 2021 14:40

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

   

  By Eric H. Yoffie

  Published August 2, 2021

   

  Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help

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• Genocide, apartheid? A poll Israel cannot allow itself to ignore

  
  July 16, 2021 10:47

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/genocide-apartheid-a-poll-israel-cannot-allow-itself-to-ignore/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-07-15&utm_medium=email

   

  By DAVID HOROVITZ

  Published July 15, 2021

   

  Nobody who knows the reality in Israel could possibly believe it is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Yet 22% of US Jews apparently do. Alarm bells should be ringing

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• Who Really Supports Nonviolence?

  
  January 20, 2021 12:42

  Source: The Beinart Notebook

  https://peterbeinart.substack. com/p/who-really-supports- nonviolence?token= eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MzkyODM5LCJwb3 N0X2lkIjozMTYyMjk0OSwiXyI6IkF3 b2RwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjExMDgzMjcyLC JleHAiOjE2MTEwODY4NzIsImlzcyI6 InB1Yi0xMDUyNjAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3 N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0. kLJTs4mOHUPwhZ2PhoNFq- hgfzlsySr2lWaYo_vj7dY

   

  By Peter Beinart

  Published January 18, 2021

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• READ: Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem

  
  January 22, 2021 12:22

  Source: CNN

  https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poem-transcript/index.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210121&instance_id=26239&nl=the-morning&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=49887&te=1&user_

  id=f9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  Published January 21, 2012

   

  Watch the video HERE

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• For Evangelical Christians, Trump left but God didn’t - analysis

  
  January 21, 2021 17:44

  Source: The Jerusalem Post

  https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/for-evangelical-christians-trump-left-but-god-didnt-analysis-656127?traffic_source=Connatix

   

  By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN   JANUARY 20, 2021

  Published January 20, 2021

   

  "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away" - Job 1:21

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• Our Prayer: Evangelicals Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Apocalypse!

  
  January 22, 2021 16:49

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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