Common Grounds

I Love That Palestinian Look … the Colors of His Shawl

January 25, 2021 14:12
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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Anti-Semitism and Israel: Right-wing Zionists play a deadly word game

January 26, 2021 13:39
Source: Salon

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/anti-semitism-and-israel-zionists-hope-to-crush-dissent-with-mendacious-word-games/

By DOUG NEISS
Published January 24, 2021

An expanded definition of "anti-Semitism" is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work
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Opinion | Is 'Jewish' a Nationality or Religion? Inside Israel's Fierce, Bitter Debate About Identity

January 25, 2021 18:06
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-is-jewish-a-nationality-or-religion-israel-s-fierce-bitter-debate-about-identity-1.9408781?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=2c5e823431

By Simon J. Rabinovitch

Published on 31.12.2020

How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is a Jew
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President Biden, you Need to Hear this: Respected Israeli Rights Group B’Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State

January 20, 2021 13:14
ource: "Juan Cole"

https://www.juancole.com/2021/01/president-respected-apartheid.html

By Juan Cole

Published January 17, 2021
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'Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,' Says Former PM’s Son

September 21, 2021 15:05
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-former-pm-s-son-israel-was-born-in-sin-i-m-collaborating-with-a-criminal-country-1.10220502

By Ofer Aderet

Published September 19, 2021

Scion to an iconic Zionist family and former member of the Shin Bet, Yaakov Sharett, 95, has become an anti-Zionist who encourages people to leave Israel
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How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism

January 14, 2021 14:04
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html?referringSource=articleShare

By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham

Published January 11, 2021

A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.
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We’re an Orthodox Jew and evangelical Christian, and we saw the attack on the Capitol coming

January 13, 2021 14:00
Source: Forward

https://forward.com/opinion/461823/orthodox-jew-evangelical-christian-trumpism-capitol-attack/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday%20Newsletter%20RSS&utm_maildate=01/10/2021

By Hannah Lebovits and Beth Piwkowski

Published January 10, 2021
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How we can face the future without fear, together

January 14, 2021 19:21
Source: TED

Published July 13, 2017
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For some Christians, the Capitol riot doesn’t change the prophecy: Trump will be president

January 18, 2021 12:58
Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/01/14/prophets-apostles-christian-prophesy-trump-won-biden-capitol/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/2e7f74f/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48/597682b5ae7e8a6816d78e2c/22/70/600075899d2fda0efbaedc48

By Michelle Boorstein

Published January 14, 2021
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What’s It All About?

January 18, 2021 15:51
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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