Common Grounds

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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Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

August 10, 2021 15:32
Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

Published August 6, 2021

The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.
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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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On Being with Krista Tippett

January 29, 2021 12:04
Source: On Being

https://onbeing.org/programs/bishop-michael-curry-dr-russell-moore-spiritual-bridge-people/

Bishop Michael Curry & Dr. Russell Moore

Spiritual Bridge People
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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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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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What is – and what is not – antisemitic misconduct

January 27, 2021 12:45
Source: Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/antisemitic-misconduct/

Published September 24, 2018
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I live among evangelicals, and admired them. Now I think a reckoning is due.

January 28, 2021 17:25
Source: Forward

https://forward.com/opinion/462884/evangelicals-trump-reckoning-is-due/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20USE%20THIS%20ONE&utm_maildate=01/26/2021

By Mark I. Pinsky

Published January 26, 2021
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Jon Stewart on Liberal Hypocrisy, Donald Trump and Dog Whistles

January 28, 2021 17:12
Source: Forward

https://forward.com/schmooze/354884/jon-stewart-on-liberal-hypocrisy-donald-trump-and-dog-whistles/

By Talya Zax

Published November 18, 2016
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