Common Grounds

What’s Piercing Through the Clouds Above Jerusalem?

January 06, 2021 14:14
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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Opinion | Gantz Tosses Abbas a Bone, but Expects Trust in Return

September 03, 2021 12:06
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-gantz-tosses-abbas-a-bone-but-expects-trust-in-return-1.10169986?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=f3091ab94a

By Zvi Bar'el

Published September 1, 2021
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How Gulf states became business partners in Israel's occupation

December 17, 2020 11:54
Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-gulf-states-became-business-partners-israels-occupation

By Jonathan Cook

Published December 14, 2020

Since signing the Abraham Accords, the UAE and Bahrain have been actively colluding with Israel's settler movement and military authorities
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Saudi prince: Bully Israel steals land, puts Palestinians in concentration camps

December 10, 2020 20:30
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-prince-bully-israel-steals-land-puts-palestinians-in-concentration-camps/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-06&utm_medium=email

By RAPHAEL AHREN

Published 6 December, 2020

Turki al-Faisal also says Israel ‘assassinates who it wants to,’ built ‘apartheid wall,’ and denies equal rights to its non-Jewish citizens; FM Ashkenazi slams false accusations
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What would the Maccabees think of us?

December 11, 2020 13:47
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-would-the-maccabees-think-of-us/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2020-12-10&utm_medium=email

By Daniel Gordis

Published December 10, 2020

If the true Jewish revolt is a countercultural rebellion of ideas, here are some of the ideas we should be challenging today
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Reclaiming Israel as a bipartisan issue in American politics

December 16, 2020 11:39
Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/reclaiming-israel-as-a-bipartisan-issue-in-american-politics/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-08&utm_medium=email

By Ilai Z. Saltzman

Published December 8, 2020

Pigeon-holing Israel as an exclusively Republican commodity poses a clear threat – Netanyahu must pull back from his provocative policies
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Gulf normalization isn’t about fearing Iran, it’s about embracing Israel

December 17, 2020 11:25
ource: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gulf-normalization-isnt-about-fearing-iran-its-about-embracing-israel/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2020-12-16&utm_medium=email

By HAVIV RETTIG GUR

Published December 16, 2020

An off-the-record conversation between Emirati and Israeli officials reveals a deeper impulse for forging ties than the immediate benefits each country has won for itself
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Israel's Normalization Pacts Not a Substitute for Peace With Palestinians, State Dept. Says

February 04, 2021 12:39
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-state-dept-israel-normalization-pacts-not-a-substitute-for-peace-with-palestinians-1.9505778?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a6748ad73

By Ben Samuels

Published February 2, 2021

In first press briefing, State Department Spokesman Ned Price confirms aid to Palestinians will resume 'very quickly,' urges regional powers to build bridges in order to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace
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Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery

February 04, 2021 13:13
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/multilateralism-for-the-masses-by-emmanuel-macron-et-al-2020-02?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=macron2021&utm_post-date=2021-02-03&utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=00d1a39859-Macron+Content+Mailing+02_03_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-00d1a39859-93791313

Published February 3, 2021

EMMANUEL MACRON, ANGELA MERKEL, MACKY SALL, ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, CHARLES MICHEL, URSULA VON DER LEYEN

We should not be afraid of a post-pandemic world that will not be the same as the status quo ante. We should embrace it and use all appropriate fora and available opportunities to make it a better world by advancing the cause of international cooperation.
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Exultant Crowds Gather for Pope's Erbil Mass, Despite Coronavirus Concerns

March 08, 2021 22:05
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iraq/exultant-crowds-gather-for-pope-s-erbil-mass-despite-coronavirus-concerns-1.9598261?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=4b140a06ac

Reuters

Published March 7, 2021

The Mass in the autonomous Kurdish region is the pope's first engagement in his visit to Iraq, and local Christians have been eagerly awaiting it: 'We hope that he brings peace to Iraq and social harmony and an end to wars'
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