Common Grounds

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

  
  January 22, 2021 16:49

  By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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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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• 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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• 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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• Christian Prophets Are on the Rise. What Happens When They’re Wrong?

  
  February 13, 2021 17:23

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/christian-prophets-predictions.html?searchResultPosition=1

   

  By Ruth Graham

  Published February 11, 2021

   

  They are stars within one of the fastest-growing corners of American Christianity. Now, their movement is in crisis.

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