Common Grounds

No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness

February 01, 2021 16:13
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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Destroying Armageddon: The Apocalypse as a Tourism Attraction

February 01, 2021 15:07
ource: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=18ac36a0cb

By Ruth Schuster

Published January 31, 2021

Snags to creating a park starring Tell Megiddo, a proto-church, a unique Roman legion camp and much more, include a pesky prison smack in the middle and the billion-shekel bill to move it – and the plan to expand a highway
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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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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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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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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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‘Israel has a stranglehold on Congress’ – Former Congressman Traficant

February 01, 2021 13:36
ource: If Americans Knew

https://israelpalestinenews.org/former-congressman-traficant-israel-has-a-stranglehold-on-congress/

Published January 29, 2021

Watch the video HERE
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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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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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