Common Grounds

Pope gives Iraqis hope

March 11, 2021 17:25
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822111

By Daoud Kuttab

Published March 8, 2021
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Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords

March 11, 2021 17:51
Source: Jews News Syndicate

https://www.jns.org/opinion/pope-francis-and-part-two-of-the-abraham-accords/

By Fiamma Nirenstein

Published March 9, 2021

Coming on the heels of Israel’s treaties with several Muslim countries, the meeting between the head of the Vatican and the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites is particularly significant.
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One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

March 23, 2021 14:02
Source: Red Letter Cristians

https://www.redletterchristians.org/one-state-solution-in-israel-palestine-a-conversation-and-review/

By Bruce Fisk

Published March 16, 2021
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The Tormented Dance of the Colonizer: Peter Beinart, Liberal Zionism and the Battle for Palestine

March 23, 2021 12:28
Source: Tikkun

https://www.tikkun.org/the-tormented-dance-of-the-colonizer/

By Mark Braverman

Published March 18, 2021
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A Christian Vision of Social Justice

March 24, 2021 12:06
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html

By David Brooks

Published March 18, 2021

Social change can be pursued with mercy and hope.
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A Book Review on the Topic of Christian Nationalism

March 25, 2021 13:50
Source: Gospel in Life

https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism/

By Timothy Keller

Tim Keller reviews Samuel L. Perry and Andrew Whitehead's book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford, 2020)
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Lucky for Fox Trump No Longer President

March 26, 2021 12:01
Source: NRC Amerika

nrc.nl/amerika

By Bas Blokker

Published March 23, 2021

Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Good afternoon,

Fascinating to see how the roles have simply turned. A Democratic government keeps the press away from sheltering migrant children, and a Republican governor worried about a corona outbreak in the shelter.
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Oppression And Land Theft Bring Shame To Israel – OpEd

March 19, 2021 13:44
Source: Eurasia Review

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19032021-oppression-and-land-theft-bring-shame-to-israel-oped/

By Ray Hanania Ray Hanania

Published March 19,2021
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Palestinian Elections: How Real, and with What Results

March 19, 2021 13:27
Source: Fikra Forum / Washington Institute

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/palestinian-elections-how-real-and-what-results

By Michael Milstein

Published March 5, 2021

Members of the political class and the general public are increasingly anticipating and expecting that Palestinian elections will take place due to an unusual convergence of interests between PA president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas.
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US Church leaders write to President with key Middle East policy recommendations

March 16, 2021 19:14
Source: Independent Catholic News

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/41742

Published March 12, 2021
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