Common Grounds
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How Israeli rights groups prevent Palestinians from framing their own reality
April 01, 2021 15:43
Source: Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)
https://jfjfp.com/how-israeli-rights-groups-prevent-palestinians-from-framing-their-own-reality/
Haneen Maikey and Lana Tatour write in Middle East Eye:
Published April 1, 2021
Imbued in the settler-colonial system, Israeli human rights organisations appear to view Palestinians as little more than a raw data source, while Jewish staff set the agenda
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Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy
April 02, 2021 10:47
Source: The New York Times
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Published March 31, 2021
The president began selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.
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Why I left the cult
April 13, 2021 15:16
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/why-i-left-the-cult/
By AVIGAIL ABARBANEL
Published October 8, 2016
All changed, changed utterly:
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A terrible beauty is born.
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The US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out
April 13, 2021 14:44
Source: Jewish Voice for Peace
Published April 12, 2021
Yara M Asi reports in The Guardian Fri 9 Apr 2021
Instead of vaccinating Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu tried to send thousands of doses around the world as rewards to countries that moved their embassies to Jerusalem
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Opinion | They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'
April 13, 2021 15:58
Source: Haaretz
By Anshel Pfeffer
Published April 8, 2021
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
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Analysis | Israel at 73: Alive, Kicking and Ailing
April 15, 2021 11:07
Source: Haaretz
By Alon Pinkas
Published April 14, 2021
Israel is descending into quasi-authoritarianism, led by a prime minister who is facing a corruption trial and spewing incendiary rhetoric. But not all is bleak
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Essay | Man Imposes, God Disposes
April 20, 2021 11:55
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical
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The Jewish Women Who Posed an 'Existential Threat' to Israel by Marrying Arab Men
April 16, 2021 11:25
Source: Haaretz
By Ofer Aderet
Published April 14, 2021
Hundreds of Jewish women married Arab men in the Mandate period. They were branded enemies of Israel, and to this day their families find it hard to talk about them. No wonder, then, that these stories were buried in the archives and are only now coming to light
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William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians
April 07, 2021 10:24
Source: Religion News Service
By Daoud Kuttab
Published April 6, 2021
Barber’s appearance served to recognize Christians in the Palestinian liberation movement, which some American evangelicals paint as an apocalyptic conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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Opinion | A President in Handcuffs: Why Palestinians Should Vote for Barghouti
April 06, 2021 15:20
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published March 31, 2021
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