Common Grounds

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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

  https://jfjfp.com/the-us-media-is-touting-israels-covid-recovery-but-occupied-palestinians-are-left-out/

   

  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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• William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians

  
  April 07, 2021 10:24

  Source: Religion News Service

  https://religionnews.com/2021/04/06/william-barber-preaches-at-easter-vigil-service-acknowledging-christian-palestinians/

   

  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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• 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:
                      A terrible beauty is born.
                      –From Easter, 1916, by WB Yeats

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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

  https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-they-re-israel-s-far-right-anti-arab-nationalists-but-don-t-call-them-nazis-1.9694208?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=weekend&utm_content=fa566b83bc

   

  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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• The Jewish Women Who Posed an 'Existential Threat' to Israel by Marrying Arab Men

  
  April 16, 2021 11:25

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-jewish-women-who-posed-an-existential-threat-to-israel-by-marrying-arab-men-1.9712411?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=4c9d6c5409&lts=1618499688158

   

  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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• Analysis | Israel at 73: Alive, Kicking and Ailing

  
  April 15, 2021 11:07

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-at-73-alive-kicking-and-ailing-1.9711973?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=c1e2a2f904&lts=1618451607513

   

  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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• 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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• A mother’s voice

  
  March 18, 2021 21:56

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-mothers-voice/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2021-03-18&utm_medium=email

   

  By Dr. Nasreen Haddad Haj-Yahya 

  Published March 17, 2021

   

  Anarchy now reigns in Arab locales, and I know that my loved ones could be harmed; I therefore turn to you, my Jewish friends, to support our demand for peace and security

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• Opinion | A Dirty but Effective Way to Start Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  
  February 22, 2021 14:08

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-a-dirty-but-effective-way-to-start-ending-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-1.9550846?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=38628aeb2c&lts=1613747321381

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published February 18, 2021

   

  Trump’s deal is dead, Biden is busy, the far right dreams of annexation and the far left of BDS, the peace process industry is engrossed in its fantasies. But there’s a practical, unglamorous way to make life better for two million Israelis and Palestinians

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• Was Jesus a Zionist? (continued)

  
  February 19, 2021 11:16

  Source: www.christianzionism.org

  https://www.christianzionism.org/en/was-jesus-zionist

   

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