Common Grounds

Trump's gifts, Biden's promises, Netanyahu's wishes

February 25, 2021 14:37
Source: Daily Sabah

https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/trumps-gifts-bidens-promises-netanyahus-wishes

BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN

Published February 23, 2021
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Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy

February 25, 2021 15:05
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/noam-chomsky-middle-east-israel/

By Lilach Ben David

Published February 17, 2021

From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'
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Remember the Marshall Plan … Debating Biden’s Stimulus Plan

February 26, 2021 12:55
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

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10-20 American mouthpieces for Israeli government had unrivaled access to Obama White House — Rhodes

February 26, 2021 12:20
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/02/10-20-american-mouthpieces-for-israeli-government-had-unrivaled-access-to-obama-white-house-rhodes/

BY PHILIP WEISS

Published February 24, 2021

White House officials have to go to the Israel lobby AIPAC conference, but if they meet with Arab-Americans 'you can get into trouble,' former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes says.
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Biden Goes Big

February 18, 2021 13:45
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-right-to-launch-massive-rescue-plan-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2021-02?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=521e775455-sunday_newsletter_02_07_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-521e775455-93791313&mc_cid=521e775455&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

Published February 1, 2021

The US president's proposed $1.9 trillion recovery package will provide enormous stimulus to the economy. The economic growth that results will generate substantial tax revenues, not just for the federal government but also for the states and municipalities that are now starved of the funds they need to provide essential services.
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Raghuram G. Rajan Says More…

February 18, 2021 13:28
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/say-more/an-interview-with-raghuram-g-rajan-2021-01?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=fdcfb2f10c-contributor_newsletter_schwab_09_02_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-fdcfb2f10c-93791313&mc_cid=fdcfb2f10c&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

Published January 26, 2021

This week in Say More, PS talks with Raghuram G. Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Are Modern Prophets NEVER Wrong?

February 15, 2021 12:23
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
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Opinion / Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation

February 13, 2021 18:07
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/israel-palestinian-confederation.html

By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour

Published February 12, 2021

Politicians and experts should not doubt a two-state solution. But they should finally consider a plausible version of it.
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Reviewing US policy on Palestine, with Professor Rashid Khalidi

February 16, 2021 15:38
Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210210-memo-in-conversation-with-professor-rashid-khalidi-2/

By Nasim Ahmed

Published February 10,2021

Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.
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America Is (Sort of) Back

February 18, 2021 12:16
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-foreign-policy-challenges-credibility-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-02

By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

Published February 17, 2021

From its botched pandemic response to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, America’s political dysfunction has lately been on stark display. And that is only one obstacle President Joe Biden's administration faces in pursuing a robust foreign policy.
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