Common Grounds

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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EVANGELICAL LEADERS ON CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

March 01, 2021 12:53
Source: Ron Sider Blog

https://ronsiderblog.substack.com/

By Ron Sider

Published February 25, 2021
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Seven Black Swans in the Middle East

March 02, 2021 12:26
Source: Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/politics-current-affairs/2019/09/seven-black-swans-in-the-middle-east/

By MARTIN KRAMER

Published September 24, 2019

From the Yom Kippur War to the Arab Spring, events considered impossible happen in the Middle East with unusual frequency. Here are seven; when will the eighth appear?
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ICC announces investigation into Israeli, Palestinian war crimes

March 04, 2021 12:11
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/icc-announces-investigation-into-israeli-palestinian-war-crimes/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-03-03&utm_medium=email

By LAZAR BERMAN

Published March 3, 2021

Chief Prosecutor Bensouda promises to investigate ‘impartially and objectively’; her look back starts from the day after 3 Israeli teens were murdered in West Bank in 2014
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U.S. 'Firmly Opposed' to ICC War Crimes Probe That 'Targets Israel Unfairly'

March 04, 2021 11:47
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-firmly-opposed-to-icc-war-crimes-probe-that-targets-israel-unfairly-1.9587871

By Ben Samuels

Published March 3, 2021

State Department argues the International Criminal Court 'has no jurisdiction' over the Palestinian territories, after prosecutor's statement that was hailed by Palestinian leadership and denounced by Israel
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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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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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Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind

February 18, 2021 12:49
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/business/economy/biden-fed-inflation-covid.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210215&instance_id=27155&nl=the-morning&regi_id=146080032&segment_id=51724&te=1&user_id=e

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By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

Published February 15, 2021

Administration and Fed officials argue that workers not getting enough stimulus help is a larger concern than potential spikes in consumer prices.
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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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The Seven Secrets of 2020

February 18, 2021 13:07
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/seven-secrets-revealed-by-2020-by-yanis-varoufakis-2020-12?barrier=accesspaylog

By YANIS VAROUFAKIS

Published December 28, 2020

This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.
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