Common Grounds

Sunshine Breaking Through Dark Clouds

March 26, 2021 14:26
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

The anguish in my wife's eyes voiced volumes: "What are 'we' going to do with them … thousands, alone? Kids! Where are their parents?"
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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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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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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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How Christian Evangelical Money and Biblical Prophecy Are Driving Immigration to Israel

March 09, 2021 20:02
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-how-christian-evangelical-money-is-driving-immigration-to-israel-1.9590223?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=96ea17f883

By Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer

Published March 8,2021

Once the proud preserve of Jewish Diaspora organizations, aliyah funding is increasingly being ‘outsourced’ to deeply devout Christian groups with equally deep pockets and their own motives to encourage the ingathering of the exiles
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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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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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The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

March 16, 2021 20:40
Source: The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind

By Michael Luo
Published March 4, 2021

The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
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Who is a Jew? Israel’s High Court of Justice’s Answer Reveals Larger Societal Tensions

March 16, 2021 20:07
Source: The McGill Journal of Political Studies (MJPS)

https://mjps.ssmu.ca/2021/03/15/who-is-a-jew-israels-high-court-of-justices-answer-reveals-larger-societal-tensions/

Published By : Melanie Rose

March 15, 2021
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