Common Grounds

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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Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

March 08, 2021 22:40
Source: CHRON

https://www.chron.com/news/article/Intense-preparation-paves-way-for-pontiff-to-meet-15995920.php

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press

Published March 3, 2021
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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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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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Is Inflation Alive?

March 04, 2021 19:28
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/bigpicture/is-inflation-alive?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=3babda6500-covid_newsletter_03_04_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-3babda6500-93791313&mc_cid=3babda6500&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

Published March 3, 2021
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Why Israel fears the ICC war crimes investigation

March 04, 2021 20:02
Source: Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/mar/03/israeli-officials-start-to-feel-the-impact-of-icc-investigation

By Peter Beaumont

Published March 3, 2021

Analysis: officials recognise there is a real risk of prosecution over the deadly 2014 conflict

Report: ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories
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Opinion | Picture Israeli Labor Party Leader Michaeli in Prison

March 08, 2021 22:29
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-picture-israeli-labor-party-leader-michaeli-in-prison-1.9596277?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=a89eb682c1

By Gideon Levy

Published March 6, 2021
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Exultant Crowds Gather for Pope's Erbil Mass, Despite Coronavirus Concerns

March 08, 2021 22:05
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iraq/exultant-crowds-gather-for-pope-s-erbil-mass-despite-coronavirus-concerns-1.9598261?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=4b140a06ac

Reuters

Published March 7, 2021

The Mass in the autonomous Kurdish region is the pope's first engagement in his visit to Iraq, and local Christians have been eagerly awaiting it: 'We hope that he brings peace to Iraq and social harmony and an end to wars'
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Opinion | ‘Dead Goyim Leg’: NBC's 'Antisemitic' TV Clip Is More Accurate Than We’d Like to Admit

March 08, 2021 21:57
Source Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-dead-goyim-leg-antisemitic-tv-clip-more-accurate-than-we-d-like-to-admit-1.9597514?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=4b140a06ac

By Robby Berman

Published March 3, 2012

The outrage over the portrayal of an ultra-Orthodox family refusing a transplant from a non-Jew is hollow when so many Orthodox Jews hold racist attitudes towards gentiles and refuse to donate organs to them
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