Common Grounds

The Tormented Dance of the Colonizer: Peter Beinart, Liberal Zionism and the Battle for Palestine

March 23, 2021 12:28
Source: Tikkun

https://www.tikkun.org/the-tormented-dance-of-the-colonizer/

By Mark Braverman

Published March 18, 2021
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One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

March 23, 2021 14:02
Source: Red Letter Cristians

https://www.redletterchristians.org/one-state-solution-in-israel-palestine-a-conversation-and-review/

By Bruce Fisk

Published March 16, 2021
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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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A Book Review on the Topic of Christian Nationalism

March 25, 2021 13:50
Source: Gospel in Life

https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism/

By Timothy Keller

Tim Keller reviews Samuel L. Perry and Andrew Whitehead's book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford, 2020)
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A Christian Vision of Social Justice

March 24, 2021 12:06
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html

By David Brooks

Published March 18, 2021

Social change can be pursued with mercy and hope.
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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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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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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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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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