Common Grounds

25 years after Berlin Wall fall / Apartheid Wall Comparison between Berlin Wall and the Israeli apartheid wall in Palestine

June 24, 2021 12:58
Source: https://attaallah.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/25-years-after-berlin-wall-fall-apartheid_wall-comparison-between-berlin_wall-and-the-israeli_apartheid_wall-in-palestine/

By ABDALLAH ATTALLAH

Published November 9, 2014
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Opinion | The Settler-philosopher Everyone Loves to Love

December 07, 2021 14:33
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-settler-philosopher-everyone-loves-to-love-1.10440019?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

By Gideon Levy

Published December 4, 2021
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Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?

August 10, 2021 15:32
Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/making-peace-between-israelis-and-palestinians-is-now-the-time-for-a-different-approach-161565

By David Mednicoff, Raslan Ibrahim

Published August 6, 2021

The violence in May 2021 between Israelis and Palestinians was the latest deadly eruption of a decadeslong conflict that has proved immune to attempts at forging a comprehensive peace. We asked two Middle East experts to assess what can be done now to promote peace. Scholars Raslan Ibrahim, assistant professor of political science and international relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and David Mednicoff, chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both imagine there’s a way forward, though their scenarios are very different.
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The Evangelical Pope | Tourism: Breaking Through Walls

August 02, 2021 13:01
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, August 1, 2021
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Opinion | Israel’s Standing in America Is Now Far Weaker Than It Seems

August 04, 2021 14:40
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

By Eric H. Yoffie

Published August 2, 2021

Over half a century of occupation is finally catching up with Israel, and its support base in the U.S. is slipping – not least among young American Jews. Delusions like Micah Goodman's 'manage the conflict' won't help
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Palestinians welcome Ben and Jerry’s decision; claims of antisemitism rejected

July 21, 2021 15:18
Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1897696/middle-east

By DAOUD KUTTAB

Published July 21, 2021

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To a Leading Critic, Both American-Jewish and Israeli Literature Express Deep Ambivalences

April 01, 2021 13:25
Source: Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/arts-culture/2021/03/to-a-leading-critic-both-american-jewish-and-israeli-literature-express-deep-ambivalences/

Published March 31, 2021
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Rabbi Alissa Wise’s love letter to anti-Zionist Jews, as she leaves ten years’ work with Jewish Voice for Peace

April 06, 2021 13:46
Source: Jewish Voice for Peace

https://jewish-voice-for-peace.medium.com/rabbi-alissa-wises-love-letter-to-anti-zionist-jews-as-she-leaves-ten-years-work-with-jvp-d04776df54ff

Published March 24, 2021

We are not one thing, but we are — you are — everything
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The Three-State Solution

April 13, 2021 15:32
Source: Tablet

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/three-state-solution-benjamin-kerstein-peace-israel-palestine

By BENJAMIN KERSTEIN

Published March 23, 2021

The two-state solution has been dead for decades. A one-state solution frightens Israelis and Palestinians alike. Is three the magic number for peace?
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Americans' Religion and Their Sympathies in the Middle East

June 15, 2021 17:39
Source: Gallup

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/350435/americans-religion-sympathies-middle-east.aspx

By FRANK NEWPORT

Published May 28, 2021
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