Common Grounds

Talking about Palestine/Israel – what words to use?

March 30, 2021 12:09
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP)

https://jfjfp.com/talking-about-palestine-israel-what-words-to-use/

Eve Spangler writes in Mondoweiss

Publsihed March 25, 2021
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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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Why Biden Must Watch This Palestinian Movie

April 28, 2021 10:28
Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-palestine-israel-the-present.html

By John Brennan

Published April 27, 2021
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Accountability? Yes! Justice? A Work in Progress!

April 26, 2021 13:31
Source: NRC Amerika

nrc.nl/amerika

By Bas Blokker

Published April 21, 2021

Translated by Abraham A. van Kempen

Cheers after Floyd's case ruling, but "it shouldn't end with Derek Chauvin."

Police brutality! After the jury's verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin is heard in Minneapolis. President Joe Biden said that "there is still a long way to go."
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Jewish groups that aid Israel’s war crimes can’t deny all responsibility for those crimes

May 25, 2021 15:53
Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/jewish-groups-that-aid-israels-war-crimes-cant-deny-all-responsibility-for-those-crimes/

By JONATHAN COOK

Published MAay 24, 2021

Israel’s apologists – whether Jewish or not – cannot deny all responsibility for Israel’s war crimes when they actively aid and abet those crimes.
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Bibi’s Poisoned Legacy

June 11, 2021 12:03
Source: Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/netanyahu-ousted-legacy-by-shlomo-ben-ami-2021-06

By SHLOMO BEN-AMI

Published June 9, 2021

After 12 years with Binyamin Netanyahu in power, Israel is more divided than it has ever been, and Israelis have largely lost hope that their country can be both Jewish and democratic. Can the new government, united only by its aversion to the country's longest-serving prime minister, push back against this legacy?
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Don’t mourn a coexistence that never existed

June 08, 2021 13:40
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/dont-mourn-a-coexistence-that-never-existed/

Rami Younis writes in +972

Published June 2, 2021

After weeks of racist incitement, the Israeli media is suddenly talking about 'bringing back coexistence' — a paradise that was never even here
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How will pro-Israel Evangelicals react to the post-Bibi era?

June 08, 2021 14:02
Source: The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/how-will-pro-israel-evangelicals-react-to-the-post-bibi-era-670370

By Joel C. Rosenberg

Published June 7, 2021

They don’t know Naftali Bennett or Yair Lapid, so there is no trust yet, but it can be developed
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Americans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians

May 28, 2021 11:50
Source: NRC Amerika

nrc.nl/amerika

By Bas Blokker

Published May 25, 2021

Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen
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AN OPEN LETTER TO U.S. CHRISTIANS FROM A PALESTINIAN PASTOR

May 31, 2021 11:59
Source: Sojourners

https://sojo.net/articles/open-letter-us-christians-palestinian-pastor

By Munther Isaac

Published May 19, 2021

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!”
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