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Analysis | What Trump Accidentally Got Right on Israel and Congress

November 04, 2021 15:20
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-what-trump-accidentally-got-right-on-israel-and-congress-1.10347033?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=878cbe2595&lts=1635906252668

By Alon Pinkas

Published November 2, 2021

When the former U.S. president said Israel is no longer a consensus issue in Congress, he attributed it to AOC and Ilhan Omar. But the real reasons for the change lie much closer to Trump Tower
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Opinion | First Saudi Arabia, Now Sudan: Why Israel's Normalization Strategy Is Imploding

November 05, 2021 11:12
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/saudi-arabia-to-sudan-why-israel-s-normalization-strategy-is-imploding-1.10353622?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=b025df3c19

By Yonatan Touval

Published November 5, 2021
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The Evangelical Pope | Brandenburg – The Gate of Freedom

November 08, 2021 11:03
Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, November 7, 2021
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Zionism’s Original Sin: Ignoring the Fact That Palestine Was Fully Populated

November 09, 2021 15:55
Source: Washinton Report on Middle East Affairs

https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/zionisms-original-sin-ignoring-the-fact-that-palestine-was-fully-populated.html

By ALLAN C. BROWNFELD

Published November 4, 2021

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2021, pp. 12-13, 21
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Egypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout

November 04, 2021 15:00
Source: Christianity Today

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/october/egypt-human-rights-strategy-sisi-religion-coptic-christians.html

By JAYSON CASPER

Published October 18,2021

Some Copts cheer Sisi’s stance and new five-year reform strategy, while others focus on absence of attention to problematic ID cards and reconciliation committees.
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Sisi’s Brand of Islam

November 04, 2021 14:42
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/85621?utm_source=rssemail&utm_medium=email&mkt_tok=MDk1LVBQVi04MTMAAAGAQpPnWuh0wEw4-C0vcd5lO05oLJkdTorAD8bUDJUOW0rntytvOxmhxChzreJ5MbFyqT0sKbpcnzff-PubNf6AdCOqGEX-7HJ0D6xXS5_NDUI

By MAGED MANDOUR

Published October 21, 2021

Sisi’s call for religious renewal falls within the regime’s attempt to centralize power in its hands by creating a top-down version of state sponsored Islam anchored in conservative social values.
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Israeli authorities are authorizing 3,144 new squatter dwellings on Palestinian land

October 29, 2021 12:22
Friday's message by Rev. Sandra R Mackie
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CMEP Supports Biden Administration's Opposition to the Israeli Government’s Approval of New Settlement Construction

October 29, 2021 12:54
Source: Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)

Published October 28, 2021
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13 European states call on Israel to halt plans for 3,000 settlement homes

October 29, 2021 13:08
Source: The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/13-european-states-call-on-israel-to-halt-plans-for-3000-settlement-homes/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-10-28&utm_medium=email

By TOI STAFF and AFP

Published October 28, 2021
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Israeli Arab City Bounced Back From Deadly Flareup, but Residents Fear Further Violence

December 07, 2021 14:19
Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-arab-city-bounced-back-from-deadly-flareup-but-residents-fear-further-violence-1.10439694?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=8a994565d9

By Jack Khoury

Published December 4, 2021

After days of violent attacks and clashes, the Umm al-Fahm residents are still on edge
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