Common Grounds

Secret Israeli dossier provides no proof for declaring Palestinian NGOs ‘terrorists’

November 12, 2021 14:25
Source: +972 Magazine

https://www.972mag.com/shin-bet-dossier-palestinian-ngos/

By By Yuval Abraham, Oren Ziv and Meron Rapoport

Published November 4, 2021

Israel hoped a classified Shin Bet document would convince European governments to stop funding Palestinian rights groups. +972 and Local Call got hold of the dossier's testimonies — and found no real evidence to justify Israel's claims.
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Time to reimagine, recreate, restore

November 12, 2021 12:19
Source: Human Rights on behalf of Mazin Qumsiyeh

https://www.palestinenature.org/

By Mazin Qumsiyeh

Published November 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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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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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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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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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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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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Racial Justice Vs. The Israel Lobby: When Being Pro-Palestine Becomes the New Normal

November 16, 2021 15:08
Source: Ramzy Baroud, Politics for People

http://www.ramzybaroud.net/racial-justice-vs-the-israel-lobby-when-being-pro-palestine-becomes-the-new-normal/?utm_content=bufferd65f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=

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By Ramzy Baroud

Published October 6, 2021
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