August 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/eoztv-does-shalom-mean-salaam.htmlMy fascinating interview with Harold Rhode continues, as he discusses the difference between how Muslims and Westerners think using some basic examples from vocabulary. And, no, Salaam does not mean what Shalom means. We have […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/looking-for-pakistani-bene-israel.html  Following the emergence of a second self-identifying Jew in Pakistan – Arie Ben Samuel – Point of No Return has received two anonymous messages. We think both are from a Pakistani Jew now living […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/palestinian-authority-says-muslim.html The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Israel adding some sort of electronic gate to the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. But this is an excuse for the PA […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/arab-league-meeting-banners-had-maps.htmlThe banner that was used in the streets of Nouakchott, Mauritania during last week’s Arab Summit there included a logo where the member countries of the League were represented by their respective flags overlaid on […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/reuters-repeats-mondoweiss-lie-about.html From Reuters: Palestinian swimmer Mary al-Atrash can’t wait to make a splash at the Rio Olympics in August… The 22-year-old university graduate’s preparations have been hampered because she does not have an Olympic-sized pool […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0801-links-pt2-lumish-obamas-racism-and.htmlFrom Ian: David Collier: Facebook. A pipeline for funding Hamas terrorism? As a target audience, foreign activists are perfect. They are concentrated in a small space. Many are obsessive and almost none check the veracity […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/haaretz-anti-zionist-historian-seems.htmlHaaretz keeps digging to new lows. It published an essay by two anti-Zionist historians why they decided to become anti-Zionist. The first few paragraphs from Hasia Diner, professor of American Jewish history at NYU, is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/rampant-islamophobia-in-arab-media.html A recent MEMRI reportestablishes beyond all doubt that the Arab media are infested with rampant Islamophobia – at least by western standards of political correctness… But, speaking seriously, the lengthy report is absolutely worth […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0801-links-pt1-abbas-sues-history-not.htmlFrom Ian: Abbas Sues History. Not a Parody. But there is more to this than just a diplomatic evasion. By focusing on Balfour and treating it as illegal, what the Palestinians are doing is rejecting […]