August 2016

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/labours-boycotted-security-firm-boycotts-labour-back/It’s not easy getting back into blogging again after our short holiday in the Galilee, especially with the constant surfeit of bad news.  But a useful way to ease myself back in is by indulging […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/arabs-complain-again-about-jerusalem.html From The New Arab: Israeli companies have announced their intention to organise a beer festival on the historic Islamic cemetery of Mamilla in Jerusalem this week. The festival was endorsed by the local Israeli […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/lessons-of-exile-for-refugee-from-iraq.html How does a Jewish refugee from Iraq cope – not just with physical displacement, but cultural exile? The question is stylishly answered by Cynthia Kaplan Shamash in her witty and exhilarating memoir, The Strangers […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0829-links-pt2-why-gunning-down.htmlFrom Ian: NGO Monitor: Norwegian Government Joins BDS-Funding Framework Norway has joined Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands in funding the Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law Secretariat, allocating to the framework NOK 5 million […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-historic-ohel-yitzchak-synagogue-in.htmlLast month I had the chance to briefly visit the Ohel Yitzchak synagogue which is immediately to the north of the Western Wall, outside the northern security gate. The story behind the synagogue is very […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/dear-linda-sarsour-whats-progressive.html During the recent Democratic National Convention (DNC), many “pro-Palestinian” activists complained about what they perceived as a lack of interest and support for their cause. As the ambitious Linda Sarsour – who has been […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0829-links-pt1-palestinian-scouts-hero.htmlFrom Ian: MEMRI: Iraqi Writer: The Iraqis’ Suffering Is Greater Than The Palestinians’; We Should Put Ourselves First On July 3, 2016, Iraqi writer Haidar Sabi argued, in the daily Al-Zaman, that although the Iraqis […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/un-admits-that-vast-majority-of-gazans.htmlThe UN released a report on rebuilding Gaza after the 2014 war. It mentions something that one never sees mentioned: While the vast majority of people who are repairing or rebuilding their homes are able […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/08/something-to-do-with-islam-bbc.htmlBy Daphne Anson   BBC bias for schoolkids I’ve blogged before about how the BBC is spoon-feeding schoolchildren bite-sized morsels of pro-Islam propaganda. See my post here about what the BBC tells the kids about […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/was-there-ancient-arab-village-of.html The Washington Post reports: For a quick reality check on the current stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there’s no better place to visit than this little village of miserable huts and sheep pens in […]