August 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/abbas-makes-another-threat-says-al-aqsa.html During a Fatah Central Committee meeting on Monday, Mahmoud Abbas said “The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line.” What exactly he meant is unclear from the article, but a similar statement he made in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0822-links-pt2-world-vision-eyeless-in.htmlFrom Ian: Israel Thrives: Surprise, surprise. JStreet U officer supports Black Lives Matter platform on Israel Tablet Magazine ran a few great takedowns of Black Lives Matter’s platform as it concerns Israel. Unfortunately, they were […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/eoztv-legal-expert-alan-baker-on.html During my visit to Israel, I had the opportunity to ask Ambassador Alan Baker, an expert on international law, if he could summarize his position on the legality of Israel’s presence in Judea and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/more-problems-in-6th-edition-of.html In response to EoZ’s criticismof the pronounced anti-Israel bias reflected in Macmillan’s World Regional Geography textbook, the prestigious publisher has declared its willingness to take the “comments very seriously” and to inform the authors, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0822-links-pt1-they-hate-bibi-but-they.htmlFrom Ian: JCPA: The PA, Based in Ramallah, Faces Opposition in Other Towns As the Palestinian Authority prepares for municipal elections in October, the rift between Fatah and the official PA security forces is growing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/palestinians-once-again-tell-pollsters.html The news media spins it this way: (from AP) Slim majority of Israelis, Palestinians still favor peace deal A new poll of Israelis and Palestinians released on Monday found that a slim majority on both […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-gaza-target-that-israel-didnt-hit.htmlPeople are up in arms over Israel’s largely symbolic airstrikes in northern Gaza yesterday – a reported 50 strikes that resulted in one minor injury. Amnesty, for example, tweeted: The IDF hit 50 separate locations […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/palestinian-protesters-close-down-un.html A group of protesters have closed the main offices of the UN in Ramallah to protest the lack of support for a Palestinian hunger striker. Bilal Kayed started his hunger strike when he was […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/arab-jew-s-one-of-many-identities.html Following the release of the Biton report, Haaretz is keeping up a steady stream of articles on Israel’s ‘ethnic divide’. The latest, a somewhat muddled expose by the film-maker and lecturer Eyal Sagui Bizawe, examines […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-stench-beneath-some-scotsmens-kilts.htmlBy Daphne Anson   An exclusive report here “An international push to make Google show Israel’s illegal wall around Palestinian territory on its Maps service will be launched this week by a Scottish MEP. The […]