October 2016

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/good-news-friday-185/Despite the frustration and anger over UNESCO’s insane resolution yesterday, or maybe because of it, I feel I must post a Good News Friday installment today to soothe our frazzled nerves. The first item is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/saudi-arabias-most-explicit-push-to.html At The Hill, a remarkable op-ed from Salman Al-Ansari, Founder and President of the DC-based Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC). Here is the bulk of the article: How Israel can contribute to Saudi’s vision […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/interesting-choice-of-detail-on-unescos.htmlSprinkled throughout UNESCO’s website are interactive maps where you can zoom in to various parts of the world. Obviously Israel is a small country and it cannot be easily seen or labeled on a map […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/10/libyan-jew-exile-broke-my-father.htmlThe story of the Jewish refugees from Arab countries is often described as a success – people who have managed to rebuild their lives and create a better future for themselves and their children. But […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/1013-links-pt2-bob-dylan-wins-nobel.htmlFrom Ian: Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” the Swedish Academy said on […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/amnesty-hrw-al-haq-to-gang-up-on-israel.htmlNext week: Briefing on the human rights situation in the OPT including use of excessive force by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, Al Haq – UNHQ 18 October 2016 Finally! The UN will look at use […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/unesco-shmunesco-denying-history-one-fact-at-a-time/It looks like Yom Kippur came a day too early for the UN, who have yet more apologizing and atoning to do. UNESCO voted today to deny any Jewish connection to Jerusalem. Yes, you read […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/no-more-carrots-vic-rosenthal.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column Two Israelis – a beloved grandmother and a young policeman, married only a few months – were murdered and six wounded in Jerusalem on Sunday, by a Palestinian terrorist. This […]