October 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/on-myopia-and-dismissiveness-michael.html MYOPIA Some time ago one our participants at Israel Thrives suggested that my focus on Israel, and the rise of Political Islam, is myopic in terms of the forthcoming US presidential election. I take such criticisms […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/un-terrorism-expert-absurdly-claims.htmlBen Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights, claimed on October 21 at a UN meeting, ” There is no evidence that terrorist groups take advantage of refugee flows to carry out […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/unesco-and-my-etrog-box.htmlA few years ago, I bought a leather Etrog box – used during the holiday of Sukkot that ends today- in Hebron. It looks like this: The words are a paraphrase from a Midrash written […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/10/david-singer-clinton-and-trump-clash-on.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here is the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: The presidential debates have signalled fundamental policy differences between Clinton and Trump on defeating Islamic […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/WRSREcHT4UE/23-oct-16-vengeance-is-ours-say-these.html A new cafe opens on Jerusalem’s Hagai Street [Image Source] A year ago, a murderous Arab-on-Israeli terrorist attack in Jerusalem’s Old City took the lives of two young Jewish men: The two died of […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/simchat-torah-5777-chag-sameach/The last and most joyous festival of the Jewish holiday season is almost upon us – Sukkot finishes tonight and Simchat Torah begins. Today, the last day of Sukkot, known as Hoshana Raba, has a […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/10/gertrude-bell-jews-great-power-some-day.htmlSometimes described as a female Laurence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell was a British intelligence officer in the Middle East at the turn of the last century and architect of the modern kingdom of Iraq, which […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/why-wont-left-quote-actual-words-of.html+972 publishes a call by 200 Israeli academics to release Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour from house arrest: On October 11, 2015, Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was arrested by Israeli police during a night raid on […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/1022-links-amnesty-international-now.htmlFrom Ian: The Incitement Must End On Sunday October 9 2016, after a busy day with family I sat down to catch up with the events of the day across the world. I’ve always been […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/1021-links-pt2-murray-party-of-left.htmlFrom Ian: Douglas Murray: The Party of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism Readers depressed at the state of U.S. politics can console themselves with the knowledge that however bad off their party might be, it’s not Britain’s Labour. […]