December 1, 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/1201-links-pt2-why-is-france-again.htmlFrom Ian: Martin Gilbert: Winston Churchill and the foundation of Israel While Churchill was in Jerusalem, in March 1921, he spoke sternly to the Palestinian Arab leaders telling them: “It is manifestly right that the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/what-do-you-do-when-someone-sets-your.html One week after my city was set on fire, I’m having a hard time writing about what happened. It’s different when something traumatic happens to you. I don’t even have a full picture of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/welcome-to-world-vic-rosenthal.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column On Monday morning at about 1:30 AM, I experienced the thrill of becoming a grandfather for the 9th time. A baseball team at last! Naturally I wonder what his life will […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/1201-links-pt1-will-abbas-pay-salaries.htmlFrom Ian: PMW: Will Mahmoud Abbas pay salaries to the arsonists? While Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was accepting praise for sending Palestinian firefighters to help put out fires in Israel, the PA Finance Ministry […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/jordan-bans-any-news-about-its-army-in.html From Ammon News (English): The Jordan Media Commission (JMC) on Wednesday circulated a gag order to all media outlets, banning publication of any reports about the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, except statements made by […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/jabotinskys-instead-of-apologizing.html Mosaic Magazine has translated, into English, for the first time, a 1911 essay by Ze’ev Jabotinsky called “Instead of Apologizing.” In the essay, Jabotinsky describes how Jews should react to the blood libel that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/media-continues-to-ignore-abbas-lies.html Mahmoud Abbas gave a three-hour speech to the Fatah conference on Wednesday, where he had the chance to lay out his vision of both the past and the future. He said nothing new. But […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/12/who-has-heard-of-1947-aden-riots.htmlTo mark 30 November, the memorial day for Jewish refugees from Arab lands, Haaretz published this article by Ofer Aderet.  It contains testimony from Shimon Sassoon, who complains that schoolchildren are taught nothing about the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/mahmoud-abbas-pays-tribute-to.html Mahmoud Abbas gave a three-hour long speech the the seventh Fatah conference in Ramallah on Wednesday. Although he mentioned many times that he only supports “peaceful and popular resistance” he did say “at this […]