December 11, 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/2017-hasby-award-nominations.html It is that time of year again where I ask you for nominations for the annual Hasby Awards,  the best examples of pro-Israel advocacy for the year. Below you will find the categories of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/haaretz-proves-yet-again-how-irrelevant.htmlHaaretz had exactly two articles about the election for the head of the Union of Jewish Students in the UK. Both of them featured a pro-BDS, anti-Zionist nominee, Eran Cohen, whom Haaretz called a “top […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/israel-is-burden-to-democratic-party.html In a recent piece by Times of Israel staff we learn that, according to the Brookings Institution, a majority of Democrats consider Israel a “burden.” The great majority of Americans, however – 76 percent – disregard Democratic […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/abbas-advisor-speaking-on-his-behalf.html On Saturday Mahmoud Abbas hosted a celebration of Mohammed’s birthday at his presidential palace in Ramallah. Abbas’ Presidential Advisor for Religious Affairs,  Mahmoud al -Habash, gave a a speech on Abbas’ behalf. In the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/people-dont-like-when-you-sell-to-jews.html The National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report has an article on a Benedictine convent in Jerusalem on the road to the Mount of Olives. Most of the article is about how the sisters there […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/12/ministers-call-truce-over-mizrahi.html The two most senior Mizrahi women in the Israeli cabinet, Gila Gamliel and Miri Regev, have called a truce after weeks of fighting over who should take responsibility for preserving the heritage of Jews from […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/abbas-greets-us-consul-general-next-day.htmlFrom Mahmoud Abbas’ Facebook page, December 6: President Abbas receives US Consul-General in Jerusalem Donald Blome From the same page, December 7: President Abbas receives a delegation from the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]