December 26, 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/1226-links-pt2-2016-dishonest-reporter.htmlFrom Ian: Ben-Dror Yemini: Tears of hypocrisy Op-ed: We can’t prevent what is happening in Syria or in Somalia, but we can prevent a similar future in Israel. This bloodbath is the outcome of placing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/meet-bds-fan-haj-amin-al-husseini.html‘It is untrue that the world is siding with the Jews’: meet BDS fan Haj Amin al-Husseini – the ‘Hitler of the Holy Land’ By Petra Marquardt-Bigman In early December, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/12/iraqis-warm-to-jews-at-hanucah.htmlWith thanks: Michelle and Kheder For the first time, an Iraqi newspaper has paid tribute to  Jewish philanthropist Steve Maman.  Steve Maman and his family Journalist Imran Hussein profiles Maman and his work to rescue […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/1226-links-pt1-obamas-un-legacy.htmlFrom Ian: JPost Editorial: Obama’s parting shot What’s more, Resolution 2334 is absurd in that it makes no differentiation between places such as the Old City and the Kotel or consensus Jerusalem neighborhoods like Ramat […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-us-abstention-on-unscr-2334-is.htmlCAMERA has an excellent analysis of the UNSC resolution that passed last week, and it notes an episode from 1980 that was very similar. In 1980, the UNSC passed Resolution 465, which was in fact […]

http://abuyehuda.com/2016/12/questions-and-answers-about-un-security-council-resolution-2334/ A cartoon posted by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, which bloodily thanks the 14 nations that voted for UNSC resolution 2334. Courtesy Palestinian Media Watch. On Friday, December 23, 2016, the UN Security Council passed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/netanyahus-remarks-in-response-to-un.html Parts of these remarks were widely reported, but it is worth reading them in full. At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday morning, Netanyahu said: “I share ministers’ feelings, anger and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/uh-oh-arabs-freaking-again-over-singing.htmlIn 2015, there was a viral video of chassidim dancing in an airport in Amman, presumably to celebrate an impending or recent marriage, based on the songs they were singing. Members of Jordan’s parliament were […]