December 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/haaretz-publisher-suggests-settler.htmlIn late November, Haaretz (Hebrew) published a somewhat satirical letter making an analogy between the bonfires of the Bar Kochba revolt and the arson fires in Israel: Some 2,000 years ago an event attributed to […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/12/encyclopedia-will-restore-jews-to.htmlThis new encyclopedia is a welcome corrective to the limited literature that exists about Jews in the Islamic world and those projects that downplay the importance of Jews and seek to idealise Jewish-Muslim relations. Daniel […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-chrislam-carol.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Statement by several score of European legal eagles, including to my certain knowledge a chap who wore his Jewish identity lightly, eschewed Jewish communal life, but suddenly threw himself vigorously into […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/israel-and-turkey-try-to-make-politics.htmlFrom Bloomberg: Israel and Turkey are working to eliminate a major obstacle to natural gas deals: their own fractious history.  The two governments are working on a framework for the export of Israeli natural gas […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/12/fatah-honors-terrorist-involved-in.html The official Fatah Facebook page honors Ali Hassan Salameh, chief of operations for the Black September Fatah terror group in the 1970s. As such, Salameh was responsible for the Munich massacre as well as […]

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 […]