January 2017

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/01/antisemitism-oldest-orientalism.htmlIn this must-read article in the Times of Israel, Dani Ishai Behan accuses Edward Said, the guru of ‘post-colonialism’, of failing to acknowledge that antisemitism is a variant of ‘Orientalism’, the title of his hugely […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/human-rights-groups-silent-on-german.html Human Rights Watch, along with Amnesty International, claim that they are very much against antisemitism. They issued a joint statement in 2003: Recognizing anti-Semitism as a serious human rights violation, we also recognize our […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/01/un-ley-ashed.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Remember the British MPs’ great expenses scandal some years ago? Well, here in Australia federal health minister Sussan (born Susan) Ley (pronounced lee) has quit her Cabinet portfolio in a similar […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/4-ja7BcQ98s/14-jan-17-shock-horror-press-freedom.html Reporting from the Israeli side of the border with Hamas-controlled Gaza[Image Source] It’s the coldest part of winter in our part of the world, and there have been serious interruptions to the electricity supply […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/0113-links-pt2-german-court-calls.htmlFrom Ian: German court calls synagogue torching an act to ‘criticize Israel’ A German regional court in the city of Wuppertal affirmed a lower court decision last Friday stating that a violent attempt to burn […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/01/13/an-earlier-earthquake-in-the-jewish-world-response-to-eva-illouz-2/Haaretz passed on publishing an earlier draft of this response to a piece it had published. #Shocker It was subsequently published in an shortened form at The Algemeiner. An Earlier Earthquake in the Jewish World: Response […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/0113-links-pt1-state-dept-says-its.htmlFrom Ian: Netanyahu derides Paris summit as rigged, ‘last gasp of the past’ The upcoming international peace conference in Paris is a “rigged” effort intended to hurt Israel and its hopes of reaching peace, Prime […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/is-protest-with-hundreds-of-people.htmlHere are some Haaretz headlines over the past several years: Hundreds Protest Against Trump Outside California Republican ConventionHundreds Protest Air Pollution, High Cancer Rates in HaifaHundreds Protest Conditions in Southern Tel Aviv NeighborhoodsTel Aviv ‘Tent […]