January 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-israel-defeated-knife-intifada.html Ehud Yaari of Israel’s Channel 2 has a long and fascinating account of the strategies Israel used to bring down the level of violence from Palestinians in the territories to the levels of before […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/jerusalem-embassy-threats-media-turning.html US consulate in Jerusalem The Washington Post reports: Close U.S. allies in the Middle East have warned that moving the embassy might look easy but would be deeply reckless, like painting a big bull’s […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/W6f0ZZHBGY8/11-jan-17-is-there-new-prisoner-release.html Released terrorists received as heroes in Gaza by Hamas after the ShalitDeal, October 2011 [Image Source] In a rather strangely worded article today, Ynet reports on the substance of an article appearing in a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/head-of-pro-israel-j-street-strategizes.html Ma’an reports that J-Street’s Jeremy Ben Ami met with PLO representative to the US Maen Areikat. The article says they discussed “political developments in the American arena with the imminent inauguration of the new […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/resolution-2334-support-from-our-friends-in-new-zealand/After UNSC Resolution 2334 passed, with the sponsorship of New Zealand among others, large protests against the government’s sponsorship of Resolution 2334 and in support of Israel took place outside the New Zealand parliament. A […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/01/sami-michael-lifelong-fighter-against.html The publication of an anthology of essays by Sami Michael, the Baghdad-born writer, 90, is the occasion for this Haaretz tribute by his niece, Vered Lee. A communist, Michael criticised ‘ the discrimination, racism and […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/01/david-singer-paris-conference.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Reuters image Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: Seventy countries flocking to Paris on January 15 seem set to challenge Security Council […]