February 13, 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0213-links-pt2-foreign-governments-fund.htmlFrom Ian: Soundtrack to a legendary victory: Israel releases 1967 war recordings Fifty years after the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel’s military archives on Sunday released a partial soundtrack — the IAF’s realtime communications — […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/al-jazeera-claims-israel-spreads-drugs.html Remember the “sex gum” that Israel supposedly spreads among Gazans to corrupt youth? There have also been regular accusations of Israel sending poor Palestinians materials that make them impotent. But there are constant accusations […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/making-medieval-jerusalem-politically.htmlBy Petra Marquardt-Bigman In a fascinating essay published in Mosaic, Edward Rothstein writes about a recent exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on “Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven.” According to Rothstein, the exhibition […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/eElx60YfOXg/13-feb-17-another-shalit-deal-milestone.html Sinwar, the day Israel let him walk free [Image Source] Associated Press is reporting this afternoon that Hamas has a new leader in Gaza, and calls him “one of the Islamic militant group’s most […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0213-links-pt1-un-to-israel-give-land.htmlFrom Ian: Rivlin supports one-state solution, full annexation of West Bank In a possible harbinger signaling an official shift in government policy, President Reuvin Rivlin on Monday said he supported the full annexation of the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/timing-divest-this.html A topic alluded to, but not discussed separately, in last year’s extended essay on the strategy and tactics needed to defeat BDS (and other anti-Israel campaigns), is timing. When teaching my kids to cook, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/fatahs-first-military-communique.htmlAs we’ve mentioned many times, Fatah celebrates its anniversary as if it began on January 1, 1965, but that was really the first terror attack – Fatah was organized in the 1950s. On the front […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/which-countries-receive-highest-amounts.htmlThe BESA Center had a fascinating article last week showing that if you include the costs of deploying US troops around the globe, the amount of aid given to Israel is not nearly as much […]