February 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/if-given-choice-gulf-arabs-prefer.html Bloomberg has a fascinating article on Saudi-Israeli business ties which are under the table but thriving. [Shmuel Bar, head of an Israeli software intelligence company] says he meets freely these days with Saudis and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/if-israel-hasnt-built-new-settlements.html Reuters reports: Israel said on Wednesday it would establish a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, the first since the late 1990s, to rehouse settlers evicted on the same day from an outpost […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/gaza-wholesalers-refuse-to-accept.html On Wednesday, Gaza building suppliers refused to accept building materials being imported from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing. The reason was because Hamas unilaterally added a major tax on all such materials, and […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/amona-betrayed/I have been watching the TV and listening to the radio all day with a growing sick feeling in my stomach, as anger, fury and frustration overtook my feelings of sadness as the community of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/moral-panic-trumps-immigration-ban-and.html Moral panic. It’s a term that was coined by Stanley Cohen in 1987 in his seminal work, Folk Devils and Moral Panics, and it perfectly describes the great uproar over Trump’s immigration ban (not […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/02/yemeni-jew-detained-for-hours-at-jfk.html Manny Dahari was born in Yemen and was travelling back to the US – where he is a student – from a family visit in Israel when he was affected by President Trump’s travel ban. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/whenever-i-need-laugh-i-think-of-all.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Whenever I Need A Laugh, I Think Of All Those People Assuming Palestine Will Be A Liberal Democracy By Mahmoud Abbas Nobody ever […]