May 30, 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/chag-sameach.htmlWishing all my Jewish readers a chag sameach! I will not be blogging until probably Friday. Don’t OD on the cheesecake! We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/0530-links-pt2-glick-sarsour-and.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: Sarsour and the progressive zeitgeist In US academic tradition, university administrators choose commencement speakers they believe embody the zeitgeist of their institutions and as such, will be able to inspire graduating […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/iran-ready-to-go-back-to-funding-hamas.html From Asharq al-Awsat: Iran is holding meetings with Hamas and will allegedly resume its financial support for the organization, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday. Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and senior Hezbollah figures were […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-is-potential-of-israeli-arab-child.html Little one looks at me, clutching her mother’s hand. She knows I don’t belong in her village.

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/saying-50-year-occupation-without.html There are lots of articles being published in recent and upcoming weeks about the Six Day War and its legacy. Any article that talks about “occupation” and “colonialism” and all the other evils that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/wonder-woman-to-be-banned-in-lebanon.html YNet reported yesterday that the Lebanese BDS campaign to ban the “Wonder Woman” movie because it stars Israeli Gal Gadot was unsuccessful. It may have been premature. From the Daily Star Lebanon, today: Highly […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/someone-should-tell-hamas-and-un-that.html In its new General Principles and Policies, Hamas proclaims: Resisting the occupation with all means and methods is a legitimate right guaranteed by divine laws and by international norms and laws. At the heart […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/chag-shavuot-sameach-7/The festival of Shavuot (“Feast of Weeks” or Pentecost), beginning tonight, is the culmination of the 7 weeks (hence the name) of counting the Omer – Sefirat Ha’Omer. We are instructed by G-d (ויקרא כ”ג:ט”ו […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/05/france-declares-islamist-killers-mental.htmlThe murder of Sarah Halimi in France (her family would have fled antisemitism in an Arab country a generation ago) raises disturbing questions which the authorities, the police and the media have yet to answer. […]