May 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/things-i-learned-in-israel-forest-rain.html Israel is something you have to experience in order to truly understand. This land is both less and much more than people tend to assume. These are some of the things I learned living […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-real-audience-for-new-hamasdocument.html The Arab reaction to the Hamas document issued yesterday focuses on one specific point: Hamas’ seeming break with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood has become toxic, especially in Egypt but also in other […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/tel-aviv-bombed.htmlFrom the New York Times, May 14, 1948: Other smaller newspapers also noted that Tel Aviv was bombed: So what exactly happened? The Palestine Post gave details: Here is a stunning photo from a Life […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-wolf-in-peacemaker.htmlBy Daphne Anson   In the countdown to the launch (6 May) of his Southampton-based new venture, our old friend the ex-vicar of Virginia Water has thrilled his faithful with this meme. Pretty words, granted. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-historical-birthright-canadian.html The Canadian Jewish Chronicle published this backgrounder on May 14, 1948. While the editors probably were just looking for generic material to fill the issue with, it is refreshing to see a history of […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/05/torches-are-lit-to-celebrate-and-decry.htmlEli Amir, 79, a Baghdad-born writer and civil servant who immigrated to Israel in 1950 was chosen to light a torch at the Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem. Eli Amir being interviewed at the Babylonian […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/moderate-hamas-platform-justifies.html This is the part of the supposedly moderate Hamas “political document” that not only justifies murdering Israelis, but couches the murder of Israelis as a human right: Resistance and Liberation: 24. The liberation of […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/chag-atzmaut-sameach-happy-69th-independence-day-israel/It’s Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, and, as remarked upon by both local and foreign observers, the country swings in a schizophrenic kind of way from the mourning, sorrow and remembrance of Yom Hazikaron to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/0501-links-pt2-celebrating-yom.htmlFrom Ian: Col. Kemp, Gen. Molan: Where is world outrage over Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul? On May 1, Israelis will observe Remembrance Day, honoring soldiers who fell in defense of the Jewish state, and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/proud-to-be-zionist-5777-edition.html I wrote the original essay around 2002 and I have been modifying it since then. Here is this year’s version: Every year, the State of Israel seems to be up against yet another unsolvable […]