June 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/abbas-spokesman-uses-fake-million.html Dr. Nabil Shaath spoke at the Herzliya Conference on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas. Here’s what he said about the issue of the PA paying terrorists and their families: On social aid provided to families […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/good-news-friday-212/Another week with its troubles has gone by and thank goodness it’s Friday, as we welcome in both Shabbat and a new month, so it’s time for another Good News Friday installment. Let’s start with […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/why-judaism-is-reverting-to-middle-east.htmlWhen the 12th century rabbi Benjamin of Tudela wrote The Book of Travels, over 80 percent of Jews lived in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.  Judaism’s sojourn in Europe will prove to be only […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0622-links-pt2-how-reporting-from.htmlFrom Ian: Honest Reporting: How Reporting From Israel Changed My Worldview Forever I was content to tell this story for my first few months in Israel, because I, too, believed it. As I wrote recently […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/on-keeping-your-suitcases-packed-vic.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column I have always thought that curiosity about oneself is self-indulgent. Nothing bored me more than people that wanted to tell me what they had discovered about themselves in psychotherapy. Just […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0622-links-pt1-ongoing-drama-of.htmlFrom Ian: The Ongoing Drama of Palestinian Lies The current policy of the PA leadership is to avoid alienating the Trump administration by continuing to pretend that Abbas and his cronies are serious about achieving […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/38-jews-and-300000-muslims.htmlIn the past 24 hours, according to Arab media, 38 Jews visited the Temple Mount. This is, of course, terrible. How can Jews peacefully visit their holiest site? Clearly it is a violation of Muslim […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/irans-moderate-rouhani-israel-is.html He’s smiling! That means he’s moderate! “Today, the Zionists’ overt and covert intervention can be seen in nearly every dispute among countries of the region”, the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said ahead of al-Quds […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/mizrahi-is-artificial-construct-of-1970s.htmlIn response to Norman Berdichevsky’s attempt to clarify the confusion about the difference between Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, Point of No Return commenter Sylvia puts forward her interpretation: I’ll try to address that question […]