October 4, 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/1004-links-pt2-phillips-that-un.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: That UN reaction to ‘son of Hamas’ Please join me in this clip as I discuss with Avi Abelow of Israel Video Network the amazing, comical and oh-so-telling reaction of UN […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/1004-links-pt1-toameh-state-within.htmlFrom Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: A State Within a State? For now, however, Hamas seems prepared to swallow the bitter pill — because the name of the game for Hamas is survival. Isolated and cash-stripped, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-best-years-in-palestinian-history.htmlThe “Report on UNCTAD Assistance to the Palestinian People: Developments in the Economy of theOccupied Palestinian Territory” came out in September. It tries to spin the statistics to blame Israel for all Palestinian ills, but […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/10/israel-bashing-english.htmlBy Daphne Anson   2 November 2017.  Tick tock. Tick tock. In the countdown to the centenary of the Balfour Declaration anti-Israel initiatives in the UK are coming thick and fast, and Christian Israel-bashers are […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/chag-sameach-plus-sukkah-photo-to-upset.htmlTonight is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and I won’t be blogging from sundown (on the East Coast of the US) until Saturday night or Sunday. Here’s a photo of Benjamin Netanyahu in a sukkah, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/more-evidence-jerusalem-us-consulate-is.htmlOn Monday we noted that the US Consulate in Jerusalem had taken on responsibilities that had been done in the Embassy in Tel Aviv beforehand. There seems to be a pattern. The January 2017 newsletter […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/sukkot-5778-chag-sameach/The festival of Sukkot, the most joyous festival in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight, lasting for 7 days (8 outside of Israel), running straight into the Simchat Torah festival on the 8th day (9th day […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/10/only-24-jews-remain-in-turkish-capital.html The ancient Turkish community dates back to biblical times but today its 24 members struggle to make a minyan on Yom Kippur. Article in Haaretz (with thanks: Lily) “The Jews of Ankara are so […]