December 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/whenever-there-is-tempest-in-teapot.htmlWhen things get stirred up in the Middle East, the (sometimes) latent antisemitism shows its ugly head. Three examples, all prompted by the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Egypt’s Al Masry al Youm […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/12/jerusalem-views-from-far-north.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Image credit: Reuters What an utter disastrous mess is Sweden, whose repellent foreign minister,  Margot Wallström,  recently declared:  “It is deeply regrettable that the United States will stop people from Iran, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/palestinian-authority-instructs-schools.html From Times of Israel: A delegation of religious figures from the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain arrived in Israel this week “in order to send a message of peace,” in an extremely rare instance of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-trump-nudge-michael-lumish.html Perhaps Donald Trump gave the Arab-Israel conflict the nudge that it needs. It is fascinating to see the various objections that many pro-Israel Jews have for United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/12/75-years-since-nazi-occupation-of.html Seventy-five years since the Nazi occupation of Tunisia, this video is a precious visual record of the six months of hell suffered by the Jewish community. The first round-up of Jewish males took place […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/they-just-cant-help-themselves-predictably-outrageous-international-reactions-to-trumps-jerusalem-declaration/Just like the Palestinians and their supporters simply can’t help themselves but resort to violence whenever a political decision is not anti-Israel enough, similarly the UN, the EU, and many other countries, whether civilised or […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/egyptians-sue-to-ban-jews-hold-muslim.html Egypt’s el Fagr reports that an Alexandria lawyer and coordinator of the Revolutionary Lawyers Movement, Sherif Jadallah, has filed a complaint with the Attar District Court demanding the banning of any Jew from entering […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/12/10/they-just-cant-help-themselves-predictably-violent-reactions-to-donald-trumps-jerusalem-declaration/The reactions to Donald Trump’s historic speech recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel were as predictable as they were outrageous and violent. In this post I will record only the civilian protests and anti-Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/i-laugh-at-their-rage-over-jerusalem.html Incredulously, the France 24 commentator asked their Israel correspondent: “Don’t the Israelis care that the whole world is against the Jerusalem declaration?!” His wide-eyed expression and astonished tone were so ridiculous, I burst out […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/1210-links-terrorists-rocket-strikes.htmlFrom Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: Unsettled: A Global Study Of Settlements In Occupied Territories Legal discussions of Article 49(6), however, are almost invariably centered on the Israeli case,1 and do not examine its potential applicability elsewhere.2 […]