December 2017

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/12/levana-zamir-gets-award-for-outstanding.htmlLevana Zamir,  the president of the umbrella organisation of Associations of Jews from Arab countries in Israel, was one of 12 Mizrahi figures given the Ministry of Education Award for their contribution to Israeli society […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/1225-links-pt2-night-unrwa-stole-xmas.htmlFrom Ian: Christmas Eve 1944: How singing ‘Silent Night’ saved American POWs during the Battle of the Bulge The story was told in 2011 by Keith Ginther of Montana, and was republished on his death […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/1225-links-pt1-guatemala-pledges-to.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: The UN theatre of hatred Many people are understandably baffled by the recent UN vote condemning President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Since such a vote has zero practical […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/yes-abbas-still-supports-terrorists.htmlHere is Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas greeting Rafat Jawabra, commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the “military wing” of Fatah movement, after he was released from prison by Israel. The Al Aqsa Brigades were supposedly dismantled […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/days-of-rage-sputtering-out-and-arab.html Israel Hayom reports: The fresh violence came a day after the U.N. General Assembly resolution denouncing Trump’s decision. However, the number of Palestinians who answered a call to the colors and participated in a […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/12/christians-return-to-northern-iraq-for.htmlAssyrian and Chaldean Christians have returned to their heartlands to celebrate Christmas in parts of northern Iraq for the first time since the routing of Islamic State, Reuters reports.  Like every other resident of Teleskof, […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/12/christians-return-to-northern-iraq.htmlAssyrian and Chaldean Christians have returned to their heartlands to celebrate Christmas in parts of northern Iraq for the first time since the routing of Islamic State, Reuters reports.  Like every other resident of Teleskof, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/egyptian-tv-host-freaks-out-over-jewish.html This TV clip from Egypt’s Al Nahar TV shows a classroom in a Jewish school in Israel. The teacher is leading a class in Arabic language, and the students are learning a famous Arab […]