January 2018

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-there-were-jews-in-somalia.htmlIt was in 2007 that Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin came across an article  in the Jerusalem Post revealing the existence of Avraham the Blogger, the last Jew of Somalia. (Our PoNR post carrying an extract attracted […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/01/apparently-hamas-is-more-feminist-than.htmlThese two stories show how large parts of the feminist movement has completely lost the plot. From January 20: Palestinian-American groups have pulled out of Saturday’s Women’s March Los Angeles over the inclusion of actress […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/01/two-messages-for-michelle-goldberg.htmlRecently, Bill Maher had on his program defended Donald Trump’s acceptance of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. A freewheeling discussion followed, and Maher’s main detractor was Michelle Goldberg, a writer for the New York Times. Here […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/4x9J02iVCOc/28-jan-18-in-itamar-tonight-two.html One of tonight’s two suspectedinfiltrators, healthy and well andbeing interrogated [Image Source] The armed security, cameras and boom gates that are a regular feature of almost every Israeli community in Judea and Samaria are […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/01/0128-links-amnesty-international-shows.htmlFrom Ian: NY Post Editorial: Amnesty International shows its anti-Israel bias yet again The official excuse: Because Amnesty supports the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, “it would be inappropriate [for us] to host an […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/01/oakland-stands-united-with-hate-michael.html A poster in my neighborhood As many of you know, Reem’s bakery at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland, California – the very spot where Oscar Grant was famously shot dead by police in the early hours of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/01/fatah-declares-this-friday-day-of-rage.html “I forget – is this the 392nd Day of Rage, or the 393rd?” The Fatah party, of which Mahmoud Abbas is the leader, has declared this coming Friday to be a “Day of Rage.”  […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/01/israels-fears-for-trapped-moroccan-jews.htmlThis paper in Middle Eastern Studies by Avi Picard shows that, in Israel’s early years, prime minister Ben Gurion was consistent in preferring a selective aliya policy prioritising young and healthy immigrants to build the […]