May 2018

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/israel-cares-about-gazan-lives-more.htmlTimes of Israel reports a sad story, if true: The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry said Tuesday morning that a baby was among those killed during violent border clashes along the territory’s border with Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/hamas-linked-march-committee-decides-to.html Ma’an reports that the committee behind the Gaza riots has decided not to finish them on Tuesday, as originally planned, but to extend them to June 5, the anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification. The High […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/0514-links-pt2-privileged-palestinian.htmlFrom Ian: 52 Palestinians said killed, including terror operatives, in Gaza border riots Fifty-two Palestinians were killed Monday in violent clashes with Israeli forces along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, Palestinians said, in a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/pragmatic-victories-divest-this.html A few years back, I talked about a branch of philosophy called Pragmatism, the only major philosophical school of thought to cross from the US to Europe, in the context of this analysis of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/dont-tell-me-to-stay-safe-forest-rain.html Don’t tell me to “stay safe” Don’t. Just don’t. Sometimes kindly meant words are the worst. On May 8th Trump pulled out of the disastrous Iran Deal. Almost immediately afterwards Israeli citizens were warned […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/0514-links-pt1-kontorovich-america.htmlFrom Ian: Eugene Kontorovich (WSJ$): America Recognizes One Jerusalem The U.S. on Monday will officially open its new embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. This will correct a surreal policy whereby, since Israel’s independence 70 years […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-palestinian-claim-that-israel-is.html From Ma’an Arabic: Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization  Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, said Monday that the opening of the American Embassy in occupied Jerusalem is a new calamity for the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/former-plo-envoy-to-portugal-says-nakba.html Hikmet Ajuri, who has acted as the PLO “ambassador” to Portugal and Ireland, wrote an essay for Ma’an that admits that the Holocaust was a crime against humanity – and then says that the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/05/unrwa-reportedly-closes-schools-and.html Arabic media are reporting that a general strike has been declared for all of Gaza today and tomorrow, to facilitate everyone to break through the border to Israel for the culmination of the “Great […]