July 29, 2018

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/a-long-hot-summer-on-israels-borders/The situation on Israel’s major borders is so volatile that it looks like we’re in for a long hot summer in more ways than one. The South Let’s have a quick look at the smouldering […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/even-lebanese-underwater-coral-reef.html On Friday, residents of Sidon, Lebanon, saw old tanks being placed underwater near the shore. The goal is the create an underwater ark for divers, where the tanks can anchor a coral reef. “This […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/0729-links-gaza-flotilla-backers-have.htmlFrom Ian: Boat trying to break Gaza blockade seized by Israeli navy The Israeli Navy on Sunday stopped a boat that was trying to break the maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip and started to […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/07/zvi-gabay-jewish-refugee-rights.htmlPoint of No Return is saddened to learn of the passing of Zvi Gabay, former Israel ambassador to Ireland and a dogged advocate for the rights of Jews from Arab lands. Gabay was born in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/if-you-wont-stand-with-us-who-heck-will.html StandWithUs (SWU) is among the best pro-Israel organizations and resources available to the diaspora Jewish community. I hope that I will be excused for my bias – given that SWU stood with me during the Reem’s […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/jewish-voice-for-peace-call-firebomb.htmlJewish Voice for Peace is placing this ad in The Nation, shown here in context (h/t Yisrael Medad): Yes, JVP is calling the kites with firebombs, which have destroyed hundreds of acres of forest and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/allahu-akbar-2-pflp-terrorists-blow.html Two PFLP terrorists apparently blew themselves up this morning as they were attempting to attack Israel, according to the terror group. “The two martyrs are Ayman Nafez al-Najjar, 24, and Muhannad Majid Hamouda, 24, […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-was-status-of-judeo-arabic-in-iraq.html In the light of the controversy over the status of Arabic in Israel – ‘special’ but not official’ – it is interesting to examine what the status of Judeo-Arabic was in Iraq. Few Iraqi Jews, […]