July 2018

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/y9ZgEOnMnxc/30-jul-18-neither-aheds-gaze-nor-her.html Monday’s media focus on Ahed Tamimi was wide, attentive – and spectacularly shallow [Image Source] The opinion piece by Arnold Roth, below, was published today by the Jerusalem Post. It was solicited, we think, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/bds-and-international-law-part-3-divest.html (In case you missed it, here are Parts 1 and Parts 2 of this series.) Continuing the discussion of international law from where we left off, it’s easy to criticize and even condemn multi-national […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/0730-links-pt1-games-palestinian.htmlFrom Ian: The ‘Games’ Palestinian Children Play We’re always being told that there is a significant difference between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Supposedly, the PA is “moderate” while Hamas is “extremist.” But the PA’s […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/non-jewish-israelis-supporting-nation.htmlHere are two interesting viewpoints on the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, from non-Jewish Israelis. One is from a Maronite Christian who lives in Israel, in an article translated from […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/nyt-op-ed-using-basic-law-as-excuse-to.html Omri Boehm, a philosopher who we have written about before, once again uses the New York Times to advance an anti-Israel argument which would receive a failing grade from any real philosophy class. Prime […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/palestiniian-arabs-masters-at-art-of.html Palestinian Arabs are experts at hurting themselves, both literally and figuratively, and then blaming Israel for their pain. A literal example comes from yesterday, when two PFLP terrorists blew themselves up, but Arabic media […]

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 […]