September 2018

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/09/jews-of-kurdistan-free-equal-but.htmlUntil their exodus in 1950,  Jews had been living in Kurdistan since Assyrian times. They were under the patronage of tribal chieftains or aghas. Here is the second of a two-part rare account of Kurdish-Jewish […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/some-schadenfreude-to-start-the-week/It’s always nice to start the week with good news, so you might like this schadenfreude post. Ever since Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, he and his diplomatic team (UN Ambassador […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/0921-links-pt2-melanie-phillips-blood.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: The blood of slain Israelis stains many hands It’s often claimed by Western enemies of Israel that the military actions of the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas in Gaza are disproportionate […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/if-peter-beinart-is-so-smart-why-is-it.html Peter Beinart shows off his 1990s-era thinking in the Forward, which is eager to publish him. Essentially every paragraph betrays his bias, his inability to grasp reality, and his wishful thinking: Since the 1970s, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/0921-links-pt1-israel-showed-russia.htmlFrom Ian: Israel: Russia accepts our take on Syrian downing of plane, coordination goes on “Improvements” may be made to the Israeli military’s coordination with Russia over its operations in Syria in light of the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/unrwa-must-remain-until-we-return-to.htmlHundreds of UNRWA workers in Gaza protested job cuts on Wednesday. One of the signs they were carrying seems significant: “UNRWA Termination Means Back to Our Homeland” is a poor English translation of “UNRWA can […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/good-news-friday-254/Despite it all, the terrorism and hatred and simmering violence that we have seen in the last weeks, we are now approaching Sukkot, the happiest of our festivals. But first we have Shabbat in between, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/it-isnt-occupation-stupid-its-terror.html Every day, articles are written about the horrors of the “occupation.” Not only popular articles, but scientific and scholarly papers as well. And in nearly all of them, they fundamentally misunderstand the basics of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/peace-forum-in-egypt-shows-that-there.html From Egypt Today last month:  A world peace forum will be held in Saint Catherine city in South Sinai in September, said Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday. Gomaa made the announcement following […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/09/jews-of-kurdistan-afraid-to-complain.html There is precious little information on the life of Kurdish Jews before their exodus to Israel, so  Mordechai Zaken’s PhD thesis, published by the Hebrew University in 2003, is  valuable reference material. Here we are […]