January 17, 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0117-links-pt2-genius-of-jeremy-corbyn.htmlFrom Ian: Unintended Consequences This week, Tablet looks back on 40 years of the Iranian Revolution. In an excerpt from a new history of 20th-century Iran, the neglected story of the Jewish revolutionaries who participated […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/islamic-jihad-terrorists-hold-boy-scout.htmlOver the weekend Islamic Jihad held a three day Scouts camp in Gaza. Terrorist leaders were prominently displayed on posters as the boys wore the official Scout logo. Islamic Jihad officials met with the boys. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/american-jews-and-israel-can-this.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column American Jews and Israel: Can this marriage be saved? A great deal has been written lately about the problematic relationship between American Jews (the non-Orthodox majority) and Israel. Everyone wants to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0117-links-pt1-golan-heights-should.htmlFrom Ian: The Golan Heights Should Stay Israeli Forever Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been lobbying the Trump administration on the idea of formally acknowledging Israel’s 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights. But whether […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/elections-silly-season/It is election season in Israel with all the attendant empty promises, scandals, and political jockeying. Bayit Yehudi head and Education Minister Naftali Bennett took his deputy, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and left the party, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/iran-building-new-apartments-for.html The Hamas Ministry of Prisoners and Detainees in Gaza held a lottery to award 26 units in a newly constructed apartment tower in Gaza. Only former prisoners in Israeli prisons were eligible for the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/summing-up-womens-march-poster.htmlEven without talking about the antisemitism of the Women’s March leaders, the entire movement is hypocritical. It is a good thing that its sponsors are bailing as fast as they could. We have lots of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-jewish-daily-forward-jdforward.htmlFrom The New York Post: The Forward is stopping — its print editions. The storied Jewish-American publication is suspending its print operations and plans to lay off about 40 percent of its editorial staff — […]