January 18, 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0118-links-pt2-democrats-growing-anti.htmlFrom Ian: Abe Greenwald: The Democrats’ Growing Anti-Semitism Problem Right in front of their eyes. On Tuesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that freshman Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, will sit on the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0118-links-pt1-benny-morris-attacks.htmlFrom Ian: Historian Benny Morris Attacks Palestinian Intransigence Benny Morris is the Israeli historian whose scholarly work changed the way the Israel Palestine conflict is viewed. He coined the term ‘new historians’ which has come […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/road-4370-is-not-apartheid-road.html From Tomer Ilan: Road 4370 was opened last week east of Jerusalem. Many news outlets have called it an “apartheid road” including Haaretz. Times of Israel and Ynetnews have also misreported it, as did […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/current-congressional-resolutions-on.html Here is a summary of current resolutions in the House of Representatives that mention Jews: January 3: H.Res.12 – Affirming the historical connection of the Jewish people to the ancient and sacred city of Jerusalem […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/30000-people-download-oral-history-app.html Gila Gamliel, minister of Social Equality, launched Seeing the Voices. Some 30,000 people have downloaded a smartphone app for documenting the personal stories of Jewish immigrants to Israel from Arab states and Iran in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/palestinian-arabs-add-gulf-states-to.html Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib, deputy head of the extremist Islamic Movement in Israel, spun a conspiracy theory involving the UAE’s head of intelligence attempting to purchase land for Jews in Jerusalem. Khatib warned of what […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/good-news-friday-265/I missed last week’s Good News Friday post because I ran out of time before Shabbat, so this week I’m starting early! In this age of environment-awareness, we can welcome the news that Israeli researchers […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/issam-aqel-american-arab-who-sold-land.html Israel’s Kan News reports that the Palestinian Authority clandestinely released Issam Aqel, an American citizen,  from prison and transferred him to the US. Aqel had acted as a broker, buying land in Jerusalem and selling them […]