January 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/sephardicmizrahi-jews-prove-how.htmlTwo different articles published in the past couple of days are very instructive in pointing out the racism of the supposedly “progressive” Left. One was from a group of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish organizations, excoriating […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/israels-northern-border-heats-up/Operation Northern Shield was declared a success by the IDF a few days ago, and many people felt it was a premature announcement. But success or not, the Iranians in Syria are not going to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/donate-jewish-prayer-book-to-hospitals.html Last month, after my mother in law passed away, Mrs. Elder and I decided to fundraise to purchase Jewish prayer books, Psalms and chumashim for hospitals where patients or their visitors might need them. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0123-links-pt2-tuvia-grossman-and.htmlFrom Ian: Tuvia Grossman and the Covington Catholic School Fiasco With the release of the new videos, some in the media are now calling for restraint and introspection when it comes to interpreting events, even […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/is-it-fair-for-dershowitz-to-criticize.html Alan Dershowitz has a piece over at the Gatestone Institute website on the Women’s March and antisemitism, “Termites, Bigots, and GOATs: Rationalizing Complicity with Antisemitism.” There isn’t a thing wrong with this piece. Dershowitz […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/labor-ok-with-extending-sovereignty.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Tel Aviv, January 23 – One of Israel’s founding political parties now faces electoral decline as the country’s electorate drifts rightward, but believes […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0123-links-pt1-deal-of-century-has-no.htmlFrom Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians: The ‘Political Detainees’ No One Talks About Palestinians say that Shaheen and Fattash are among dozens of “political detainees” who are being held in Palestinian Authority (PA) prisons and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/bahrain-parliament-debates-banning-all.html From GDN Online: PARLIAMENT descended into chaos yesterday over a ban on all films featuring an Israeli cast, crew or funded with Israeli money. A majority of the MPs said amendments to the 2002 […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-forward-publishes-another-stupid.html Yousef Munayyer, a BDS activist for the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, wrote an absurd op-ed that The Forward naturally felt had merit. Here’s his main argument: The truth is that no state has […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/un-human-rights-council-proves-its-anti.htmlThe UN Human Rights Council issued a self-congratulatory report for its activities in 2018. One of the infographics in the report shows a count of all statements and resolutions by country with bubbles roughly proportionate in size […]