May 2019

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/stop-tainting-israel-as-extension-of.htmlA western trend positioning Israel as a colonialist aggressor rather than a haven for all Jews fleeing oppression erases the history of Mizrahi Jews like Hen Mazzig, who now form the majority of Israeli Jews. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/relentnessness-divest-this.html While I could spend weeks listing everything I loath about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) “movement,” if there is one quality they possess that I both despise and admire it is their relentlessness. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0520-links-pt1-trump-admin-kicks-off.htmlFrom Ian: PMW: The figures show that the PA financial crisis is fake The Palestinian Authority is currently facing a financial crisis. The crisis is self-induced and caused as a direct result of a decision […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/did-iceland-eurovision-band-demean.htmlWhen the Iceland band Hatari was announced to have received 186 points in Eurovision, members displayed Palestinian banners – which was against the Eurovision rules. But one of the members of the BDSM-themed band had […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/05/in-christchurch-new-zealand-tangled-webb.htmlBy Daphne Anson   One of Jacinda Ardern’s MPs, Duncan Webb, has been criticised, quite rightly, by the New Zealand Jewish Council for his advocacy of the odious BDS movement, which as many readers will […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/did-israel-target-headquarters-of.htmlThe Guardian writes: Rafah, Gaza Staff inspect damage to the Confederation of Disabled People’s building, which was the only centre to serve people with disabilities in Rafah, after Tuesday’s Israeli attacks on Gaza. Photograph: Ali […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/teaneck-protest-against-mda-like-all.htmlOn Sunday, there was a fundraising event in Teaneck, NJ, to raise money for an ambulance for Israel’s Magen David Adom service. A dozen people counter-protested, because, apparently, God forbid that Israelis have the ability […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/ezekiels-tomb-feared-lost-to-jewish.htmlThe future of Jewish culture and heritage in Iraq will be on the agenda at an international two-day conference in Israel on 20 and 21 May 2019*.  But for age-old synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish shrines, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0519-links-real-winner-of-eurovision.htmlFrom Ian: The real winner of Eurovision was Israel Israel’s Eurovision entry barely made a dent on the scoreboard but there’s no doubt that the Jewish State was the real winner of the Eurovision Song […]