May 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/some-blatant-antisemitism-in-egyptian.html Shorouk News from Egypt has been summarizing the doctoral thesis from former Egyptian Grand Mufti and former Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, written in 1969. The subject of the thesis was the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/unesco-artist-for-peace-tweets-picture.htmlAhlem Mosteghanemi is a UNESCO Artist for Peace because, in their words, “of her commitment, through her writing, to causes such as social justice and the education of young people affected by armed conflicts. Mosteghanemi […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/eurovision-hosts-boast-middle-eastern.html From left:  Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub, Bar Refaeli and Erez Tal It is a tribute to Israel’s diversity that all four presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest extravaganza of 2019 have some Middle Eastern […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/what-einstein-would-have-thought-of-j.htmlThe American Council for Judaism was an anti-Zionist Jewish group that started in 1942 for the purpose splitting the American Jewish community. Its position (since somewhat moderated) was that it “deplores the view that American […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/05/fickle-fannys-down-under.htmlBy Daphne Anson   The Iranians hang gays from cranes, and the hard men of Hamas have a habit of throwing gays off the roofs of buildings, but when the Eurovision Song Contest is held […]

http://abuyehuda.com/2019/05/more-worries-for-american-jews/Dr. Guy Bechor is an Israeli political and legal analyst who specializes in the Middle East. He often appears on Israeli television and his articles are found in various newspapers and websites; however, much of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0518-links-arab-spring-second-coming.htmlFrom Ian: Jonathan Spyer: Arab Spring: the Second Coming? The camp of the generals is the camp of stability, the status quo, and of alliance with the West. The other side is with the notion […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0517-links-pt2-israels-unique-support.htmlFrom Ian: WaPo: Israel’s Unique Support for Preserving Minorities’ Identities Last week, I spent some time in Israel talking to people about religion, ethnicity and identity. Viewing faith as integrally tied to your place and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-wapo-op-ed-again-lies-about.htmlFrom a Washington Post op-ed defending Rashida Tlaib’s version of history, by Maha Nassar, an associate professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona: While Tlaib certainly […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0517-links-pt1-fm-against-unrwa-well.htmlFrom Ian: Foreign Ministry against UNRWA: ‘We’ll keep telling the truth’ Even as the winds of war seem to have temporarily subsided in Gaza, Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for […]