May 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0514-links-pt1-dershowitz-war-crime.htmlFrom Ian: Jerusalem welcomes Eurovision The capital invites the public, as well as visitors, to celebrate Eurovision during a four day public broadcasting celebration in the First Station. Jerusalem residents, as well as visitors to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/cracking-israel-culture-code-forest-rain.html Israel is one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and maligned countries on earth. The question is, why? Jew hate? Or because our “hasbara” is terrible? In pro-Israel circles either (or both) of these are […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-nakba-of-shame.htmlOne cannot understand Arab society without understanding the honor/shame dynamic. It is not racist to point out that Arabs are brought up in a culture where receiving honor, and avoiding shame, are the top priorities. […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/tales-of-spiderweb-building-in-cairo.htmlBy a strange coincidence two things unite journalist Peter Kessler and Egyptian Jew Albert Bivas. They both lived in an Art Deco building in Cairo Kessler nicknames ‘the spiderweb building’, seventy years apart. Kessler had […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/arabs-continue-to-claim-that-there-is.html One of the more outlandish lies that one sees often in Arab media is the claim that  there is no hint of Jewish history in Jerusalem, and the ties between Jews and Jerusalem are […]

http://david-collier.com/british-jew-assaulted/ Yesterday I was assaulted. I had been sitting with friends at the cafe inside the Quaker building in Euston. Not long after I left, I felt a sharp and forceful push from behind. I […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/05/so-whos-dhimmi-bishop-then.htmlBy Daphne Anson   At a secular meeting at Regent’s Park Mosque in London, a woman stands hijabbed. Who can she be? It’s unlikely that she’s a Muslim.  That large cross round her neck is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0513-links-pt2-trump-joins-gop-chorus.htmlFrom Ian: Eurovision Contestants Walk the Orange Carpet in Tel Aviv Contestants from 41 countries walked an orange carpet in Tel Aviv’s “Culture Square” on Sunday for the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2019, brushing aside […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/terrorists-wear-masks-even-when-giving.htmlPalestine Today shows photos of Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists – in masks – giving out water and dates to people in Gaza for Ramadan. Because they are so humane. Wouldn’t you feel good seeing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/entryism-and-ngos-divest-this.html I recently encountered the term titling this piece in the comments section of an article about how an organization become politicized when leaders of the group started taking stands on controversial matters.  When some […]