June 2019

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/06/podcast-why-did-jewish-life-vanish-from.htmlIn the week of the 78th anniversary of the ‘Farhud’ massacre of Iraqi Jews, prominent radio presenter Jonny Gould chose to focus his ‘Jewish state’ podcast on the issue of Jews from the Middle East […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/06/07/chag-shavuot-sameach-9/The festival of Shavuot (“Feast of Weeks” or Pentecost), beginning on Motzei Shabbat (Saturday night), is the culmination of the 7 weeks (hence the name) of counting the Omer – Sefirat Ha’Omer. We are instructed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/06/israelinarabic-is-great-twitter-account.htmlIsrael in Arabic a Twitter account is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to communicate with the Arab world. It will show things like this scene of Muslims worshiping in Ben Gurion Airport, pointing […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2019/06/06/hamid-on-palestinian-dignity-getting-it-exactly-wrong/A twitter friend pointed to this article by Shadi Hamid, suggesting it was “worth a read.” Rather than answer him on twitter, I thought it “worth a fisk,” because the essay is so quintessentially illustrative […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/06/0606-links-six-decades-after-robert-f.htmlFrom Ian: (Internet problems, so just one set of links today, blame the Russians.) Six Decades After Robert F. Kennedy Was Assassinated, His Legacy Is Attacked… By Democrats It’s possible to assassinate a great man […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/06/jews-in-arab-lands-paid-price-for.htmlWhile the media focus on the events leading up to Israel’s lightening victory in the Six-Day War, it is often forgotten that Jews still in Arab countries paid a heavy price. Lyn Julius blogs in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/06/israeli-pundits-lament-lack-of-hipster.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Tel Aviv, June 6 – Journalists from some of the major media outlets in the country expressed frustration and disappointment today at the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/06/land-for-peace-doesnt-have-great-track.htmlWhile Israel’s peace agreement with Egypt has remained pretty solid, major parts of the Sinai that Israel withdrew from have since become strongholds for ISIS-associated Islamist terror groups. The parts of Lebanon that Israel withdrew […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/06/meanwhile-israeli-and-palestinian.htmlAl Resalah quotes a story in Makor Rishon about a recent initiative between Israeli and Palestinian businesspeople. While Palestinians are boycotting the Israeli approach of economic peace at the Bahrain workshop, there is another place […]