July 12, 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/0712-links-pt2-melanie-phillips-why.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: Why the Labour party can’t deal with its Jew-hatred This contemporary expression of the oldest hatred didn’t start with Corbyn and it won’t end with him. It has been around for […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/0712-links-pt1-time-puts-netanyahu-on.htmlFrom Ian: Time puts Netanyahu on the cover, says he ‘tests the limits of power’ Time magazine has once again put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on its cover for its upcoming July 22 edition. Noting […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/check-out-hamas-summer-camps-this-year.html Here’s some child abuse, courtesy of Hamas, in these advertisements for their military summer which they call the “camps of pioneers of liberation:” Al-Qassam Brigades promoting their summer camp for young Palestinians. Registration begins […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/apollo-11-and-kiddush-levana.html Something to think about as we approach the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing…. JTA reported on July 22, 1969: Thoughtful Jews have speculated about the impact on Judaism’s religious outlook that would be […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-gaza-riot-theme-is-explicitly.html Every week’s Hamas-organized Gaza demonstrations have a different slogan. Today’s slogan is “No negotiation, no peace, no recognition of the entity.” I wonder if any supposedly “pro-peace” groups will be upset that the people […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/07/yad-vashem-extends-prayers-to-north.htmlAn Israeli high school student has persuaded Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial, to extend prayers for the souls of Holocaust victims to those from North Africa. Haaretz reports: (with thanks: Ido, Ruth, Imre, Michelle)  Libyan […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-forward-criticizes-hasbara-tours-of.htmlIn wake of J-Street’s highly publicized “Let My People Know” tour of Israel that included professional anti-Israel activists lying to college students and being praised for it in the New York Times, the Forward has […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/good-news-friday-279/I’m writing this week’s Good News Friday post from Florence, Italy! I’m so happy to be on holiday in this beautiful city, far from the pressures of life back home in Israel, but don’t worry, […]