August 2019

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/08/04/good-news-to-start-the-week-4/I promised you a Good News post after Shabbat, and I try to keep my promises. Since we started the mourning period of nine days leading up to Tisha B’Av I didn’t want to post […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0803-links-swastika-raised-with.htmlFrom Ian: Swastika raised with Palestine flag during weekly Gaza riots Approximately 6,000 Palestinians gathered on the Gaza border fence on Friday, holding the weekly March of Return demonstrations, while a swastika was raised along […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0802-links-pt2-lyn-julius-no-place-for.htmlFrom Ian: Lyn Julius: No place for blind spots on Muslim anti-Semitism The failure to acknowledge Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism is a peculiarly leftist blind spot. Twentieth-century Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism resulted in the ethnic […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/palestinian-gays-protest-against-anti.htmlThis was tweeted this morning by Harry Reis, Director, Policy and Strategy  at the leftist New Israel Fund: Wow (via friend who took part): Yesterday Palestinians staged first queer protest, demanding acknowledgement of pioneering role […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0802-links-pt1-israeli-palestinian.htmlFrom Ian: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: When Concessions Are Impossible One of the issues of consistent consensus in Israel is that the government should not concede on issues of its citizens’ security. Therefore, it was no surprise […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/08/02/shabbat-shalom-15/No time for my regular Friday post. I hope to post a Good News installment after Shabbat (bli neder). Wishing everyone a peaceful, safe and joyous Shabbat. Shabbat shalom and chodesh tov.

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/imagine-if-un-actually-wanted-peace.html This week there was a conference in Jordan sponsored by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on the topic of “Green Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Investment Required for Implementing SDG […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/agricultural-exports-from-gaza-going-up.htmlThe UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization puts out statistics each week on Gaza’s exports of fruit, vegetables and fish to the rest of the world. Here’s where the exports this year have gone so far: […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/muslims-frightened-by-jewish-children.html Every day there are stories in Arabic media about Jews “storming” the “Al Aqsa Mosque,” meaning Jews visiting the perimeter of the Temple Mount. So, naturally, the writers need to find some new angle […]