October 2019

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2019/10/02/sisyphus-dreams-again/It’s the never-dying fantasy of peace at hand… this time from Susana Terstal, the EU’s Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process. HT Moshe Dann, who claims even normally sane people find this compelling. PEACE NEEDS INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL WILL BY SUSANA TERSTAL  SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 21:35 […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/writer-and-scholar-shimon-ballas-dies.html The death in Israel has been announced, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, of the prize-winning writer and scholar Shimon Ballas, 89.   Shimon Ballas was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1930, and immigrated to Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/saudi-muslims-understand-judaism-better.htmlRemember earlier this ear when the UK Labour party tweeted out this Passover greeting that included a loaf of bread? Who would have thought that Saudi Arabia could school the Labour Party in basic Judaism? […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/hamas-reps-visit-church-as-damage.htmlI reported last week on a Hebrew article that between 80%-90% of all Gaza Christians have fled Gaza because of harassment from both Hamas and local Salafis, Hamas, ever sensitive to appearing anti-Christian, responded by […]

http://david-collier.com/palestinian-solidarity-antisemitism/ What is Palestinian solidarity? Last week, I sat and witnessed a mainstream political party in the UK deliberately spit in the face of the Jewish community. The problem of growing antisemitism extends far beyond […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/rosh-hashana-1961-when-jews-rioted.htmlRosh Hashana 1961 saw an outbreak of violence in the Algerian city of Oran where Muslims were the main victims. By the time  calm was restored, a Jewish man and three Muslims had been killed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1001-links-frantzman-iraq-blames-israel.htmlFrom Ian: Seth J Frantzman: Iraq blames Israel for airstrikes, why now? Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Monday said that “investigations into the targeting of some Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) positions indicate that Israel […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/levana-zamir-returns-to-cairo-for-new.htmlIt was certainly one of the more unusual celebrations of the Jewish New Year: foreign diplomats and other distinguished guests gathered on 29 September in the Adly synagogue, Cairo, to hear ‘prayers’ led by Eden […]