January 2020

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/what-worlds-leaders-will-not-learn-at.htmlOn 23 January, some 55 heads of state, prime ministers and members of royal families will visit Yad Vashem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. But will anyone […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0120-links-pt2-david-french-and-no-one.htmlFrom Ian: David French: ‘And No One Will Make Them Afraid’ Wait. Locusts? Now, obviously, those are not Zachary Evans’s words. He does not agree with the sentiment—he’s reporting its existence. And while many people […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/israel-starts-building-dubai-2020-expo.html Israel’s Foreign Ministry Arabic social media accounts published photos of the beginning of construction of the Israeli exhibition building at the Dubai Expo 2020. Arabic news media follow those accounts closely and the news […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/mother-of-soldiers-forest-rain.html It’s cold outside. The rain beats on the windows and thunder rumbles in the distance. Night is approaching and the warm bed beckons with the promise of a cozy embrace. The closeness of comfort […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/arab-bank-turning-away-palestinian.html Just yesterday I reviewed “Harpoon,” the account of how Israel was going after terrorists by going after their sources of money, and how lawsuits against banks that paid terrorists were a very effective method […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0120-links-pt1-how-can-middle-east.htmlFrom Ian: How can the Middle East change? The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still widely supported by the international community, despite the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians are moving any […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/jordanian-mp-blames-gas-deal-on-jews.html Tarek Khoury, a member of Jordan’s parliament, wrote a Facebook post where he complained about how the US is stopping countries, including Jordan, from trading with Syria. Even countries that have trade agreements with […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/finally-iran-finds-way-to-blame-israel.html Iran’s official PressTV scoured the depths of US conspiracy theory sites to find a way to possibly blame Israel for Iran’s shooting down the Ukraine Airlines Flight 752. A former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/martin-luther-king-and-edward-said.html Historian and scholar Martin Kramer writes in Times of Israel: Not a year goes by without an attempt by someone to associate the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. with the Palestinian cause. It’s particularly […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/latest-apartheid-poster.htmlTime to get ready for this year’s months-long “Israel Apartheid Week” with some new examples of how Israel accepts people of all colors, faiths and backgrounds. Full story here. (h/t Irene) We have lots of […]