April 29, 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0429-links-pt2-for-first-time-israelis.htmlFrom Ian: For first time, Israelis recovered from coronavirus outnumber those still sick For the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country earlier this year, the number of people in Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-problem-with-how-world-media-treats.htmlSeth Mandel wrote an important thread on Twitter: Editors at major publications for years have treated this person as representative of the Jewish political world. Said it before and will say it again: There needs […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/sovereignty-is-not-annexation-vive-la.html Sovereignty is not the same thing as annexation. Prime Minister Netanyahu knows this, which is why he is always careful to speak of exercising Israel’s sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and in the Jordan […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0429-links-pt1-israel-at-72-country.htmlFrom Ian: JPost Editorial: Independence Day – Israel’s 72nd birthday Despite these daunting challenges, Israelis have by and large proved themselves exceptional at coping with the extreme situation and adhering to the strict regulations that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/ifnotnwo-and-gisha-claim-gaza-is.htmlBy Daled Amos The fringe group If Not Now has found a new way to draw attention to itself this week: Their argument is presented in a bulleted list: o Israel controls Gaza’s air and […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-ashkenazim-who-came-to-levant.htmlAshkenazim settled in Syria and Lebanon in the 19th century, while German doctors came to Iraq fleeing Nazism.  These interesting snippets come from Nagi Zeidan, the historian of the Lebanese Jewish community,  and from the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/why-is-icrc-glorifying-matriarch-of.htmlYesterday, the International Committee of the Red Cross tweeted: The need for social distancing is making this Ramadan tough for many families in the West Bank. It will be especially so for those with relatives […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/proud-to-be-zionist-2020-edition.html I wrote the original essay around 2002 and I have been modifying it since then. Here is this year’s version:======================== I am a Zionist and I am proud of it. I know that Israel […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/chag-atzmaut-sameach-happy-72nd-independence-day-israel/It’s Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, and, as we note every year, the country swings in a mad but so-Israeli kind of way from the mourning, sorrow and remembrance of Yom Hazikaron to the flag-waving […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/bazman-hazeh-miracles-of-modern-israel.html Here is the audio of the lecture I gave last year on Yom HaAtzmaut on the topic of the miracles that helped the rebirth of Israel. And here are the notes I used for […]