April 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/human-rights-group-gisha-chooses-to.html Beth Oppenheim is Director of International Relations at the Israeli Gisha NGO, which is dedicated to improving the movement of people and goods in and out of the Palestinian territories. She just started her […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0423-links-pt2-so-much-sympathy-for.htmlFrom Ian: So much sympathy for dead Jews – how about some empathy for live ones? Another Yom Hashoah came and left. One out of every three Jews on Planet Earth were slaughtered by Nazis […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/israeli-man-buys-brown-dog-doesnt-name.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, April 23 – Neighbors, relatives, and friends of a local resident expressed shock this morning upon discovering that he had purchased a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/iraqs-nationality-law-excludes.html Iraq’s Nationality Law of 2006 has some interesting bigotry baked in. Its exclusion of Palestinians from becoming citizens is explicit, and in line with Arab League recommendations from the 1950s: Article 6 II- Iraqi […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/sign-petition-let-israelis-decide-on.htmlI saw J-Street started a petition saying American Jews are against annexation: These sorts of things are stunts. There is no transparency – J-Street doesn’t want you to know how many people signed or who […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0423-links-pt1-israeli-coronavirus.htmlFrom Ian: Israeli coronavirus vaccine developers target summer human trials Scientists racing toward a vaccine against COVID-19 at Israel’s MigVax will commence a safety and efficacy assessment in rodents in May prior to initiating human […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/polling-israeli-arabs-your-results-may.html This Ongoing War writes, “The opinions of Palestinian Arabs are, to a great extent, a puzzle.” Are the opinions of Israeli Arabs any less a puzzle? For example, in July 2012, The Israeli website […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/arabs-protesting-ramadan-series-that-is.html There is always intense interest in the Arab world about the miniseries that are broadcast during Ramadan. This year, there is additional controversy. The Arab MBC network is presenting “Um Haroun,” a series about […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/israel-has-been-expediting-allowances.html Reporters and anti-Israel activists, trying to prove that Israel is not allowing needed medical aid into Gaza, have been referencing the list of “dual use” items that Israel’s COGAT publishes. They misrepresent the list as […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/eoztv-watch-two-ignoramuses-right-wing.html I was struck that this video was being used as proof by both the Right and the Left that their side destroyed the other side’s arguments. This video is incredible pic.twitter.com/RdpnxAzZFx — Ashley Feinberg […]