May 12, 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/0512-links-pt2-does-media-bias-against.htmlFrom Ian: Jonathan Tobin: Does media bias against Israel still matter? If media bias like this doesn’t impact American public opinion about Israel, should anyone bother protesting it? In the first place, it is vital […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-nytimes-writes-about-lebanons.html Lebanon is suffering from an economic meltdown, that has become a looming catastrophe because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times covers it…with a curious omission. Lebanon’s economic problems have been building for […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/college-threatens-professor-over.htmlThis story has a happier ending but it should never have happened to begin with. Nicholas Damask, chair of the political science department at Arizona’s Maricopa County Community College, has a world politics class that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/0512-links-pt1-david-collier.htmlFrom Ian: David Collier: Palestinian refugees and UNRWA – it is time to tell the truth UNRWA has to go UNRWA, and much of the apparatus of the UN these days exist inside a paradigm […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-problem-with-adls-antisemitism.htmlBy Daled Amos No one says that the ADL has not done good work. Just last month, the ADL pursued the removal of The Sbarro Bomber on Social Media A notorious terrorist who is on […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/05/lag-ba-omer-in-algeria.htmlToday is Lag Ba’ Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, the period between Passover and Pentecost (Shavuoth).  (With thanks: Leon)The Omer marked a time when the scholar at the time orf the Roman occupation of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/of-course-new-hrw-report-is-filled-with.htmlHuman Rights Watch issued a new report, Israel: Discriminatory Land Policies Hem in Palestinians: Palestinian Towns Squeezed While Jewish Towns Grow.  As usual with HRW, it plays fast and loose with the facts to make Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/05/world-keffiyeh-day-celebrating-symbol.html Monday was World Keffiyeh Day, which was made up by a student group in Canada ironically named Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. The reason it is ironic is that while in English the pro-Palestinian […]

http://david-collier.com/diaspora-jewish-children/ My politics are Israeli politics and a lot of the discourse that takes place in the UK, also takes place in Israel. Dinner tables, ‘ul ha esh’ (BBQ), restaurant gatherings, pubs, coffee shops or […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/some-good-news-for-lag-baomer/Today is Lag Ba”Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, a semi-holiday marked by bonfires in the night, music and a popular day for weddings. This year, because of the coronavirus restrictions, bonfires were banned […]