August 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/when-did-synagogues-start-placing.htmlOn Twitter, Ben Kurt asked me, “Why do American synagogues often have the Israeli flag next to the ark or on a pole? I’ve never seen it one single time in a European synagogue.” It […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/palestinian-authority-arrested-famous.html Abdulrahman Thaher is a Palestinian actor and film director.  On August 14, he posted on Facebook a very mild and indirect criticism of the Palestinian Authority, saying that he didn’t want to comment on […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/did-you-hear-about-palestinian.html   PCHR, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights,  reports an incident of the Palestinian Authority torturing a 17-year old: A Palestinian force of the Preventive Security Service (PSS) arrested a 17-year-old boy, from Ethna […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-james-bond-style-escape-from-iraq.htmlDesperate to leave Iraq under the oppressive rule of Saddam Hussein,  in November 1970 Lisette Shashoua Ades was finally given the opportunity to escape the country with the help of Kurdish smugglers, and out to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/israels-pm-and-government-should-resign.html Vic Rosenthal’s weekly column I’m not looking forward to writing this, or to reading the responses that I will surely get from various quarters. But here it is. The Breslov Hasidim venerate Rabbi Nachman […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0826-links-pt2-whither-bds-movement.htmlFrom Ian: Only 4% of American Jews consider Israel most important voting issue Ahead of the US 2020 presidential election, most American Jews remain pro-Israel but do not define Israel as their most important voting […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/bds-response-to-uae-is-pretty-funny.htmlI love this headline from the BDS movement in response to the announcement of the UAE normalizing relations with Israel. “Dictatorship,” “despotic,” “police state.” It really sounds like the BDSers care about repression, doesn’t it? […]

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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0826-links-pt1-israeli-shai-ohayon.htmlFrom Ian: Israeli Shai Ohayon stabbed to death by Palestinian in suspected terror attack A Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli man to death outside the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva in a suspected terror […]