August 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/pchr-tries-to-counter-terrorists-in.htmlLast year Israeli’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs released “Terrorists in Suits,” which showed how many top members of anti-Israel NGOs were linked to terror groups, most often the PFLP but also Hamas. Now, PCHR – […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/08/ny-times-features-artist-with-longing.htmlIt might not be art, but it’s a good stunt. Long feature in the New York Times capturing the nostalgia of one American artist with Iraq-Jewish roots for a country where he has never been. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/erdogans-video-shows-he-wants-to.html   This video from the President of Turkey’s Communications Directorate shows how Recep Tayyip Erdoğan views Turkey. It is a very militaristic video, going from Turkish soldiers on horses onto showing them in fighter […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0824-links-pt2-black-september.htmlFrom Ian: Black September Remembered: How The PLO Forged The Modern Middle East It is a common, albeit false, assumption that the United States and Israel closely cooperated since the Jewish state’s recreation in 1948. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/uae-minister-normalization-with-israel.html   Ramallah News quotes the Emirati news agency WAM: On Monday, the head of the UAE General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Muhammad Al-Kaabi, described the agreement to normalize Emirati-Israeli relations under American […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/racism-in-arab-world.html 19th-century engraving depicting an Arab slave-trading caravan transporting black African slaves across the Sahara. (Wikipedia) In June, Yasmine El Geressi wrote an article in Majalla that is the best I’ve seen in describing Arab […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0824-links-pt1-president-trump-is-doing.htmlFrom Ian: Donald Trump is doing good in the Middle East. Why won’t the Foreign Office support him? President Trump has got it right on Israel – and the Foreign Office has got it badly […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/hebron-proves-its-jew-hatred.html     This is the anniversary of the horrific 1929 attacks on Jews in Hebron. As Wikipedia writes: At about 8.30 am Saturday morning, the first attacks began to be launched against houses where […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/lebanese-maronite-patriarch-without.html   From Naharnet: Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for the removal of “all arms and explosives depots” from Lebanon’s residential areas, in the wake of the Beirut port blast that killed dozens, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/kuwaiti-site-israel-doesnt-want-peace.html This week’s “expert” is Fakhri Hashem Al-Sayed Ragab of Kuwait’s Al Qabas. He writes: Peace for the State of Israel basically contradicts its biggest goal, which is that its borders should be from the […]