August 2020

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-uae-needs-jews-as-bulwark-against.htmlThis Jewish Chronicle article by the Emirati ambassador to the UK,  Mansoor Abulhoul, emphasises that a common front against Iran is not the only motivation behind the peace accord with Israel. The UAE needs to build a […]

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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0823-links-as-we-search-for-covid.htmlFrom Ian: As We Search for a COVID Vaccine, Remembering Past National Unity and the Legacy of Jonas Salk Each year in the 1940s and ’50s, more than 15,000 Americans were paralyzed by polio and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/joke-of-day-iran-says-free-people-of.html   The Commander of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri, said, “These days we are facing a great calamity, which was the UAE establishing relations with the occupation, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-uae-doesnt-discriminate-against.html   TheJC has an article by Colin Shindler of SOAS  about his former student Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE’s UN Ambassador, going through her family history: For Lana Nusseibeh, who was instrumental in bringing about […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/gaza-groups-are-proud-of-their-war.htmlThe Islamic Jihad news site Palestine Today has a photo essay of their “Jihad Barq” units that send incendiary balloons to Israel:       The headline of the piece translates to “The Jihad Barq […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-iraniian-jews-who-joined-islamic.htmlLior Sternfeld, author of “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran” (Stanford University Press, 2018) is not best pleased with Tehran, the new Israeli Netflix series because it shows a Jew putting family […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0822-links-surgical-precision-story.htmlFrom Ian: Surgical precision – The story behind Israel’s targeted killings THE TARGETED killing of al-Ata was not that different from the many others the IDF has carried out over the past decade. It was […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/08/0821-links-pt2-melanie-phillips-support.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: Support for Black Lives Matter repeats a lethal error of history In the 20th century, thousands of progressively minded people supported Soviet communism. Believing this ideology was the key to a […]