September 2020

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/0917-links-pt1-it-wouldnt-have-happened.htmlFrom Ian: Jonathan Tobin: It wouldn’t have happened without Trump Kushner persuaded Trump to work to hold the P.A. accountable for its support of terrorism. The Trump team also stood behind the president’s decisions to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/emirati-preacher-upsetting-palestinians.html Ever since the Israel/UAE agreement was announced, Emirati preacher Dr. Wasim Youssef has been upsetting Palestinians and their supporters with his pro-Israel tweets. During the signing ceremony at the White House, he tweeted, “Hamas attacked […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/john-kerry-tries-to-take-credit-for.htmlWhen the announcement of an accord between Israel and the UAE came out last month, John Kerry tweeted this: This tweet is interesting for a couple of reasons.  First of all, he doesn’t congratulate the […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/09/what-you-will-need-for-rosh-hashana.htmlRosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year – begins tomorrow evening. In the Sephardi tradition,   a seder of ritual foods is eaten, preceded by the reciting of ‘ Yehi Ratzon ‘ (May it be thy […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/syrian-site-warns-of-secret-chinese.html Step News is apparently a US-based Syrian-oriented Arabic news site. Although I had never heard of it, it seems to have achieved some popularity – over 5 million followers on Facebook. On Thursday, it […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/whats-not-in-normalization-agreements.html Vic Rosenthal’s weekly column The most interesting thing about the normalization agreements that Israel signed with the UAE and Bahrain is not what is in the written agreements, which are sparse on detail. It is not even the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/0916-links-pt2-study-more-than-one-in.htmlFrom Ian: Study: More than one in 10 Americans under 40 thinks Jews caused the Holocaust More than one in 10 American adults under 40 believes that Jews caused the Holocaust. That’s one finding from […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/hope-in-plague-7-examples-of.html It’s hard to have hope in a plague, though everywhere are reminders that the New Year approaches. And should you forget, everyone you meet will wish you a “Shana Tova,” a sweet new year, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/09/when-israel-tried-to-give-permanent.html From the Christian Science Monitor, May 26, 1992: Numerous efforts have been made to resettle [Palestinian] refugees, but all have failed. In 1950, long before the territories came under Israeli control, UNRWA suggested moving 150,000 […]