November 2021

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/another-fake-victory-for-palestinian.htmlIt barely makes the news anymore, but Palestinian Arab prisoners have been going on hunger strikes a lot over the past few months with various demands. Lately, Palestinian media has been celebrating “victories” where they […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/1129-links-pt1-most-legitimate-state-on.htmlFrom Ian: The Most Legitimate State on Earth For a brief moment in the late 1980s, with communism passing away in Europe and Central Asia and its serf states breathing free, you may have been […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-international-day-for-destroying.htmlToday is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as declared by a 1977 UN General Assembly resolution.  The date was specifically chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the 1947 UNGA Resolution […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/palestinian-prime-minister-denies-any_0917840292.html Israel’s President Isaac Herzog lit the first flame of the Chanukah menorah in Hebron, at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. He emphasized that the Jewish connection to Hebron is beyond question, but Muslims are […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/university-of-toronto-scsu-passed-pro.html It turns out the story about the University of Toronto -Scarborough Student Union (SCSU)  is much, much worse than I originally reported. There were two resolutions passed. One was the pro-BDS resolution that I […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/chanukah-video-night-1-six13-west-side.htmlReturning to my tradition of bringing you a new music video for every night of Chanukah. Here’s Six13 parodying West Side Story. Happy Chanukah!

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/jewish-voice-for-peaces-chanukah.html Chanukah is as Zionist a holiday as one can imagine.  It celebrates a military victory of Jews against people who were trying to take over their homeland. It celebrates a victory of the few […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/1128-links-call-to-action-join.htmlFrom Ian: A Call to Action: Join the Maccabees The Maccabean victory over Greece, the world’s major military power of the time, was miraculous. Perhaps even more miraculous was the third major successful effort to […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2021/11/28/chanukah-sameach-1st-night/Chanukah has begun here in Israel, and windows are lighting up all over the country with candles and oil lamps twinkling in the dark. Chanukah is one of my favourite chagim, since it requires very […]

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/11/breaking-silence-peace-now-and-hamas.htmlIsrael’s President Isaac Herzog plans to light the first Chanukah candle in Hebron, at the Tomb of the Patriarchs – Judaism’s second holiest place. The reactions from the “moderate” Palestinian Authority and “extremist” Hamas were […]