Articles by Eldad Tzioni

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/things-i-learned-in-israel-forest-rain.html Israel is something you have to experience in order to truly understand. This land is both less and much more than people tend to assume. These are some of the things I learned living […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-real-audience-for-new-hamasdocument.html The Arab reaction to the Hamas document issued yesterday focuses on one specific point: Hamas’ seeming break with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood has become toxic, especially in Egypt but also in other […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/tel-aviv-bombed.htmlFrom the New York Times, May 14, 1948: Other smaller newspapers also noted that Tel Aviv was bombed: So what exactly happened? The Palestine Post gave details: Here is a stunning photo from a Life […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-historical-birthright-canadian.html The Canadian Jewish Chronicle published this backgrounder on May 14, 1948. While the editors probably were just looking for generic material to fill the issue with, it is refreshing to see a history of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/moderate-hamas-platform-justifies.html This is the part of the supposedly moderate Hamas “political document” that not only justifies murdering Israelis, but couches the murder of Israelis as a human right: Resistance and Liberation: 24. The liberation of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/proud-to-be-zionist-5777-edition.html I wrote the original essay around 2002 and I have been modifying it since then. Here is this year’s version: Every year, the State of Israel seems to be up against yet another unsolvable […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/is-there-lower-limit-for-israel-haters.htmlBy Petra Marquardt-Bigman The Spring 2017 edition of Fathom – a journal that offers a lot of interesting material on Israel – includes a review of a book that was publishedlast year under the title “Israel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/on-wisconsin-divest-this.html Days after questioning whether we should be taking student government divestment votes seriously any longer, along came Exhibit A-Z for why we shouldn’t, direct from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UWM). This story […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamas-again-denies-new-hamasdocument.htmlThis evening, in Doha, Hamas will officially unveil its new “political document.” Even in English, Hamas has been careful not to call it a charter, or to say that it replaces the Hamas charter that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/egyptian-minister-compares-jihadists-to.html One of the main criticisms aimed at Islamic leaders today is that they have not generally attacked ISIS from a theological perspective. Young people often see in ISIS a pure Islamic theology, consistent with […]