Articles by Eldad Tzioni

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/interesting-observations-in-unctad.htmlThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development came out with a “Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Here is the first paragraph of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/gazans-forced-to-pay-thousands-in.html Gazans waiting at Rafah crossing From Al Jazeera: Egyptian officers are asking for bribes of up to $10,000 from Palestinians in Gaza desperate to leave the besieged coastal enclave, according to Gaza brokers who […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/palestinians-complain-that-their.html There was a wave of complaints over the newest official Palestinian Authority textbooks by educators and parents, according to Palestine Today. Some of the complaints were about basic errors – such as mixing up […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/egyptian-mp-supports-female-genital.html From Albawaba: Badmouthing the sexual capabilities of your country’s men is rarely a prescient political move. But when the cause is irreversibly mutilating women’s genitalia to control their sexuality, it seems that anything goes, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/brussels-jewish-museum-celebrates.html Yesterday was the annual European Day of Jewish Culture and Heritage, where Jewish culture is celebrated. The Jewish Museum of Belgium decided that this would be a good time to celebrate how wonderful things […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/islamist-terror-groups-condemn-jibril.html The ramp-up to the municipal Palestinian elections has created a bizarre story. Both Hamas and Fatah are scrambling to get votes, and a small bombshell was detonated a couple of days ago when Jibril […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/palestinians-are-accusing-israelis-of.html Times of Israel wrote last year: Sebastia is situated just a few kilometers northwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Known in Hebrew by its biblical name Shomron, the city was capital of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/amnesty-compares-israels-human-rights.html From Salon: Amnesty International has accused the U.S. of “deadly hypocrisy” for its massive arms deals with Middle East governments that have carried out war crimes and other violations of international law. “One of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/abbas-slaps-putin-and-obama-michael.html Writing in the Times of Israel, Dov Lieber tells us: “Palestinians officials rejected a recent US proposal for a trilateral peace summit with Israel, a Palestinian official said on Sunday, amid reports that efforts for possible […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/09/haaretz-publishes-another-fake.html Last week, in Haaretz, Fatah’s International Relations Commissioner and former PLO foreign minister Nabil Sha’ath accused Israel of not being interested in the two state solution. It is easy enough to fisk his op-ed […]