Articles by Ian

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0923-links-pt2-shakir-case-human-rights.htmlFrom Ian: Gerald M. Steinberg: The Shakir Case: Human Rights Watch vs. Israel Both ostensibly and legally, the Omar Shakir case coming before the Israeli High Court on September 24 is not about Human Rights […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0923-links-pt1-kicking-off-unity-bid.htmlFrom Ian: Kicking off unity bid, Rivlin invites Netanyahu and Gantz to meet After completing meetings with party representatives to hear their recommendations as to who should form the next government, and with neither Prime […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/holocaust-memorialisation-in-morocco.htmlThe bizarre incident of the rogue Marrakesh Holocaust memorial, built by an idiosyncratic German “guerilla-artist,” and the heavy-handed destruction of the monument by the Moroccan  authorities, reveal a much larger angst about the meaning of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0922-links-rivlin-blue-and-white-likud.htmlFrom Ian: Rivlin: Blue and White, Likud must share power Rivlin made the statement directly to representatives of Blue and White, who said they want a unity government but have been ruling out Prime Minister […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/azerbaijan-erects-monument-to-jewish.htmlThe love affair continues between Azerbaijan and the Jews, as a monument is unveiled to an Azeri Jewish military hero, Albert Agarunov. But the Azeris’ Armenian adversaries are not impressed, and the comments thread on […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0921-links-melanie-phillips-in.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs Israeli Arabs are poorly served by their elected members of Knesset. According to a recent survey by researchers at Tel Aviv […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0920-links-pt2-why-are-lefts-favorite.htmlFrom Ian: The New Anti-Semitism is the Old Anti-Semitism And when the Nazi Holocaust confronted the world with the ghastly handiwork of unbridled evil, the world embraced the Jewish people as the poster children for […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0920-links-pt1-caroline-glick-strategic.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: The strategic cost of Israel’s political instability When Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his position as defense minister last November and started the countdown to the Knesset elections in […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/selihot-prayers-sung-iranian-style.htmlEarlier this month,journalist Karmel Melamed recorded this short extract from the Selihot (repentance) prayers. These are traditionally recited during the month of Ellul preceding Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and the Day of Atonement, […]