Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/08/how-did-arabs-help-nazi-war-effort.htmlIn this important 9-part series in Israel National News, historian Dr Alex Grobman examines the influence of the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini on Arab opinion, and the Arab contribution to the Nazi war […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0821-links-pt2-case-against-ilhan-omar.htmlFrom Ian: Noah Rothman: The Case Against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Despite the backlash, neither Omar nor Tlaib have shown any willingness to pare back their anti-Semitic agitation. When Israel made the arguably ill-advised […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0821-links-pt1-exposing-physical-and.htmlFrom Ian: Exposing physical and intellectual terrorism to awaken the oblivious It is terrible that incidents like using cars to run over innocent children and other means of terror are still happening in Israel and […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/08/spain-throws-up-hurdles-to-citizenship.htmlAs the deadline approaches,  Sephardi Jews applying for Spanish citizenship have been frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles and exams to demonstrate linguistic and historical knowledge. Fewer than 10,000 Jews are supposed to have been successful, Soeren […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0820-links-pt2-is-campus-bds-threat.htmlFrom Ian: Is the Campus BDS Threat Shifting to Academic Boycotts? In some cases, the principle of academic boycott is of greater concern than the direct impact on students. At Pitzer, fewer than a dozen […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0820-links-pt1-americas-other-special.htmlFrom Ian: Kevin D. Williamson: America’s Other ‘Special Relationship’ Remains Worth Preserving Friedman is not 100 percent wrong in his argument here — and he is about 80 percent wrong, on average. It may not […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/08/talkshow-host-maher-talks-of-jewish.htmlWith thanks: Lily, Michelle  By now, everyone has heard that  the two Democratic Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar were banned from visiting Israel on account of their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0819-links-pt2-left-can-no-longer.htmlFrom Ian: A Misunderstanding About Anti-Semitism Only diseases can have cures, and anti-Semitism is not a disease: It is a perfectly normal human reaction to an anomaly that has persisted for just over 2,000 years, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0819-links-pt1-mordechai-kedar-israel.htmlFrom Ian: Dr. Mordechai Kedar: Israel is the sole sovereign of the Temple Mount If I were Israel’s ambassador to Jordan, and I were called in for a dressing down over Israel’s actions on the […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/08/professor-sasson-somekh-passes-away.htmlOne of the most prominent specialists in contemporary Arabic literature, Professor Sasson Somekh, has died. Born in 1933, Professor Somekh was a prolific writer on contemporary Arabic poets and authors. In the 1990s, he spent […]