Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/drugs-fuelled-halimi-murderer-will-not.htmlThe decision of the French courts to blame the murder of Sarah Halimi on drugs and not on Jew-hatred has caused consternation among Jewish groups: the murderer has been declared unfit to stand trial. This […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/05/david-singer-freedom-from-plo-and-hamas.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: The announced participation of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar in the “Prosperity for […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0529-links-pt2-caroline-glick-talks.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick talks about growing antisemitism in the realm of fake news Caroline Glick, author and former Jerusalem Post columnist, is known for her fiery rhetoric about Israeli politics and security. But antisemitism? […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0529-links-pt1-trumps-peace-plan-is.htmlFrom Ian: The Trump administration is creating momentum for Palestinian-Israeli peace In a recent tweet pointing to the 31 percent Palestinian unemployment rate, senior Trump administration peace envoy, Jason Greenblatt, suggested, “the PA is focused […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/non-white-jews-are-still-embattled.html Reading about the making of the film Aladdin, Dani Ishai Behan was astonished to discover that the actors playing the main Arab characters were Ashkenazi Jews, yet they have been described as ‘white’. Read Behan’s […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0528-links-pt2-phillips-jewish.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: Jewish conservatism is the key to our survival The American philanthropic foundation, the Tikvah Fund, has decided to challenge the dominance of liberal universalism among Jews and promote instead a Jewish […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0528-links-pt1-pmw-palestinian-stabs.htmlFrom Ian: PMW: Palestinian stabs Jew in Hamas music video The same day that Hamas official Fathi Hammad promised to “slaughter, exterminate, and annihilate” Israel, Hamas TV broadcast a music video promising to “blow up” […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-jewish-poets-who-harked-back-to.html Egypt is less well known for its interwar Jewish writers than Iraq, for instance. Nevertheless, according to HaSepharadi, poets did exist, writing primarily in French. They extolled the ‘tolerant’ Pharaonic past and their sense of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/05/0527-links-pt2-nyts-old-scourge-of-anti.htmlFrom Ian: NYTs Editorial: The Old Scourge of Anti-Semitism Rises Anew in Europe What is clear is that these strains of anti-Semitism — from the right, from the left and from radical Muslims — have […]