Articles by Ian

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2020/01/david-singer-israeli-right-does-not.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: The claim that “The Israeli right has no solution for civil rights for Palestinians after annexation, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0114-links-pt1-lee-smith-obama-passed.htmlFrom Ian: Lee Smith: Obama Passed the Buck. Trump Refused to Play. If this all seems unbelievable, it’s because it is—and also because you’re probably still imagining that Obama’s goal was to prevent Iran from […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/iranian-jews-condemn-killing-of.htmlIt’s a well-worn strategy for Jewish minorities to toe the government line for reasons of self-preservation,  and the Jewish minority in Iran is no exception. Thus it condemned the killing of General Qassem Soleimani by […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0113-links-pt2-which-came-first.htmlFrom Ian: Which came first – Jeopardy or ‘Palestinians’? Trebek never figured to be at the center of controversy. Generations grew up with him. He’s been a comforting presence; the older brother always there with […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0113-links-pt1-melanie-phillips-irans.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: Iran’s heroic protesters expose decadence and humbug among western liberals It would be despicable and unforgivable for Britain and the EU, whose support for the 2015 Obama-brokered deal hugely helped empower […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/mizrahi-voters-are-not-motivated-by.htmlThe Israeli Labour party is merging with the far left Meretz party. This looks like another disastrous lurch away from key Mizrahi support, if the academic Nissim Mizrahi is to be believed.  Identity politics are […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0112-links-trump-sends-message-of.htmlFrom Ian: Trump Sends Message Of Support To The Iranian People Written In Persian President Donald Trump sent a message written in Persian to Iranians who were openly protesting the country’s oppressive Islamic government on […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/only-three-jews-show-up-to-inauguration.htmlTo much fanfare, the Eliyahu Hanavi (Nebi Daniel) synagogue in Alexandria was at last officially inaugurated after a three-year programme of restoration, ordered by Egyptian president Al-Sissi. While the project affirms that Jews once lived […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2020/01/in-america-interfaith-bridge-building.htmlBy Daphne Anson   According to a 2014 post on his his apparently now discontinued blog here, Shi’ite Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni, born in 1958 in the city of Al-Najaf in southern Iraq, completed his theological […]