Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/02/forty-years-since-iranian-revolution.htmlIt is 40 years since the Iranian revolution deposed the ruling Shah and precipitated the exodus of  most of the country’s Jews. The Tablet, under the guest-editorship of Miriam  Levy-Haim, is running a series of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/0202-links-is-pa-really-against.htmlFrom Ian: Is the PA Really Against Terrorism? And don’t forget the little matter of such falsehoods blatantly violating the Oslo Accords. Those accords obligate the PA to refrain from “hostile propaganda” against Israel. Accusing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/0201-links-pt2-bret-stephens.htmlFrom Ian: Bret Stephens (NYTs): The Persistence of Anti-Semitism Book Review: ANTISEMITISM Here and Now By Deborah E. LipstadtAnother guise is anti-Zionism, which pretends that one can malign Israel as a uniquely diabolical and illegitimate […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/0201-links-pt1-palestinians-who-really.htmlFrom Ian: The Palestinians: Who Really Cares? Protests by the Palestinians in Lebanon are unlikely to draw any attention from the international community, including so-called pro-Palestinian groups that are active especially on university campuses in […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/02/remembering-jewish-martyrs-of-iraq.html Fifty years ago, the remaining few thousand Jews in Iraq endured a period of extreme anxiety and terror as nine innocent Jews were hanged in Liberation Square in Baghdad. Scores more disappeared. David Kheder Basson, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0131-links-pt2-ben-shapiro-hijacking.htmlFrom Ian: Ben Shapiro: Hijacking Holocaust Remembrance Day The same holds true for Linda Sarsour, co-chair of the Women’s March. Sarsour is a supporter of the anti-Semitic boycott against Israel. In 2012, she tweeted, “nothing […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/02/david-singer-trump-should-reaffirm-core.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: President Trump’s decision to reverse his partial US government shutdown – the longest in history – […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/beach-video-amnestys-ethnic-cleansing.html This video is Hen Mazzig’s response to Amnesty International’s latest campaign to discourage tourists from visiting Israeli tourist sites in protest against Palestinian ‘human rights violations’. Hen Mazzig is a young Israeli activist and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0131-links-pt1-palestinian-support-for.htmlFrom Ian: Palestinian Support for Two-State Solution Seen Declining Among the Palestinians in recent years there has been growing interest in the idea of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is in part […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/reaction-to-gamliels-250-billion.htmlEarlier this month, the sensationalist claim by Gila Gamliel (pictured), Israel’s minister for Social Equality, that Israel will be seeking $250 billion in compensation for property and assets lost by Jews driven from eight Arab […]