Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/mind-gap.html Posting will be light to non-existent while Point of No Return takes a short break. See you soon!

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0111-links-pt2-bds-ban-is-not-about.htmlFrom Ian: BDS ban is not about free speech Activists on one side of this debate have maligned anti-boycott laws as requiring a “loyalty oath to Israel,” arguing that “the government cannot force people to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0111-links-pt1-blood-money-not.htmlFrom Ian: Blood money, not benevolence: The PLO’s Justification of ‘pay for slay’ In the Palestinian Athority’s 2018 budget, funding levels for “pay-for-slay” programs and the Palestinian Athority’s social welfare programs are disclosed. Terror payment […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/an-earthquake-is-shifting-iraqi-opinion.htmlFascinating interview in Hamodia by Sara Lehmann with the protagonist of the film Shadow in Baghdad, Linda Menuhin, whose father was abducted in 1970s Iraq and never seen again. Linda will be showing the film […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0110-links-pt2-sorry-angela-davis-is-no.htmlFrom Ian: Will backing anti-BDS bills be a liability for 2020 Democratic hopefuls? April 14, 2016. The day Democratic Party officials might have realized something was brewing on the American left. In the middle of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0110-links-pt1-send-hebron-observer.htmlFrom Ian: Prof. Eugene Kontorovich: Send the Hebron observer force home The Temporary International Presence in Hebron is Israel’s perpetual own-goal. The special task force oversees Jewish areas of Hebron and – beyond its members’ […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/archive-lawsuit-may-be-brought-against.htmlEdwin Shuker is the lead in a potential lawsuit that could be brought against Iraq, should it insist that the Iraqi-Jewish archive, which contains Shuker’s own school certificate, must be returned. Since the deadline expired […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0109-links-pt2-yes-anti-zionism-is-same.htmlFrom Ian: Yes, Anti-Zionism Is The Same As Anti-Semitism In a recent New York Times op-ed titled “Anti-Zionism isn’t the same as Anti-Semitism,” columnist Michelle Goldberg defended Ilhan Omar, a newly elected House representative who […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0109-links-pt1-abbas-celebrates-14th.htmlFrom Ian: Elliott Abrams: Abbas Celebrates 14th Anniversary of His Four-Year Term On January 9, 2005—exactly 14 years ago today—Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. For a four-year term. Today Abbas begins […]