Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/11/tunisian-jews-killed-in-holocaust-could.htmlAs many as 700 Tunisian Jews could have been murdered in the Nazi Holocaust, a researcher has claimed at a recent conference –  according to HuffPost Maghreb, quoting a report in  Arutz Sheva.  (It is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/11/1115-links-pt2-red-cross-destroys-laws.htmlFrom Ian: Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel All told, the two Jewish communities of the United States and Israel constitute some 85 percent of the world’s Jews. Although […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/11/prince-charles-ignores-indigenousness.htmlA letter by Prince Charles to his mentor, Laurens van der Post,  has come to light 30 years after it was written. The Prince’s views, expressed shortly after he absorbed Arab views on a visit […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/11/snowballs-missive-from-british-columbia.htmlBy Daphne Anson   It’s swelteringly hot in Oz this week, which is perhaps why my thoughts have turned longing to snow. Alas, this is what I came across, written by Dan Snow.  The Duke […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/11/1114-links-pt2-saudi-muftis-fatwa.htmlFrom Ian: Israeli min welcomes Saudi mufti’s anti-Hamas remarks An Israeli minister on Monday welcomed remarks by a mufti of Saudi Arabia that Palestinian resistance group Hamas is a terror organization. “We congratulate Abdul Aziz […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/11/1114-links-pt1-without-victory-there.htmlFrom Ian: Without Victory, There Can Be No Peace Ninety-four years ago, on November 4 1923, Ze’ev Jabotinsky published an essay that would shape the worldview of the nationalist Israeli Right. Known as the “Iron […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/11/revered-jewish-shrine-no-longer.html The New York Times has a feature on the shrine in Kurdistan of a little known biblical figure called Hazana – revered by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. But the Jews, and most of the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/11/1113-links-pt2-judea-pearl-balfour.htmlFrom Ian: Judea Pearl: The Balfour Declaration at 100 and How It Redefined Indigenous People Balfour understood that Eretz Israel is an inextricable part of Jewish identity. Accordingly, he also understood that indigeneity is based […]