Articles by Ian

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0214-links-pt2-foreign-ministry-places.htmlFrom Ian: Foreign Ministry places permanent exhibit at UNESCO The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to place a permanent exhibit at UNESCO headquarters of a replica of the seven-branched Menorah featured on the Arch […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0214-links-pt1-glick-livni-fayyad-two.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: The Livni-Fayyad two-step Livni isn’t being considered for the position because she’s the former foreign minister. She’s being touted as a “balance” to Fayyad because she agrees with him that Israel […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/02/muslims-embrace-medieval-cairo-jewish.htmlThe Jerusalem Post reporter Seth Frantzman visits the Ben Ezra synagogue in Cairo, where the famous medieval Geniza found in the attic testifies to the ‘positive relationship between Jews and Muslims’.  Under Gamal Abdel Nasser, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0213-links-pt2-foreign-governments-fund.htmlFrom Ian: Soundtrack to a legendary victory: Israel releases 1967 war recordings Fifty years after the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel’s military archives on Sunday released a partial soundtrack — the IAF’s realtime communications — […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/eElx60YfOXg/13-feb-17-another-shalit-deal-milestone.html Sinwar, the day Israel let him walk free [Image Source] Associated Press is reporting this afternoon that Hamas has a new leader in Gaza, and calls him “one of the Islamic militant group’s most […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0213-links-pt1-un-to-israel-give-land.htmlFrom Ian: Rivlin supports one-state solution, full annexation of West Bank In a possible harbinger signaling an official shift in government policy, President Reuvin Rivlin on Monday said he supported the full annexation of the […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/02/nachalot-centre-of-sephardi-jerusalem.htmlAt one point there were 300 synagogues in Nahlaot, a community built outside the walls of Jerusalem in the late 19th century. Kurds, Greeks Persians and North Africans were among Nachlaot’s residents. Ruth Corman took […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0212-links-dispelling-myth-that-israel.htmlFrom Ian: Dispelling the Myth that Israel Is the Largest Beneficiary of US Military Aid Many American detractors of Israel begin by citing that Israel receives the lion’s share of US military aid. The very […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/xjpbv3RSWDM/12-feb-17-yelling-at-each-other-about.html Image Source: CBS News, November 28, 2016 From where we sit, it’s deeply troubling that major matters of policy and public security have divided Americans, and to a great extent people elsewhere as well, […]