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https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/what-on-earth-happened-between-qatar-and-the-arab-states/The news out of Qatar and the Gulf had us all (well, me at least) scratching our heads in mystification. What suddenly triggered the break between Saudi Arabia and Qatar? Did they only NOW discover […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/how-jews-of-aden-were-rescued-in-1967.htmlThe 50th anniversary of the Six Day War is being commemorated with articles and TV programmes. But the impact on the remaining Jewish communities of the furious Arab reaction to their defeat has been almost […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0607-links-pt2-dershowitz-new-tolerance.htmlFrom Ian: Alan M. Dershowitz: A New Tolerance for Anti-Semitism In the United States, although there has been hard-right anti-Semitism for decades, the bigotry of the hard-left is far more prevalent and influential on many […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/ayelet-shaked-takes-on-dean-issacharoff.html “You’re a liar,” just doesn’t have the same punch as the Hebrew “Atah shakran.” The latter is like a dare, a pointing finger, as opposed to the former, which is simply a statement of […]

http://david-collier.com/good-jew-dead-jew/ ‘The only good Jew is a dead Jew’. A horrific statement not so openly suggested in Europe or the USA in 2017.  In reality, this line is actually being propagated in almost every university […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/moderate-cannibals-feeling-pressure-to.html Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Beirut, June 7 – Community leaders among those who consume human flesh in a moderate fashion complain that they are being unfairly […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0607-links-pt1-unhrc-approves-blacklist.htmlFrom Ian: UN approves blacklist of companies profiting from settlements 32 nations vote in favor; 15 abstain; none opposeThe United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday voted in favor of creating a “blacklist” of companies […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/kiss-them-each-and-every-oneforest-rain.html “We went to pay our respects,” I told my friend. “Kiss them, each and every one” he said. “And tell Ram he shouldn’t be so serious all the time.” I was standing on a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/when-one-cannot-find-anything-good-to.html This week there has been no shortage of articles from leftists decrying 50 years of “occupation.” I found “Rabbi” Michael Lerner’s promotional email introducing his current issue of Tikkun Magazine to be especially repugnant. […]