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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/05/israeli-apartheid-regime-gets-first.html Danny Brenner, in Israel Hayom writes: Toby Cohen, the IDF’s first female Nigerian officer The Israel Defense Forces, more than any other organization, represents Israeli society. It is a melting pot that includes soldiers […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/05/gideon-levy-loses-debate-at-oxford-so.html Just another example of the sterling quality of Haaretz’ columnists. From Gideon Levy: The Oxford Union’s Thursday Debate discusses the Middle East a great deal, certainly more than any Israeli student union does. Just […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/2GxxOrLJ15Y/29-may-16-ally-in-fight-against-terror.html Allies and partners in defeating the jihadists: Abdullah II and Obama [Image Source] With the sale of one of the world’s major repositories of news photographs recently, it has suddenly gotten much harder (we just […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/05/elder-gets-results-apparently-nyt-scare.htmlOn Friday, I wrote about how the New York Times caved to Israel-haters like Glenn Greenwald, Salon magazine and later Mondoweiss who accused it of “pro-Israel bias” because it put the word “occupation” in scare […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/05/aleppo-jews-prayed-next-year-in.htmlThis article from Middle East Eye takes an interesting look at the Syrian-Jewish community of Manchester established by 19th century traders like Abraham Batis. But the antisemitic riots which devastated the Aleppan community in 1947 […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/in-the-british-labour-party-antisemitism-is-from-the-top-down/The nasty phenomenon of antisemitism in the British Labour Party is not leaving the news, and for a very good reason: The indefatigable Douglas Murray of the Gatestone Institute explains that in the UK Labour […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/05/moroccans-refuse-to-play-israel-in.htmlFrom the Jerusalem Post: Politics reared its ugly head in sports once more on Thursday, this time at the World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. Israel was scheduled to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/05/nyt-caves-to-israel-haters-over.html The New York Times reported on Wednesday: A bitter divide over the Middle East could threaten Democratic Party unity as representatives of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed to upend what they see as […]