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http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-windmills-of-bbc-mind.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Ah, the crafty BBC.  If they can’t get their leftist propaganda across by one route, they’ll get it across by another. “We did this,” the BBC’s fictional lady doctor says (in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/kuwait-seeks-to-expel-israel-from-inter.html The Inter Parliamentary Union has been around since 1889. It has 170 members of nations that have parliaments. Judging from its Twitter feed, the IPU seems to spend a lot of time concentrating on […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/02/flights-to-resume-between-israel-and.html Flights between Israel and Morocco will resume in May after 13 years. As Morocco does not have an agreement with Israel to allow direct flights, passengers will change planes in Catania, Sicily. Ynet News reports:  […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/alan-dershowitz-rips-apart-bds/I’ve posted many times about BDS as well as ways to counteract it, and I think most of us understand what it is and what it’s malign intentions are. Nevertheless it’s always good to have […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-art-of-deal-tzipi-livni-to-become.html Haaretz has a fascinating story: Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni may soon be appointed to a senior role in the United Nations. Over the weekend, Livni (Hatnua-Zionist Union) received a phone call from UN Chief […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0210-links-pt2-why-british-left-has.htmlFrom Ian: Why the British Left has come to revile Israel The morning of July 4, 1976 – the day of the Entebbe raid – is one of my earliest memories.Growing up in Uganda, that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/0210-links-pt1-islamic-jihad-and-peace.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: Beautiful friendship Less than a week after he was inaugurated into office, President Donald Trump announced that he had repaired the US’s fractured ties with Israel. “It got repaired as soon […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/02/new-year-for-trees-starts-tonight.html  Tu B’shevat, the New Year for trees, is upon us once more. It has always been more of a celebration in eastern than Ashkenazi communities. According to Aish, 16th century kabbalists, developed a seder […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/02/sudanese-cleric-says-it-is-not-against.html From MEMRI: In a conference titled “On [Religious] Awakening and Dialogue,” held in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on February 6, 2017, Sudanese oppositionist and cleric Yousuf Al-Koda, a former member of the Sudan […]