General News

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/01/un-ley-ashed.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Remember the British MPs’ great expenses scandal some years ago? Well, here in Australia federal health minister Sussan (born Susan) Ley (pronounced lee) has quit her Cabinet portfolio in a similar […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/4-ja7BcQ98s/14-jan-17-shock-horror-press-freedom.html Reporting from the Israeli side of the border with Hamas-controlled Gaza[Image Source] It’s the coldest part of winter in our part of the world, and there have been serious interruptions to the electricity supply […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/0113-links-pt2-german-court-calls.htmlFrom Ian: German court calls synagogue torching an act to ‘criticize Israel’ A German regional court in the city of Wuppertal affirmed a lower court decision last Friday stating that a violent attempt to burn […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/01/13/an-earlier-earthquake-in-the-jewish-world-response-to-eva-illouz-2/Haaretz passed on publishing an earlier draft of this response to a piece it had published. #Shocker It was subsequently published in an shortened form at The Algemeiner. An Earlier Earthquake in the Jewish World: Response […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/0113-links-pt1-state-dept-says-its.htmlFrom Ian: Netanyahu derides Paris summit as rigged, ‘last gasp of the past’ The upcoming international peace conference in Paris is a “rigged” effort intended to hurt Israel and its hopes of reaching peace, Prime […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/is-protest-with-hundreds-of-people.htmlHere are some Haaretz headlines over the past several years: Hundreds Protest Against Trump Outside California Republican ConventionHundreds Protest Air Pollution, High Cancer Rates in HaifaHundreds Protest Conditions in Southern Tel Aviv NeighborhoodsTel Aviv ‘Tent […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/01/classic-jewish-works-first-written-in.htmlMost people are unaware than major classic Jewish works of the Middle Ages were originally written in Judeo-Arabic (Arabic using Hebrew characters).  Fascinating article on Chabad.org: Although current relations between Jews and some Arabic-speaking countries […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/good-news-friday-194/Despite the hard week we have just gone through, or maybe davka because of it, we need some good news to bring us into Shabbat, so here is my latest Good News Friday installment. Since […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/01/fisking-lies-behind-paris-peace.htmlFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault writes in Haaretz his justifications for why a peace conference must be held now. The Middle East peace process cannot wait, for two main reasons. First and foremost, the situation […]