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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/waqf-to-build-baseball-diamond-on.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, August 10 – The Islamic religious authority that administers the affairs of a contested sacred compound unveiled plans today for the construction […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0810-links-pt1-glick-obama-clinton-and.htmlFrom Ian:Caroline Glick: Obama, Clinton and the power of mendacity Over the years, many commentators and observers have argued that Clinton is less dangerous than Obama. Obama they say is an ideologue whereas Clinton is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/no-second-guessing-here.html From Jordan’s Ammon News: Border Guards late Monday foiled an infiltration attempt by a vehicle coming from northeastern border with Syria, an army statement said. The statement added that military observers spotted a vehicle […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/08/oz-boy-goes-to-tunisia.htmlBy Daphne Anson   A delegate’s passport On 3 August the London Daily Telegraph‘s defence correspondent, Con Coughlin, reported inter alia: ‘The Israeli government has reacted angrily to plans by the Gulf state of Qatar […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/amnesty-and-reuters-got-me-which.htmlTwice in the past couple of days I received gloating responses from people I communicated with on Twitter. One was Amnesty UK: 2600+ civilians killed by police in #Rio since city was awarded #Rio2016 Olympics. […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/bahri-made-poisonous-pre-farhud.html  Yunus Bahri, Nazi propagandist with the looks of Clark Gable Nazi radio could have played a key part in inciting the Farhud  against the Jews of Iraq, an Israeli academic has claimed. Addressing a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-un-worker-in-gaza.htmlShady Shehada is a project engineer for UNRWA. (Yes, that’s how he spells his name in English.) Previously he worked for UNDP as well in the same role. So he sounds like a typical Gazan who […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/the-israeli-government-finally-wakes-up-to-bds-no-more-mr-nice-guy/Jewish and pro-Israel activists have been battling the BDS boycott movement for years, with greater or lesser success depending on the case. The one thing that has been missing has been support from the one […]

http://abuyehuda.com/2016/08/us-sends-arms-to-hezbollah-controlled-lebanese-army/Hezbollah has effective control of Lebanon, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are thoroughly infiltrated by Hezbollah. So why is the US providing weapons and equipment to the LAF? There is no way to keep […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/mizrahi-studies-to-be-mandatory-in.htmlIt is welcome news that the Israeli education curriculum will give a mandatory focus  to Sephardim/Mizrahim, but critics have already voiced their fears that the Biton recommendations will prove divisive and prioritise culture over history, […]