General News

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/07/biton-report-re-ignites-culture-wars.htmlWith thanks: Sylvia and Eliyahu The Biton report, which was released last week, has already sparked a furious controversy. No sooner than the ink was dry on the report into how more Mizrahi and Sephardi […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/dont-forget-elder-speaking-in-jerusalem.htmlI will be giving a talk on Arab antisemitism and why NGOs, the media and politicians largely ignore it. The talk will be tonight in Jerusalem at the Young Israel of Talpiyot Mizrach. You can […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/0709-links-unrwa-who-asked-you-iran.htmlFrom Ian: New York University’s Students for Justice in Palestine Blames Police Shootings of Blacks on Israel The killings this week of African Americans Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police have sparked soul-searching and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-dog-trainer-defends-max-blumenthals.htmlGuest post by Petra Marquardt-Bigman Max Blumenthal is a proud antisemitic anti-Zionist endorsed by the likes of David Duke, but after reacting to the news of Elie Wiesel’s recent death with abuse and vilification, he has now become […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/iran-accuses-hamas-of-being-too-pro.html Iran’s Mehr News Agency reports that a top advisor to Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has slammed Hamas. In an interview, Brigadier General Khosro Orouj accused Hamas of seeking to sign a treaty […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/07/jewish-couple-murdered-in-casablanca.htmlAn elderly Jewish couple in Morocco were murdered in their Casablanca home last week, allegedly by their gardener. The Times of Israel has the gruesome story: (with thanks: Michelle)  Sam Toledano and Vicky Chetrit  The […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/0708-links-pt1-do-houses-matter-more.htmlFrom Ian: In Africa, Lion King Bibi begins to outroar the Palestinians Offering high-tech and security know-how in return for diplomatic support, Netanyahu was welcomed like a superpower chiefA life-size stuffed lion greets visitors to […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/good-news-friday-173/Apologies for the late – and brief – posting. A family simcha took us out of town (mazal tov to our niece and family on the birth of their baby daughter ☺ ), and what […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/eoztv-hasbyawards-part-4-brian-of.html As we continue on with showing the short talks given by the presenters and awardees of the Hasby Awards last Sunday…. In this award, Brian of London from Israellycool discusses the relevance of Israeli whiskey […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-only-blockade-in-history-that.htmlMa’an reports that Gazans somehow manage to buy tons of imported chocolates for Eid, “despite the blockade.” The chocolates are imported from imported from Spain, Italy and Greece as well as chocolate produced under the […]