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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/administrivia-delayed-trip-to-israel.html At this moment I expected to be boarding a plane to (Frankfurt and then) Israel. Unfortunately, I wasn’t aware that the rules for Israel are that if your passport is expiring within the next […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/hazan-complains-mks-on-status-of-women.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.       Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, June 22 – Likud lawmaker Oren Hazan courted controversy again today when he described the female members of the Knesset […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/0622-links-pt1-palestinian-terror.htmlFrom Ian: Isi Leibler: West must emulate Israel The ongoing threat of terror attacks is affecting political attitudes. With the Islamic extremists boasting of sleepers embedded in Western society and poised to inflict further attacks, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/hilarious-abbas-presents-saudi-king.htmlPalestinian president Mahmoud Abbas gave a commemorative gift to Saudi King Salman on Sunday. A framed copy of a 1930s-era Palestine Post. Which was a Zionist paper and the precursor to today’s Jerusalem Post. You […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/hamas-panicking-over-defectors-to-israel.html In recent months there have been three or four Hamas members who have apparently defected to Israel, bringing with them vital information about the locations and logistics of Hamas tunnels. The most recent was […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/water-water-everywhere-but-not-drop-of.html Yesterday, B’Tselem tweeted: While Palestinians suffer from severe water shortage, settlement swimming pools are full https://t.co/syD4emAPw1 pic.twitter.com/W8KRq9hylW — B’Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) June 21, 2016 The link goes to a Haaretz article by Amira […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/06/menachem-klein-and-invention-of-arab-jew.htmlBiting article by Steve Plaut about the academic Menachem Klein, who is ressucitating the ‘Stalinist’ myth of peaceful coexistence prior to the creation of Israel. Klein claims that Jews considered themselves ‘Arab Jews’ and were […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/0621-links-pt2-time-has-come-for-unrwa.htmlFrom Ian: The ​Time Has Come for UNRWA Reform: A Solution to the Palestinian Refugee Dilemma This reality can be changed. Instead of just throwing money at UNRWA, donors could advance policies to improve ​the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/iran-freaks-out-at-bahrain.htmlFrom Iran’s Tasnim News Agency: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) strongly condemned the Manama regime’s decision to strip Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim of his Bahraini citizenship, saying the move will trigger a crushing […]