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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/arab-columnist-praises-tel-aviv-attack.html Jamal Shawahin wrote an article that was published in various Arab media praising the Tel Aviv attackers as “New Fedayeen.” The article contains both classic antisemitism and projection. The opinion of the Jews is […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-idf-soldier-from-casablanca.html Fascinating article in Ynet News about a Jewish IDF soldier whose family still lives in Casablanca. The Moroccans he grew up with and the Arabs he is fighting are not the same, he says.   Suddenly […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/06/david-singer-un-security-council-must.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer.  He writes: President Obama’s continuing refusal to co-sponsor a Security Council Resolution with Russia authorising the use of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/in-jordan-even-cuisine-is-used-to.html A bizarre story has been popping up in Arabic news sites today about the origins of a Jordanian dish called mansaf. Mansaf is lamb cooked in a sauce of fermented dried yogurt and served […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/bad-analogies-and-bad-politics-vic.html    Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column Analogical reasoning is basic to human survival. If you can eat a peach, it’s probably safe to eat an apricot. Those of us who favor profiling for security believe […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/0616-links-pt1-pa-minister-of-education.htmlFrom Ian: PMW: PA Minister of Education honors terrorist who murdered 19-year-old policewoman The Palestinian Authority Minister of Education visited a school this week in order to “honor the souls” of three terrorist “Martyrs” who […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/ken-livingstone-unapologetic-at-parliamentary-hearing-on-antisemitism/In the wake of the Labour Party antisemitism scandal, on Tuesday the House of Commons held an inquiry into antisemitism, at which witnesses appeared both from the Jewish Community and Ken Livingstone himself, the former […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/mahmoud-abbas-fatah-long-live-jihad.htmlThe Fatah Facebook page looks back nostalgically at some older PLO posters with identical themes of a rifle emerging from the Dome of the Rock that is covered in a keffiyeh: The caption for this 1979 […]