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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/0815-links-pt1-unrwa-closes-hamas.htmlFrom Ian: Amb. Alan Baker: UNRWA Condemns the Palestinians to Refugee Status in Perpetuity The “United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East” (UNRWA) was established by the UN General […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/no-one-would-call-anyone-palestinians.html We know that historically, there has never been a sovereign, Palestinian state. But if there has never been a state, a country, called Palestine — then what did the Arabs call themselves when that […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/08/daffy-down-dhimmi.htmlBy Daphne Anson   All heads down. Councillor Javid Iqbal sneaks a peak An obscure rural locality transformed by the Industrial Revolution, Oldham is a struggling former cotton mill town in Lancashire, now part of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/rome-suspends-calling-park-after-yasir.htmlThe Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi,  reversed the city’s decision to name one of the city’s parks after arch-terrorist Yasir Arafat. The original plan was for a street to also be named after the late […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/08/israel-offers-cornucopia-of-ethnic.html  El Tanoor serves ‘indigenous Palestinian’ food  Mouthwatering overview of Israel’s ethnic cuisine by Haaretz journalist Vered Guttman. Curiously, though, she classifies only ‘Palestinian’ food as indigenous, even though many dishes are common to the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/0814-links-pt2-yad-vashem-warns-of-nazi.htmlFrom Ian: Former Muslim Sandra Solomon fearlessly defends Israel Sandra Solomon, an Arab born in Ramallah who converted to Christianity more than ten years ago and became a supporter of Israel, explains in an interview […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-career-diplomat-on-arabs-and-israelis.html Stanton Griffis (1887–1974) had a long career as Ambassador to Poland, Egypt, Argentina and Spain, in addition to having been a top executive at Brentano’s, Paramount Pictures and Madison Square Garden. In his wonderfully […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-new-york-times-recommends-hamas.htmlBy Petra Marquardt-Bigman Last week’s anniversary of the Sbarro massacre was celebratedby the Aqsa TV channel, and their audience very much appreciated being reminded of the carnage perpetrated 16 years ago by Palestinian terrorists. Last year, […]