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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/1216-links-pt1-boris-johnson-to-pass.htmlFrom Ian: Boris Johnson to pass anti-BDS law, official says The new Conservative government in the UK will pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to engage with BDS, UK Special Envoy for […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/question-for-urjorg-should-children-of.html The Union of Reform Judaism Biennial just ended. On Friday, three resolutions were passed, none of which have anything to do with Judaism in particular. One of them called for study on how the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/palestinian-university-closes-because.htmlFor the past week, Bir Zeit University has been closed by the school administration twice because of student demonstrations against a new rule against using the campus for “manifestations of militarization.” The rule prohibits  “any national […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/arab-hate-literature-of-1950s-shows.html Here is an excerpt from the Congressional Record, June 27, 1956, part of a very lengthy testimony about the Arab boycott of Israel and of Jews. What is especially interesting here is that the […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/12/egyptian-jewish-leader-calls-for.htmlDuring her November whirlwind tour of the UK, Levana Zamir, head of the Coalition of organisations of Jews from Arab countries in Israel, was interviewed by Sandy Rashty for the Jewish Chronicle. Mrs Zamir used […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/kuwaiti-man-considers-himself-religious.html In August, someone who calls himself Naftali Benya offered his first tweet. He wrote in Hebrew, “Good morning to all.” בוקר טוב לכולם — Naftali (@naftali_benya) August 25, 2019 This was followed by a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/beirut-removes-sculpture-that-looked.htmlA sculpture in the Beirut of three squares intersecting was removed by the governor of the city – because if viewed from one angle, it looked like a Star of David. The sculpture had been […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/1215-links-when-jewish-wwii-vets.htmlFrom Ian: When Jewish WWII vets pulverized postwar UK fascists to tamp down rising racism Daniel Sonabend’s book ‘We Fight Fascists’ charts the rise of the 43 Group, which fought Oswald Mosley and others with […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/another-israeli-in-arab-country-causes.html The Israel in Arabic social media continues to upset Arab media, as it once again has shown a short clip made by an Israeli visiting Kuwait (probably under a different passport) showing his kippah […]