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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/long-game-1-divest-this.html Over the years, the most frequent questions I have been asked on the subject of BDS and other anti-Israel campaigns are variations on whether our response to Israel’s enemies should mirror the strategies and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/israeli-elections-101-7-lessons-on.html As a marketer advertising fascinates me. Political campaigns are no different, they are just advertisements on a larger scale, designed to drive life-changing decisions. In tiny Israel politicians make decisions that swiftly impact our […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/0218-links-pt1-ministers-approve.htmlFrom Ian: Ministers approve slashing $138 million from Palestinians over terror payments The security cabinet on Sunday approved the implementation of a law to cut over half a billion shekels in funds to the Palestinian […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/02/more-and-more-arabs-are-postitive.html Are we witnessing a sea change in Arab attitudes to Israel? In spite of continued antisemitism and widespread rejectionism, there could be an opportunity to encourage Arab-Israeli partnership, argues Joseph Braude in Mosaic. In the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/ilhan-omar-has-history-of-breaking.htmlBy Daled Amos Ilhan Omar was at the center of the news last week, amidst her antisemtic tweets and her attack on Elliott Abrams. Yet despite what her tweets condemning AIPAC and her false claim that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/stephen-walt-actually-gives-decent.html In Foreign Policy, Stephen Walt – the co-author with John Mearsheimer of the infamous article and later book “The Israel Lobby” – actually gives a good description of what the Israel Lobby is, and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/palestinian-leaders-and-their.html Yes, these are Palestinian prisoners in Israel From TOI: A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel’s decision to cut half a billion shekels in funds over its payments to security prisoners […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/02/film-is-set-in-former-epicenter-of.html ‘Roma’, the film which won a BAFTA award and is a frontrunner to win an Oscar, is set in district of Mexico City once inhabited by Syrian Jews. Alan Galbinski reports in Times of Israel: […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/10-arab-entities-among-25-most-racist.htmlRecently when I saw an op-ed that casually referred to Israel as “racist” I decided to see if anyone had actually ranked nations on their racism by any sort of objective criteria. The most recent, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/02/0217-links-amnesty-tries-banning-jewish.htmlFrom Ian: Amnesty tries banning Jewish history Amnesty International has long sought to isolate Israel by lobbying governments, international bodies, and civil society to adopt boycotts against the Jewish state. The organization reached new levels […]