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http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/07/belly-dancers-admired-by-egyptian-king.html Double vision: the Jamal sisters perfected synchronised belly dancing The Egypt of the interwar years had its fair share of Jewish celebrities. This is the amazing story of the Jamal Twins, who introduced a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/did-iranian-president-implicitly.html I mentioned last week that Iranian president Hassan Rouhani claimed that Iran always had very good relations with Jews. In remarks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Rouhani said, “Some European countries have historic debts […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-obama-state-department-lied-with-map.html From The New Yorker: One afternoon in the spring of 2015, a senior State Department official named Frank Lowenstein paged through a government briefing book and noticed a map that he had never seen […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/0712-links-pt2-hypocrisy-of-socialist.htmlFrom Ian: Isi Leibler: Balancing dangers and opportunities The speed of recent changes is breathtaking. On the negative side, an escalation in anti-Semitism has reduced the quality of life for most Jews. Most European governments […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/official-palestinian-authority-uses.html From the official Palestinian Authority Wafa news agency: 170 settlers and Talmudic students storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque 95 settlers and 75 students from Talmudic institutions stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, from the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/superman-fights-to-defend-truth-justice.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Metropolis, July 11 – The world’s greatest superhero granted an exclusive interview yesterday to PreOccupied Territory, in which he detailed his approach to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/07/0712-links-pt1-why-do-palestinian.htmlFrom Ian: Why Do Palestinian Leaders Oppose Helping Their People? Mahmoud Abbas and his West Bank-based government seek to prolong the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They want the international community to […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/07/jewish-mosul-re-emerges-from-under.html  After the devastation wrought by ISIS, Mosul is slowly coming back to life, and traces of Jewish existence are re-emerging from under the rubble. Seth Frantzman and Omar Mohammed report in The Forward:Mosul once […]