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http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-war-of-1916-and-war-of-veils.html  All photos Picture-a-Day/IWM collectionWith thanks: Robin In the same year as the battle of the Somme, one of the great catastrophes for the British army took place on eastern front: the battle of Kut […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/0222-links-pt2-new-old-european.htmlFrom Ian: Sohrab Ahmari: The New Old European Obsession Some things never change. Does Europe still want its Jews, and can the Jews still find belonging in Europe? Ask the likes of Angela Merkel, Emmanuel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/uae-media-ignoring-israel-foiling-plot.html Jerusalem Post reports: Soldiers in the IDF’s Unit 8200 played a large role in thwarting a major Islamic State terrorist attack this past summer, which aimed to bring down a civilian airliner headed from […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-great-prime-minister-despite.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column I was talking with a friend yesterday. He is very well-informed and concerned about Israel and the Jewish people, and the prospects for our survival. But he does not live […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/0222-links-pt1-podhoretz-new-realism.htmlFrom Ian: John Podhoretz: A New Realism: America & Israel in the Trump Era Of all the surprises of the Trump era, none is more notable than the pronounced shift toward Israel. Such a shift […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/3-things-you-should-know-about-israeli.html 1. Our health care is pretty good Israelis like to complain, it’s a kind of national sport. The truth is that our health care is pretty good. At the same time, there is a bizarre […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/14-month-old-jewish-baby-burned-from.html From JTA: The baby daughter of a French rabbi was burned after being exposed to acid placed in her carriage. The 14-month-old girl suffered burns on her back and thighs Monday in the city […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/will-oxfam-scandal-finally-let.htmlIn the wake of the Oxfam sex scandal, there are a number of articles in the European press about the dark side of NGOs: how aid workers can get addicted to the power that comes […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/02/iraqi-born-philanthropist-uri-david-dies.htmlThe Iraqi-Jewish community in London and Jews with Iraqi roots in Israel  have lost one of their major benefactors. Uri David died on  21 February 2017. Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center, Otr Yehuda.He had suffered ill […]