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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/1IOLpYG_CSw/29-dec-17-midday-rockets-from-gaza-two.html Kfar Aza around noon today [Image capture from this video] It’s a short and overcast Friday. In winter, the Sabbath arrives a little after four in the afternoon. But today, for thousands in Israel’s […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/al-jazeera-needs-help-to-see-difference.htmlBy Petra Marquardt-Bigman Al Jazeera – or at least Al Jazeeracontributor Shenila Khoja-Moolji – is desperately clueless, stumped by the question: “Why is the West praising Malala, but ignoring Ahed?” So let’s help them out a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/british-naval-analysis-in-1943-no-such.htmlA tweet was brought to my attention today about a British Naval Intelligence handbook on Palestine and Jordan from 1943. I found it online. People who consume the news today about the Middle East would […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/too-much-nuance-vic-rosenthal.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column “Anyone who takes the approach that this is a black and white situation with a good side and a bad side clearly does not understand the conflict – nor could […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/butbutwhat-about-occupation-poster.htmlI received a very typical Twitter response to my earlier article about the high life expectancy of Israeli Arabs: “Does that legitimise occupation?” I’ve noted in the past that many people, when looking at Israel, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/1228-links-pt1-ben-shapiro-time-to.htmlFrom Ian: Ben Shapiro: Time to defund the United Nations Last week, Democrats and many in the mainstream media became highly perturbed by the Trump administration’s suggestion that the United States might tie continued foreign […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/12/first-female-druze-judge-appointed-in.htmlThe Druze community in Israel Facebook page reports that Malka Azzam Awida, a lawyer, has been appointed to be the first female Druze judge in Israel. Surprisingly, this did not seem to make the news anywhere. […]