http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/is-palestinian-mental-health-really.html I was struck by the first paragraph of this recent article in Quartz: Palestine has some of the highest rates of mental illness in the world. A quarter of Palestinian adolescents have made suicide attempts; […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/intersectionality-in-1970s-included.htmlIn the 1960s, Martin Luther King’s brand of nonviolence and support for Israel was the mainstream black opinion, while a fringe radical black movement (called Black Power) started that supported violence and, not coincidentally, saw […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/01/why-do-anti-zionist-groups-ignore.htmlLea Suissa, who left Morocco aged nine,  has this timely response in the Jerusalem Post  to IfnotNow and other US anti-Zionist groups  who accuse Zionist initiatives like Birthright of rehashing IDF talking points. She asks […]

http://david-collier.com/hansard-palestine-israel/ Delving into Hansard, the record of Parliamentary debates, turned up astonishing results on Israel, the Levant, Jews and antisemitism. It highlights a total obsession with Israel in Parliament and suggests antisemitism is a growing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/0119-links-antisemitic-swimming-nyts.htmlFrom Ian: JPost Editorial: Antisemitic swimming Sadly, the response so far from International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has been weak. On Monday, AFP quoted the IPC as saying that it was “disappointed” with Malaysia’s decision to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/01/some-moroccans-upset-at-valentines-day.htmlFrom Morocco World News: The Moroccan Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (MACBI), a boycott movement, has called for the boycott of French singer Enrico Macias’s concert in Casablanca scheduled for next month. In a […]