https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/good-news-friday-254/Despite it all, the terrorism and hatred and simmering violence that we have seen in the last weeks, we are now approaching Sukkot, the happiest of our festivals. But first we have Shabbat in between, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/it-isnt-occupation-stupid-its-terror.html Every day, articles are written about the horrors of the “occupation.” Not only popular articles, but scientific and scholarly papers as well. And in nearly all of them, they fundamentally misunderstand the basics of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/peace-forum-in-egypt-shows-that-there.html From Egypt Today last month:  A world peace forum will be held in Saint Catherine city in South Sinai in September, said Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday. Gomaa made the announcement following […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/09/jews-of-kurdistan-afraid-to-complain.html There is precious little information on the life of Kurdish Jews before their exodus to Israel, so  Mordechai Zaken’s PhD thesis, published by the Hebrew University in 2003, is  valuable reference material. Here we are […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/israel-russia-ties-shaken-after-russian-plane-downed-by-syria/Yes, I know the headline does not make any logical sense. If a Russian plane was downed by Syria, why on earth should Israel get the blame? Let’s back up a bit and look at […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/0920-links-pt2-pal-journo-arafat-told.htmlFrom Ian: MEMRI: Senior Palestinian Journalist: Arafat Told Me He Went Along With Oslo Accords Because It Would Make ‘The Jews… Leave Palestine Like Rats Abandoning A Sinking Ship’ To mark the 25th anniversary of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/09/zionism-and-ari-fuld-zl.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column I’ve been spending a great deal of time lately reflecting on the meaning and importance of Zionism. One reason is that I’m writing a book on the subject, but there […]