http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/10/first-arab-to-be-named-righteous-gentile.html It is perhaps a mark of the thawing of Egyptian-Israeli relations that the family of Dr Mohamed Helmy has agreed to accept a certificate from Yad Vashem honouring the Egyptian-born doctor for risking his life […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/10/did-you-pray-for-killing-of-jews.htmlBy Daphne Anson   From a very recent issue of the Toronto Star:   ‘…. Ayman Elkasrawy got the phone call late on a Sunday night in February. An incredulous friend was on the line, with […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/1023-links-pt2-uc-berkeley-newspaper.htmlFrom Ian: In Upcoming Book, Controversial Rutgers Professor Accuses Israel of Sparing Palestinian Lives in Order to Control Them A professor with a history of supporting terrorism against Israelis is publishing a new book accusing […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/why-peace-is-impossible-reason-8210.htmlAt first this looks like a heartwarming story from Haaretz: In First, Yad Vashem to Bestow ‘Righteous Gentile’ Honor to an ArabIsrael’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center will for the first time recognize as “Righteous Among […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-washington-posts-fake-news-about.htmlThe Washington Post markets its “World Views” column as “smart analysis of the most important news,” and when you hover over “Analysis,” a pop-up tells you it means “Interpretation of the news based on evidence, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/1023-links-pt1-toameh-iran-hamas-plan.htmlFrom Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: The Iran-Hamas Plan to Destroy Israel Some Palestinian Authority and Hamas officials have recently claimed that Israel was not happy with their “reconciliation” agreement and was doing its utmost to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/rising-to-bait-divest-this.html We Jews have been branded (or self-branded) with a number of names.  “People of the Book,” and “The Chosen People” are two of the most popular, although I’ve also heard us described as a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/avi-gabbays-settlement-stance-is.html Last week there was a bombshell in the Israeli political scene: Israel does not necessarily need to evacuate any West Bank settlements in a future peace deal with the Palestinians, Labor party leader Avi […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/10/anti-israel-propaganda-at-herald.html From this week’s Sunday Herald (Scotland) by Philippa Whiteford: Having worked with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) as a surgical volunteer in Gaza for a year and a half in 1991 and 92, I returned last […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/10/iraqi-jew-pleads-for-archive-not-to-go.html ‘It’s as if my lost history came back to life’, Joseph Samuels felt when he visited an exhibition of the Iraqi-Jewish archives in California. If the archive returns to Iraq, he fears, these historical treasures […]