Sunday, May 10, 2020
Elder of Ziyon
Kay is an amazing woman, and this interview proves it.
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Sunday, May 10, 2020
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Elder of Ziyon
eoztv
As always, Eugene has a unique but compelling perspective on Israel in international law.
I didn't get to the questions I had about the ICC and and the BDS laws in the US, but maybe next time!
Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
- Wednesday, May 06, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
My latest EoZTV interview is with Asaf Romirowsky where we discuss 70 years of UNRWA failure and what the future might bring.
Unfortunately you cannot hear his audio for the first 3 minutes, so listen to my initial question and skip to the 3:00 mark.
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
- Tuesday, May 05, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Framing a discussion is a major way to keep people from even thinking of bringing up facts you don't want to talk about, and Sarsour is good at it. I show how and when she does it.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
- Thursday, April 30, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
I had a blast doing this interview. It goes for almost an hour but it is interesting throughout. Aboud is really a great guy.
Hope you enjoy it!
Sunday, April 26, 2020
- Sunday, April 26, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Phyllis Chesler has an almost unbelievable resume and biography. If you aren't familiar with her, check out her website.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
- Thursday, April 23, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
I was struck that this video was being used as proof by both the Right and the Left that their side destroyed the other side's arguments.
This video is incredible pic.twitter.com/RdpnxAzZFx— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) April 22, 2020
It really bugged me so I made my own video fisking both sides.
Remember, you can subscribe to EoZTV as a podcast on iPhones as well as some other podcast software. The URL is here.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
- Sunday, April 19, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
So I put together a short webcast talking about the rich history of olive cultivation in Biblical Israel, many centuries before any Arabs were there, and where you can find these ancient Israelite olive presses today.
Monday, April 13, 2020
- Monday, April 13, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
We had a wide-ranging conversation on Sunday, and we would probably still be talking now if we didn't have connection problems after 45 minutes.
It was lots of fun and I hope to continue the conversation at another time.
Incidentally, I fixed the URL for adding my YouTube channel to your podcast software. Here it is if you want to subscribe.
Sunday, April 05, 2020
- Sunday, April 05, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
IfNotNow posted a tweet on Friday that is so bad, on so many levels, that I dedicated an entire episode of EoZTV to it.
Watch as I discuss it with Mrs. Elder:
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
- Wednesday, April 01, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
I get a little passionate.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
- Wednesday, March 25, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Last night I livestreamed a point by point rebuttal of a Twitter thread by the hate group IfNotNow.
Monday, March 23, 2020
- Monday, March 23, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
My latest livestream is about how Palestinian Arab leaders have consistently and cynically used the Gazans as political/medical pawns.
A quick roundup of what they have done:
The video has been remove from YouTube for reasons that aren't clear. I do not have a backup. I'm trying to recover it. Moreover, YouTube says they don't have enough people to review appeals.
I'm a bit upset.
UPDATE: YouTube restored it:
Here was my recovery video - lower quality but should be good enough. The second half is a soundless duplicate of the video, I have no idea why - so only watch 21 minutes of this.
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A quick roundup of what they have done:
The video has been remove from YouTube for reasons that aren't clear. I do not have a backup. I'm trying to recover it. Moreover, YouTube says they don't have enough people to review appeals.
I'm a bit upset.
UPDATE: YouTube restored it:
Here was my recovery video - lower quality but should be good enough. The second half is a soundless duplicate of the video, I have no idea why - so only watch 21 minutes of this.
Friday, March 20, 2020
- Friday, March 20, 2020
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Thursday, April 25, 2019
- Thursday, April 25, 2019
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
I had a nice (and fun) discussion with him in a Tel Aviv bar when I was in Israel last month. Unfortunately, the first part of the video is lost due to me, um, not remembering to turn on the camera. (You can find other interviews of him where he describes his life story with less background noise.)
In this part, he talks a bit about how radical Islam works, how Muslims tend to take the Quran literally, his reading of the Dershowitz book and his first eye-opening visit to Israel.
In upcoming parts we will discuss Islam in more depth.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
- Sunday, March 10, 2019
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Today, March 10, rallies are being held across the world to protest antisemitism. Kicking off the rallies was one in Jerusalem in front of the World Zionist Organization/KKL building.
I interviewed Eitan Behar, Director of the Center for Countering Antisemitism, about what the WZO and its partners are doing to combat antisemitism as well as their definition of the term.
Behar pointed out that in Europe, many Jews are afraid to be public about their Judaism. They are keeping their mezuzot inside their houses. They are too scared to report attacks against them. It is not a good situation.
Friday, December 28, 2018
A longish podcast but it really gets going in the second half.
I'll try to summarize:
IfNotNow's example questions are:
The first question presupposes that there is a capital O "Occupation." From the perspective of international law, this is not true.
The definition of “occupation” comes from Hague Convention of 1907:
Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation extends only to the territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised.
The Fourth Geneva Conventions do not define “occupation” but set up rules to protect civilians under occupation.
Israel's position is that the land isn’t “occupied” but “disputed." The reason it isn’t occupied is that it had no recognized sovereign before 1967, as Jordan’s annexation of Judea and Samaria was not recognized by most nations.
The Hague definition only applies to parties of the Convention, meaning states.
Hans Kelsen wrote in Principles of International Law in 1952 (before international law was twisted specifically to attack Israel:)
If the territory is not to be considered a stateless territory, it must be considered to be under the sovereignty of the occupant belligerent, which—in such a case—ceases to be restricted by the rules concerning belligerent occupation.
Moreover, Israel has the best legal claim to Judea and Samaria, based on the terms of the British Mandate approved by the League of Nations of the Jewish people’s right to settle in Palestine:
“The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home….”
The League of Nations decisions remain legal under the UN. Since Jordan’s claim from 1949-1967 was illegal, the only valid claim on the land is that of the Jews under the terms of the League of Nations.
Now, this might seem like a cop-out. The Geneva Conventions describes how to treat civilians humanely under occupation, and saying that the areas aren't occupied in a strictly legal sense should not give Israel carte blanche to treat Palestinian Arabs badly.
But Israel has voluntarily enforced the Geneva Convention humanitarian rules in the territories, but never accepted the idea that they are legally occupied – it always maintained they were disputed. This is why Israel feels that building Jewish communities in the territories is legal - with the exception of Hebron, where Jews lived continuously before 1929, all Jewish settlements are in areas that Arabs didn't live, on public lands (sometimes mistakes are made and either those buildings are demolished or the Arabs are compensated, based on Israeli Supreme Court rulings.)
By the way, no one who is serious accuses Israel's Supreme Court of ignoring international law. Their opinions are sober, detailed and publicly available. I have yet to see anyone show how their opinions that allow Israel to act in the territories are in violation of international law.
Beyond these points, parts of the territories aren't occupied for a completely different reason.
In an occupation, the hostile army has complete control over the territory - it is required to set up court systems and enforce existing laws.
By Geneva’s definition: [T]he Occupying Power shall be bound, for the duration of the occupation, to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory
By the Hague’s definition, it requires “boots on the ground”
A good definition of whether territory is occupied is whether the “occupier” can replace the mayors of the cities. Or fire the sanitation workers.
Gaza is certainly not occupied now since there is not a single Israeli soldier there. Neither is Area A, since the PA has military control over those areas. Israel is not acting and cannot act as the government in those areas.
(People who say that controlling the borders is “occupation” have zero legal basis for their opinion.)
IfNotNow asks about the effect of the Israeli presence in the territories on Palestinian (and Israeli) lives. They only care about Palestinian human rights - but they ignore Israeli human rights.
Before the first intifada, there were no (or few?) checkpoints. Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews were able to simply drive all over Israel and the territories with few restrictions. I once spoke to someone who used to Israeli kosher challah bread in Ramallah, imported Friday mornings to allow settlers to not have to drive to Jerusalem.
All of that changed because of the first and second intifadas, the waves of Arab terror and suicide bombings and bus bombings from 1988, through the 1990s when there were many terror attacks during the Oslo peace process, and then the major wave of terror that happened after the Palestinians rejected two serious peace offers in 2000 and 2001, pushed by Bill Clinton.
All restrictions on Palestinian mobility is a direct result of terror. Israel isn't trying to restrict anyone's human rights, but Israel's main job as a sovereign nation is to protect its citizens. The rights of Israelis to live without being blown up are certainly more important than the rights of Palestinian Arabs not to wait for minutes at checkpoints to ensure they aren't bringing bombs or guns.
No one talks about Israeli human rights. But human rights are human rights to all, and Israel has to find a balance that allows the maximum of human rights for Palestinians without compromising in the security of Israelis. The line is fine, and it moves, based on Palestinian Arab actions.
The Oslo peace process is now 25 years old. Palestinian Arabs have had 25 years to teach an entire generation to live in peace with Israel, and they have done the opposite. Terrorists are heroes, and they and their families are paid salaries by the PLO. Not all Palestinians are terrorists, but polls show that after major terror attacks on Israeli civilians, a vast majority support those attacks. And polls have also consistently shown that even the Palestinians who say they support a two state solution only look at that as a stage before taking over all of Israel. This is the major reason there is no peace today.
Every Israeli government, including the current one, wants to live side by side in peace and security with a Palestinian state (or entity, if you will) that doesn't threaten Israel. No one wants to control millions of potentially hostile people. But right now that is impossible - a hostile independent Palestine in the territories could easily acquire shoulder mounted missiles to threaten all Israeli air traffic, for example. This is not acceptable to any nation.
So the current situation, as bad as it is for Palestinian Arabs, is the least bad situation if you value Israeli lives as well. And when the PA does take security seriously, restrictions on Palestinians are lifted (there used to be far more checkpoints than today.)
IfNotNow hates it when Zionists say "it's complicated." That's because they are invested in a simplistic viewpoint where Israelis are evil and Palestinians are good. That is highly inaccurate, borderline racist and betrays an agenda where Israeli lives are worthless. If Birthright participants want to know the facts, they need to invest the time into understanding both sides of the story.
And Birthright guides must be more than tour guides. Understanding Israeli and Jewish history is not enough preparation to handle loaded questions that presuppose the answers. They need to understand the talking points of Israel's enemies like IfNotNow and know how to counter those arguments.
I'm willing to help.
We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israel.
I'll try to summarize:
IfNotNow's example questions are:
The definition of “occupation” comes from Hague Convention of 1907:
Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation extends only to the territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised.
The Fourth Geneva Conventions do not define “occupation” but set up rules to protect civilians under occupation.
Israel's position is that the land isn’t “occupied” but “disputed." The reason it isn’t occupied is that it had no recognized sovereign before 1967, as Jordan’s annexation of Judea and Samaria was not recognized by most nations.
The Hague definition only applies to parties of the Convention, meaning states.
Hans Kelsen wrote in Principles of International Law in 1952 (before international law was twisted specifically to attack Israel:)
If the territory is not to be considered a stateless territory, it must be considered to be under the sovereignty of the occupant belligerent, which—in such a case—ceases to be restricted by the rules concerning belligerent occupation.
“The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home….”
The League of Nations decisions remain legal under the UN. Since Jordan’s claim from 1949-1967 was illegal, the only valid claim on the land is that of the Jews under the terms of the League of Nations.
Now, this might seem like a cop-out. The Geneva Conventions describes how to treat civilians humanely under occupation, and saying that the areas aren't occupied in a strictly legal sense should not give Israel carte blanche to treat Palestinian Arabs badly.
But Israel has voluntarily enforced the Geneva Convention humanitarian rules in the territories, but never accepted the idea that they are legally occupied – it always maintained they were disputed. This is why Israel feels that building Jewish communities in the territories is legal - with the exception of Hebron, where Jews lived continuously before 1929, all Jewish settlements are in areas that Arabs didn't live, on public lands (sometimes mistakes are made and either those buildings are demolished or the Arabs are compensated, based on Israeli Supreme Court rulings.)
By the way, no one who is serious accuses Israel's Supreme Court of ignoring international law. Their opinions are sober, detailed and publicly available. I have yet to see anyone show how their opinions that allow Israel to act in the territories are in violation of international law.
Beyond these points, parts of the territories aren't occupied for a completely different reason.
In an occupation, the hostile army has complete control over the territory - it is required to set up court systems and enforce existing laws.
By Geneva’s definition: [T]he Occupying Power shall be bound, for the duration of the occupation, to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory
By the Hague’s definition, it requires “boots on the ground”
Gaza is certainly not occupied now since there is not a single Israeli soldier there. Neither is Area A, since the PA has military control over those areas. Israel is not acting and cannot act as the government in those areas.
(People who say that controlling the borders is “occupation” have zero legal basis for their opinion.)
IfNotNow asks about the effect of the Israeli presence in the territories on Palestinian (and Israeli) lives. They only care about Palestinian human rights - but they ignore Israeli human rights.
Before the first intifada, there were no (or few?) checkpoints. Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews were able to simply drive all over Israel and the territories with few restrictions. I once spoke to someone who used to Israeli kosher challah bread in Ramallah, imported Friday mornings to allow settlers to not have to drive to Jerusalem.
All of that changed because of the first and second intifadas, the waves of Arab terror and suicide bombings and bus bombings from 1988, through the 1990s when there were many terror attacks during the Oslo peace process, and then the major wave of terror that happened after the Palestinians rejected two serious peace offers in 2000 and 2001, pushed by Bill Clinton.
All restrictions on Palestinian mobility is a direct result of terror. Israel isn't trying to restrict anyone's human rights, but Israel's main job as a sovereign nation is to protect its citizens. The rights of Israelis to live without being blown up are certainly more important than the rights of Palestinian Arabs not to wait for minutes at checkpoints to ensure they aren't bringing bombs or guns.
No one talks about Israeli human rights. But human rights are human rights to all, and Israel has to find a balance that allows the maximum of human rights for Palestinians without compromising in the security of Israelis. The line is fine, and it moves, based on Palestinian Arab actions.
The Oslo peace process is now 25 years old. Palestinian Arabs have had 25 years to teach an entire generation to live in peace with Israel, and they have done the opposite. Terrorists are heroes, and they and their families are paid salaries by the PLO. Not all Palestinians are terrorists, but polls show that after major terror attacks on Israeli civilians, a vast majority support those attacks. And polls have also consistently shown that even the Palestinians who say they support a two state solution only look at that as a stage before taking over all of Israel. This is the major reason there is no peace today.
Every Israeli government, including the current one, wants to live side by side in peace and security with a Palestinian state (or entity, if you will) that doesn't threaten Israel. No one wants to control millions of potentially hostile people. But right now that is impossible - a hostile independent Palestine in the territories could easily acquire shoulder mounted missiles to threaten all Israeli air traffic, for example. This is not acceptable to any nation.
So the current situation, as bad as it is for Palestinian Arabs, is the least bad situation if you value Israeli lives as well. And when the PA does take security seriously, restrictions on Palestinians are lifted (there used to be far more checkpoints than today.)
IfNotNow hates it when Zionists say "it's complicated." That's because they are invested in a simplistic viewpoint where Israelis are evil and Palestinians are good. That is highly inaccurate, borderline racist and betrays an agenda where Israeli lives are worthless. If Birthright participants want to know the facts, they need to invest the time into understanding both sides of the story.
And Birthright guides must be more than tour guides. Understanding Israeli and Jewish history is not enough preparation to handle loaded questions that presuppose the answers. They need to understand the talking points of Israel's enemies like IfNotNow and know how to counter those arguments.
I'm willing to help.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Wednesday, December 26, 2018
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Mrs. Elder and I review my tweets during Christmas in the latest episode of EoZTV.
We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israel.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
- Tuesday, December 25, 2018
- Elder of Ziyon
- eoztv
Mrs. Elder and I have rebooted our EoZTV podcast/videocast. In this episode, Mrs. Elder interviews me to go back to basics - what is antisemitism and anti-Zionism? Why do people hate Jews? Why should people support Israel?
It is about 30 minutes long but it is pretty good.
Any feedback or suggestions for future topics are welcome!
We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israel.
It is about 30 minutes long but it is pretty good.
Any feedback or suggestions for future topics are welcome!
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