Anne Frank tree fallsFrom Reuters:
A giant chestnut tree that comforted Dutch diarist Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic during World War Two collapsed in heavy wind and rain on Monday.
No one was hurt and the 150-year ol…Read More
Hezbollah/PasdaranI just came across this graphic in a Lebanese newspaper:
The left is Hezbollah's logo. The right is the logo of the Pasdaran, known better in the West as Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Nothing surprising, although I do wonder …Read More
Who is burning land in the West Bank again?Palestinian Arabs and Israel bashers routinely claim that Israeli "settlers" are burning and uprooting Palestinian Arab crops and trees. Some of the stories are probably true, but the chsrges are often made with no evidence.
…Read More
A kibbutz in RwandaFrom the Rwanda News Agency:
It had been the longest journey.
Through desert sands, visa lines, bus rides and the pressing patience of waiting, Natty Mitali arrived at the gates of Zion. The young guitarist had taken the bu…Read More
Just another day in GazaFiras Press reports that Bashir Hammad, a Fatah leader in Gaza, was returning from an outing to the beach with his family when his car was stopped by Hamas troops.
The took him out of the car and shot him in both legs, in fr…Read More
Syrian Druze leader to WaPo: Israel is not the enemy Sheikh Al-Hajari is the top Druze spiritual authority in Syria. Also: Druze Flag + Magen David,...
Antisemitism * Denying housing to Jews (Eliyahu) * Lufthansa: blatant antisemitism () * Open Letter to the Pullitzer Prize Board (Yardena Schwartz -...
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Weekend long read
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1) Andrew Fox and Salo Aizenberg report on ‘Hamas’s Human Shield Strategy
in Gaza’ at the Henry Jackson Society. “This report by the Henry...
The post W...
Weekend long read
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1) Andrew Fox and Salo Aizenberg report on ‘Hamas’s Human Shield Strategy
in Gaza’ at the Henry Jackson Society. “This report by the Henry...
The post W...
Starvation in Gaza?: The Truth Behind the Headlines
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“Gaza edges closer to famine as Israel’s total blockade nears its third
month” (CNN, May 1, 2025). “Starvation looms as Israel’s total blockade on
Gaza ent...
Emigration to Mandate Palestine from the Hauran
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A report on the present conditions in the Hauran was published in the
Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society in 1936.
One of the topics was the emigr...
One Choice: Fight to Win
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Yesterday Israel preempted a potentially disastrous attack by Hezbollah on
the center of the country. Thirty minutes before launch time, our aircraft
destr...
Closing Jews Down Under Website
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With a heavyish heart I am closing down the website after ten years.
It is and it isn’t an easy decision after 10 years of constant work. The
past...
‘Test & Trace’ is a mirage
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Lockdown II thoughts: Day 1 Opposition politicians have been banging on
about the need for a ‘working’ Test & Trace system even more loudly than
the govern...
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Elder of Ziyon
