May 2016 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

05/31 Links Pt2: Some Jew-baiting is more equal than others to the media; The Left vs. Israel

From Ian: Some Jew-baiting is more equal than others to the media Mostly anonymous Trump-bots called out, silence when it comes from the Left. My point here is not to minimize what happened to Weisman at the hands of the alt-right. The truth is that for the most part we don’t know who the alt-right are who attacked Weisman. What we do know is that ugly anti-Semitic tropes have made their way to the mainstream. During last year’s legislative battle...

The Movenpick Ramallah hotel From Wafa: An estimated 80,228 guests stayed in West Bank hotels in the first quarter of 2016, marking a drop by 32% from the previous quarter and 20% lower than in the first quarter of 2015, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Monday. It said 33% of the hotel patrons were from European Union countries and 13% were Palestinian. The...

After my articles about the Guggenheim Museum's blog post that was filled with lies and half-truths about Israel, and its hypocrisy at claiming Israel is engaging in censorship of art while it is building a museum in Abu Dhabi which explicitly does censor art, the Algemeiner asked the museum for a statement. In response to The Algemeiner’s request for clarification as...

05/31 Links Pt1: Terror Show at a Gaza Kindergarten Graduation; The Other Middle East Lobby

From Ian: PMW: France continues funding PA general budget which pays salaries to terrorists Following Palestinian Media Watch's exposure that the Palestinian Authority general budget funds the PA hate and terror promotion and rewards terrorist prisoners with high salaries, the US, the EU, Norway, and other European donors all stopped giving money to the PA general budget so that their money would not go directly to pay salaries for Palestinian...

Mrs. Elder and I are planning to visit Israel towards the end of June and beginning of July. Last time some EoZ readers in Israel hooked us up with some very interesting interviews and exclusive tours. We made some videos on topics that one doesn't usually hear about. And one group invited me to speak. So if you have any connections, whether it is with politicians...

From the Facebook page of the Salem-Dir Hatab Boys High School, near Nablus: This was to commemorate the "20th anniversary of the Ibrahimi mosque massacre" in Hebron. A caricature of a stereotypical haredi Jew with blood dripping from his hands and mouth? Nah, they are only talking about "Zionists." This school is aligned with Fatah. Girls' schools are no better....

From The Telegraph: Hamas executed three people reportedly by firing squad and hanging this morning, in a move that defied protests from the UN and will likely deepen tensions with the Palestinian government in the West Bank. The Islamist group, which has controlled the Gaza Strip for more than a decade, said it had executed three alleged murderers at dawn. The executions...

05/30 Links Pt2: Applauding the nakba myth; UK Labour Party Inquiry: Deny, Divert, Cover Up

From Ian: David Collier: Applauding the nakba myth I wasn’t going to write about the ‘nakba’ incident at Wanstead High School. Let down by a society that doesn’t believe in truth, the schoolgirl Leanne Muhammed, aged only 15, has already been weaponised. With the publicity her speech received, I felt sorry for her. The child will become further affected by the hurricane...

From Syria's submission to the World Health Organization: HEALTH CONDITIONS OF SYRIAN CITIZENS IN THE OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN 1. The health conditions of the Syrian population in the occupied Golan continue to deteriorate markedly as a result of the Israeli occupation and its repressive practices. Syrians refusing an Israeli identity card are unable to obtain medical treatment...

From David Bedein: But they are no doubt Zionist shills being tortured into saying these things. Or bribed. Or something. Because the idea that generations of kids are being taught to support killing Jews couldn't possibly have anything to do with their education. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help...

05/30 Links Pt1: UNRWA head, 1953: Arab leaders care not if refugees live or die; The Palestine Hoax

From Ian: The Palestine Hoax 150 years ago, Mark Twain visited Muslim-occupied Israel and wrote of “unpeopled deserts” and “mounds of barrenness”, of “forlorn” and “untenanted” cities. Palestine is “desolate”, he concluded. “One may ride ten miles hereabouts and not see ten human beings.” The same is true of the Palestinian Museum which opened with much fanfare and one slight problem. While admission is free, there’s nothing inside for any of the...

Over this past week, there were two major pilgrimages to Jewish shrines in Arab nations. The most famous one was to Tunisia, where hundreds of Jews went on an annual visit to the ancient synagogue in Djerba. It is the top story in The Arab Weekly, a beta site of what is apparently a new English-language newspaper: More than 2,000 pilgrims gathered at Africa’s...

Last week it was revealed that a young Muslim woman who famously took a selfie in front of an anti-Islamist crowd had herself spouted antisemitic comments. The BBC described it: The photo of a young Muslim woman called Zakia Belkhiri subtly undermining an anti-Islam demonstration by using the protesters as a backdrop for a selfie was one of the most striking images of the...

Which doesn't make it any less true. Story here. The story included the full quote: A Christian Arab-Israeli ballet dancer, Abu Hanna told reporters she is “proud to be an Israeli Arab,” noting, “If I had not been in Israel and had been elsewhere — in Palestine or in any other Arab country — I might have been oppressed or I might have been in prison or murdered.” (h/t Yoel) ...

"Arab states working with Israel to replace Abbas with Dahlan"

From Middle East Eye: The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan are planning for a post-Mahmoud Abbas era that would leave his Fatah archrival Mohammed Dahlan in control of the Palestinian presidency, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian Authority, Middle East Eye has learned. Senior Palestinian and Jordanian sources told MEE separately of the...

From Ian: Palestinian Health Ministry Passes Off Fauxtography to WHO The World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision last week harshly critical of Israel for "Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan" prompted Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid to describe it as antisemitic. In preparation for WHO's...

Danny Brenner, in Israel Hayom writes: Toby Cohen, the IDF's first female Nigerian officer The Israel Defense Forces, more than any other organization, represents Israeli society. It is a melting pot that includes soldiers from all ethnic, religious and racial backgrounds, men and women, but even this human collage always has something new. For example, Israel's...

Just another example of the sterling quality of Haaretz' columnists. From Gideon Levy: The Oxford Union’s Thursday Debate discusses the Middle East a great deal, certainly more than any Israeli student union does. Just over a week ago, a proposal was raised at this venerable and prestigious student organization that the two-state solution is no longer viable. It wasn’t...

On Friday, I wrote about how the New York Times caved to Israel-haters like Glenn Greenwald, Salon magazine and later Mondoweiss who accused it of "pro-Israel bias" because it put the word "occupation" in scare quotes here: Two of the senator’s appointees to the party’s platform drafting committee, Cornel West and James Zogby, on Wednesday denounced Israel’s "occupation" of...

05/28 Links: Liberals’ Shameful Attacks on Israel; The U.N. Goes Beyond the Pale—Again

From Ian: Jewish Leader Blasts Guggenheim Museum for Website Post Accusing ‘Racist’ Israel of Censorship, Oppressing Palestinians Foxman said that if the Guggenheim “wants to become a platform to discuss art and censorship, this is legitimate. However, to the best of my knowledge, Tamir’s article seems to be the only one about Israel, which is a blatant distortion on what is happening in Israel.” According to pro-Israel blogger Elder of Ziyon,...