May 2017 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Chag sameach!

Wishing all my Jewish readers a chag sameach! I will not be blogging until probably Friday. Don't OD on the cheesecake! 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 Israe...

05/30 Links Pt2: Glick: Sarsour and the progressive zeitgeist; Arabs planned to eliminate Israel in 6 Day War

From Ian: Caroline Glick: Sarsour and the progressive zeitgeist In US academic tradition, university administrators choose commencement speakers they believe embody the zeitgeist of their institutions and as such, will be able to inspire graduating students to take that zeitgeist with them into the world outside. In this context, it makes perfect sense that Ayman El-Mohandes, dean of the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy at City...

From Asharq al-Awsat: Iran is holding meetings with Hamas and will allegedly resume its financial support for the organization, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday. Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and senior Hezbollah figures were among those at the talks in Lebanon. The move came after representatives from the Islamic Republic and the Palestinian terror group...

05/30 Links Pt1: What not signing a Jerusalem embassy waiver would really mean; Terrorism Is Not Random

From Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: What Trump not signing a Jerusalem embassy waiver would really mean On Thursday, President Barack Obama’s last waiver pursuant to the Jerusalem Embassy Act will expire. Absent a new waiver by President Trump, the provisions of the law will go into full effect. Trump promised during his campaign to move the embassy, a policy embodied both in federal law and the Republican Party platform. But since he came into office,...

Little one looks at me, clutching her mother’s hand. She knows I don’t belong in her village. Does she know I am a Jew? I don't know. Something in my clothes or possibly the way I was standing declares to her that I do not belong. She doesn’t know if this is good, bad or indifferent. Her family knows...

There are lots of articles being published in recent and upcoming weeks about the Six Day War and its legacy. Any article that talks about "occupation" and "colonialism" and all the other evils that are ascribed to Israel, that do not mention the Khartoum Resolution of September 1, 1967, is an example of deceit. The main paragraph of the Khartoum Resolution...

YNet reported yesterday that the Lebanese BDS campaign to ban the "Wonder Woman" movie because it stars Israeli Gal Gadot was unsuccessful. It may have been premature. From the Daily Star Lebanon, today: Highly anticipated DC Comics American superhero film “Wonder Woman” will be banned in Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported Monday. The movie’s casting,...

In its new General Principles and Policies, Hamas proclaims: Resisting the occupation with all means and methods is a legitimate right guaranteed by divine laws and by international norms and laws. At the heart of these lies armed resistance, which is regarded as the strategic choice for protecting the principles and the rights of the Palestinian people. This is actually...

Arabs chanting anti-Israel slogans at Hebrew Ul; counter-protesters with Israeli flags banned

Unreal. This isn't Ramallah but Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (h/t Yoel) 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 Israe...

From Ian: Jewish Voice for Peace’s Hidden Agenda A Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration. Photo: Twitter.When starting a political movement, choosing the right name is perhaps the most important step. We tend to make snap decisions about whether or not to support an organization based on what its name implies. The danger, of course, is that an organization can misrepresent...

From Iran's Farsnews: Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned against the rising threat of the Israeli regime to the mankind. "The racist and aggressive spirit of the Zionist regime has always been and will be a threat to both humanity and the regional nations," Larijani said in a message to Hezbollah, Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday. The Iranian...

By Petra Marquardt-Bigman On June 1, the City University of New York (CUNY) will honor Linda Sarsour by hosting her as a speaker at the commencement ceremony of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. While Sarsour has been described as “an arsonist in our midst,” criticism of the decision to invite the controversial activist was firmly rejected by...

From Ian: JCPA: Incentivizing Terrorism: Palestinian Authority Allocations to Terrorists and their Families The PA maintains longstanding legislation and payments to subsidize terrorists and their families. This amounts to an officially sanctioned PA government incentive system to kill Israelis. When I learned of this in November 2015, I was quite shocked. I proceeded to...

There is a highly amusing article in Al Khaleej Online sputtering against the success of IDF Arab spokesperson Avichay Adreaee, who has over a million followers in the Arab world. Adraee has wished his Muslim fans a happy Ramadan, and has discussed various Ramadan TC programs on his Facebook page. He also showed this photo of Israeli Arab soldiers in one of his Ramadan posts. All...

From Haaretz: The cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to financially induce Arab East Jerusalem schools to switch from the Palestinian curriculum to the Israeli one, as proposed by Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Zeev Elkin. “The purpose of this five-year plan is to improve the quality of education in East Jerusalem, with an...

This article by William Booth of the Washington Post is only one of many being published this week with variants of the same meme: The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip began 50 years ago in June. When did Judea and Samaria become known as "Palestinian territories?" Certainly not in 1967. News articles routinely referred...