March 2018 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, March 30, 2018

03/30 Links: 12 Gazans said killed, in clashes at massive border protest; Glick: Western Media Are Hamas's Partners in the War Against Israel; Phillips: Corbyn isn’t the cause of Labour’s antisemitism – he’s its product

From Ian: Caroline Glick: Western Media Are Hamas's Partners in the War Against Israel On Friday, the Palestinian terror group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is inaugurating what it is calling “The March of Return.” According to Hamas’s leadership, the “March of Return” is scheduled to run from March 30 – the eve of Passover — through May 15, the 70th anniversary of Israel’s establishment. According to Israeli media reports, Hamas has budgeted...

Wishing all my Jewish readers a chag kosher v'sameach, a wonderful Passover. I will resume blogging iy"h on Sunday night or Monday morning. And wishing my Christian readers a happy Easter. 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...

Jordan-Israel diplomatic crisis seems resolved

From Arab News: Jordan has accepted Israel’s choice of a new ambassador for the kingdom, another sign of improving ties after a months-long crisis.Government spokesman Mohammed Momani said on Thursday that the envoy, Amir Weissbrod, “can start his mission any time now.”The posting of a new Israeli ambassador would end one of the tensest episodes since the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994.It began last summer when a security guard at the...

PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat stated yesterday that paying terrorists were an obligation under international law. And it isn't the PLO that should pay them - but Israel! However, if Israel refuses to pay the terrorists, then the Palestinians must pick up the slack. Yes, he really said this. “Palestine pays a financial price for the occupation because Israel refuses to uphold...

03/29 Links Pt2: Richard Landes: Middle east pack journalism: Everybody agrees; Labour can’t tackle anti-Semitism under Corbyn; BDS movement takes on hit Israeli Netflix series 'Fauda'

From Ian: Richard Landes: Middle east pack journalism: Everybody agrees One of the journalist’s favorite responses to being criticized for bias is: “As long as we anger each side equally, we’re doing something right.” It’s a favorite among journalists covering the conflict between Israel and its neighbors. “We’re on the right track because both sides complain.” And sure enough,...

Times of Israel reports: Itamar Ben Gal and his wife An Arab Israeli man was charged Thursday with the murder of Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal, who was stabbed to death in a terror attack at the West Bank settlement of Ariel last month, with the indictment saying that the victim was chosen because of his appearance as a Jew. On February 5, 19-year-old Abed al-Karim Assi is believed...

Vic Rosenthal's Weekly Column Western Jew-hatred is making a major comeback today on both sides of the Atlantic.Muslim antisemitism, which is written into the Qu’ran, has always been there, has always expressed itself violently, and is only attracting particular attention today because of the increasing number of Muslims in Western countries.But non-Muslims...

From Ian: PMW: PA officially rejects Taylor Force Act On March 23, the United States enacted the Taylor Force Act which cuts almost all aid to the Palestinian Authority if it continues paying salaries to terrorists and allowances to families of dead terrorists. Even before the final vote in the US Congress, PA leaders announced that they rejected the Taylor Force Act and would...

UNRWA's Chris Gunness once said that "UNRWA’s neutrality is the family's silver". Here's another example of UNRWA giving away its family's silver, without a peep of protest. UNRWA's Gaza director, Matthias Schmale wrote a letter to the organizers of tomorrow's "Great Return March" where thousands of Gazans are expected to try to walk into Israel, a violation of Israel's...

From JPost: The German Corporation for International Cooperation in Amman fired an employee for her pro-Israel comments on a Facebook page in December. The former employee, who asked not to be named, told The Jerusalem Post this month that her contract was not extended because she posted a personal Facebook post stating if the Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi slapped a Jordanian...

In December, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein commented on the death of wheelchair-bound Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh at a protest on the Gaza border: Shocked at the “incomprehensible” killing of a wheelchair-bound amputee protester by Israeli security forces, the top United Nations human rights official has called on the country to open an...

03/28 Links Pt2: New Book Exposes Depth of Anti-Israel Hate on American Campuses; Let’s Not Forget Farrakhan’s Shameful Stance on Slavery

From Ian: ITP: New Book Exposes Depth of Anti-Israel Hate on American Campuses About six months after Andrew Pessin posted on his Facebook profile a defense of Israel during its 2014 war against Hamas, the once popular Connecticut College philosophy professor was subjected to an academic smear campaign. The school paper published articles defaming him. The administration hosted...

“I could never live in Israel,” is something people often drop in conversation. In some respects, they mean this as a compliment. They’re calling me brave. At the same time, they’re calling me foolhardy and worse, because what they really want to know is how anyone could choose to raise children in a dangerous neighborhood: could put their children’s lives at risk. I...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Gaza City, March 28 - Tension gripped the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades this week in advance of operations against the Zionist Entity, as several platoons of fighters discovered they had not received their allotment of women and children to use as human...