September 2018 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Chag Sameach! (Again!)

I wish all my Jewish readers a happy Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah! I will not be blogging from Sunday night to Tuesday night. You can see two of my previous articles on Simchat Torah flags here and here. 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...

From Ian: Jpost Editorial: Wake up Europe Appeasement might be a tough word and one that Netanyahu uses reluctantly, but he is right. Europe has turned a blind eye to what is happening in Iran and Lebanon for far too long. Sadly, it is unlikely that anything will really change due to Netanyahu’s speech, no matter how good it might have been. Over a period of decades, Europe...

It's always funny when Jordan says there should be a Palestinian state

King Abdullah of Jordan told the UN: I am compelled to talk about this today because of the critical role of collective action in ending the serious crises in my region, and especially the key crisis—the long denial of a Palestinian state.Every UN resolution since the beginning of this crisis—every resolution, whether from the General Assembly or the Security Council—recognises the equal rights of the Palestinian people to a future of peace,...

The Second Intifada was a multiyear terror spree that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians. It killed the Oslo peace process. It convinced countless leftist Israelis that there is no actual partner for peace on the Palestinian side. And Fatah, the party headed by Mahmoud Abbas, is celebrating the beginning of the terror spree that began 19 years...

09/29 Links: Netanyahu was to reveal ‘third site’ in speech on Iran; Danon slams Abbas' 'imaginary initiatives'; Real Madrid's guest of honor is teen terrorist

From Ian: Why this Christian Tory peer leads the fight in the UK against Holocaust denial The British Labour party has become “a hotbed of bigotry and racism,” the country’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues said in a recent interview with The Times of Israel. Eric Pickles, who was appointed to the House of Lords this summer, also accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn...

09/28 Links Pt2: IAEA was told Iran site had ‘forbidden nuclear material,’ yet didn’t act; Haley: Palestinians should complain to Abbas, not Israel; The Logic of the West’s New Anti-Semitism Crisis

From Ian: Israel: IAEA was told Iran site had ‘forbidden nuclear material,’ yet didn’t act Israel told the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency about the existence and contents of the previously unknown Iranian nuclear site whose presence was publicly revealed at the UN Thursday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the atomic watchdog failed to act...

If you think Trump is an egomaniac, then what would you call a leader who forces his people to hold pictures of him at a staged rally? In Qalqilya, hundreds of Palestinians watched Abbas' UN speech at an outdoor event with Fatah flags. The front row of people, many of them dignitaries, were obviously requested to hold photographs of Mahmoud Abbas just to make it look like...

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: Europe's appeasement of Iran Remarks this week about Iran by US National Security Adviser John Bolton contained some of the most ferocious language ever used by an American administration about a foreign state. Bolton told the Iranian regime: “If you cross us, our allies or our partners; if you harm our citizens; if you continue to lie, cheat and...

From al-Raya (Qatar): The Jew is drinking Palestinian blood. I'm sure that Human Rights Watch's Ken Roth, who pretends to care so much about antisemitism, will comment any minute now. 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...

The New York Times, pretending to be even-handed as ever, writes: The Israeli and Palestinian leaders gave diametrically different appraisals of their protracted conflict on Thursday, with speeches at the United Nations General Assembly that suggested the dispute is more intractable than ever. But it doesn't point out the biggest difference between the two speeches:...

I just came across this MSN (possibly AP) slideshow of the biggest refugee movements in history. In order to pretend that descendants of Arabs who fled Israel in 1948 are "refugees," it simply has to lie. The Israeli—Palestinian Conflict Since the formation of the state of Israel In 1648, a series of seemingly intractable wars and incidents of ethnic violence have...

09/27 Links Pt2: Melanie Phillips: The destruction of Israel the signature cause of the British Labour party; At UN, Netanyahu reveals Iranian nuclear warehouse

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: The destruction of Israel the signature cause of the British Labour party The leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has told his party’s annual conference that if he becomes Prime Minister he will immediately recognise a Palestinian state. Immediately. Why? What kind of priority is this for a British Prime Minister? Labour delegates...

Here are three posters that can be seen in the Facebook page of the Shu'fat Camp health center. Shu'fat is the UNRWA camp in Jerusalem that Israel is considering dismantling. If the biggest problem there is that the residents can't figure out how to choose healthy foods that are readily available, then that is probably a good idea. We...

Vic Rosenthal's Weekly Column The World Bank says that the “economy” of the Gaza Strip is collapsing.This is or should be about as shocking as the discovery that there is gambling at Rick’s café. The word “economy,” which implies at least some productivity, barely fits. Gaza has survived on UNRWA stipends that have supported 1.3 million people with...

From Ian: David Singer: Trump’s PLO Shutdown Paves Way for Jordan-West Bank Reunification President Trump’s decision to close the PLO mission in Washington, cancel the visas of the Palestinian ambassador and his family and order their bank accounts be closed – mark the PLO’s final humiliation for condemning Trump’s proposed peace plan before its contents have even been published. Strangely...

PA president and dictator for life Mahmoud Abbas wrote a handwritten letter to Palestinian youth on their being steadfast until they control all of Palestine (and, of course, destroy Israel): In the name of God the Merciful"O you who believe! If you support Allah, He will support you, and will strengthen your foothold." This is a great truth of Allah.Generation after...

The World Bank issued a series of reports on the dire situation in Gaza - and it reveals some interesting facts in its recommendations. Restore transfer flows 1. Restore aggregate PA payments to Gaza (these have declined by $30 million per month from 2017). Priority should be given to social assistance payments, medical supplies, and salaries for PA employees who are...

A hilarious item from Sputnik News: In an embarrassing error, a billboard in the Iranian city of Shiraz meant to commemorate the country’s eight-year-long war with Iraq accidentally featured images of soldiers from the Islamic Republic’s more perennial rival: the Israel Defense Forces.Iran is in the middle of its Sacred Defense Week, a week-long holiday meant to commemorate...

09/26 Links Pt2: Linda Sarsour’s Blood Libel; Corbyn says UK will immediately recognize Palestinian state if he’s elected; Pat Condell: O Come All Ye Jew Haters

From Ian: Linda Sarsour’s Blood Libel When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background — so says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim political advocate in the United States. She was a co-chair of the national Women’s March, and is a campaign surrogate for politicians, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A program sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that takes...

What do you do when your beliefs and living where you do places your child in mortal danger? Some people would change their beliefs or move. Others would not, aware in some dim recesses of the mind that others think they are shirking their parental duty and risking the lives of their children. But what if it’s about your principles: about living in Eretz HaKodesh, the Holy...