September 2019 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, September 29, 2019

!Shana Tova u'Metuka שנה טובה ומתוקה!

Wishing my readers a sweet and healthy New Year! I will not be blogging until Tuesday night or Wednesday. Ktiva v'chatima tova! 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: President Rivlin wishes Jews around the world a happy new year President Reuven Rivlin wished Israeli citizens and Jews around the world a happy Jewish new year in a new video. "Another year has past and a new year starts," Rivlin said. "In our prayers, we say, 'let the new year and its blessings begin.' After a difficult year for the safety of Jewish communities...

I came across a Time-Life book about Jerusalem published in 1976. It includes this vignette: I peered into one of the shops. Its Arab keeper tried to sell me a dagger, then a cricifix, then a Jewish candlestick. "You sell Israeli things?" I asked. He avoided my stare. ...."Our people take work from the Israelis because they have to. They've no choice." "You can't grow...

Screenshot from video accusing Abdelmajid Taboun of being Jewish In Algeria, university professor Issa Bin Aggoun has accused former Prime Minister Abdelmajid Taboun of really being Jewish whose real first name was Benjamin. Taboun who announced his candidacy for the December 12 presidential election. It is a time honored tradition that Arabs accuse their political...

Bari Weiss' How To Fight Anti-Semitism has been the talk of the Jewish world for the past couple of weeks. In six relatively short chapters, Weiss goes into details of her shock at the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where she grew up. It then surveys the history of antisemitism (my preferred spelling), and then goes into a bit of detail on antsemitism...

Ma'an says: The extremist "Temple Communities" commissioned a Jewish artist to prepare an attractive design depicting the Temple building. The design is to be used as a central greeting card for the so-called Hebrew New Year Day next Monday and Tuesday, September 30, October 1. The Temple Group, which holds 45 percent of the seats in the current caretaker government,...

09/28 Links: ‘Jews exploit Poles,’ report leads to massive online hate in Poland; Tank shell from Egypt damages Israeli shul during services; Algemeiner Unveils 6th ‘J100’ List Featuring Sir Ben Kingsley and Rachel Riley

From Ian: ‘Jews exploit Poles,’ report leads to massive online hate in Poland Polish portals such as Wiadomosci began to fill with hateful comments against Israel and Jews on Friday when news broke out that Polish President Andrzej Duda allegedly blamed antisemitism in Poland – on Israel. The report, by the Jewish Insider, was quickly denied by the office of the President...

09/27 Links Pt2: Rachel Riley: Armies of hate-filled bigots strengthened my resolve to fight hate; How Arab Israelis Humiliated the BDS Movement; USAID Has a Terror Finance Problem

From Ian: Rachel Riley: Armies of hate-filled bigots strengthened my resolve to fight hate TV presenter and campaigner against antisemitism Rachel Riley, spoke at Algemeiner’s J100 gala, where she received the US paper’s illustrious ‘Warrior for Truth’ award. The Countdown host addressed the New York event on Thursday, picking up the prestigious gong alongside British actor...

This past week, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke to Columbia University and said, I am exercising my right to free speech. Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews, when a lot of people say nasty things about me, about Malaysia? I didn’t protest, I didn’t demonstrate.We have to be willing to listen to views which are not in our favor because...

From Ian: Welcome to the End of the Process The elements of the Trump administration’s plan which have been rolled out could also be read as undercutting a key component of the rejectionist position: the so-called “right of return” for Palestinian refugees in neighboring Arab countries. At the “Peace to Prosperity” conference, which the administration organized in Bahrain...

Jordan's King Abdullah, in his speech to the UN, said literally nothing about Jordan. Most of his speech was to support "Palestine" and to insult Israel. But this section was so over the top as to sound like a parody: My friends,Collective action is also vital for ending bitter crises and conflicts. And no crisis has done more global damage than the core conflict in...

There are three versions of Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the UN. One is the official English version. One is the official Arabic version, which includes explicit support for paying terrorists and their families. And the third is the actual speech as given, where Abbas added a bizarre history lesson that no one seems to have discussed. The conclusion of Mahmoud Abbas' speech...

Popular rapper French Montana, born and raised Karim Kharbouch in Morocco, created this cover for his new album: American fans are saying that he is honoring his Muslim roots. Monfana himself described the cover this way: ""You don't have to change who you are, you can bring people into your world. THIS MY ALBUM ARTWORK .. NOVEMBER ❤️🙏" But does he mean he can bring...

09/26 Links Pt2: Natan Sharansky: Why BDS Fails the 3D Test on Anti-Semitism; Howard Jacobson on his new novel, dwindling irony and anti-Semitism in the UK

From Ian: Natan Sharansky: Why BDS Fails the 3D Test on Anti-Semitism To distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism, 20 years ago I formulated the 3D test for anti-Semitism. The three Ds are demonization, delegitimization, and double standards - the three main tools that anti-Semites employed against Jews throughout history. This test shows that the...

Mako (Hebrew) has an interview with a Gazan who recently escaped from the Hamas-run enclave. Since Hamas' rise to power in the Gaza Strip, Christians living in the sector have become the scapegoats and a target for harm from both Hamas and extremist Salafis. Due to their predicament, most of them fled; out of a community of 4,200 people twelve years ago, there are...

Our weekly column (delayed) from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, September 26 - A legislator from the Joint List alliance of Arab parties accused supporters of Jewish self-determination of subjecting millions of flying, pollinating insects to bondage and exploiting the creatures to harvest...

From Ian: Reuven Rivlin gives Netanyahu mandate to form government Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given the chance to form a government for the sixth time on Wednesday, after succeeding in his five terms in office but not having the opportunity to do so following the April election. President Reuven Rivlin formally gave Netanyahu four weeks to form the government,...

Kelly Craft arrived at the UN with a bang - a full throated support and defense of Israel in her very first speech at the UN Security Council Briefing on the Middle East, delivered last Friday. She doesn't have the passion of Nikki Haley, but still this speech did not get the publicity it deserves. Thank you Mr. President, and thank you Mr. Mladenov, Ministers,...

Leftist Jews fetishizing the Diaspora to justify their hate for Israel

Recently I wrote about the galut mentality that Jews have had drummed into them during centuries of living in the Diaspora. This mentality is one where the Jews know that they not truly a full member of society. They are like guests in someone else's house, and the host can choose to kick them out if they become too demanding. The most famous joke about this mentality is: Two Jews are before a Russian firing squad, both offered blindfolds....