2020 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Thursday, December 31, 2020

12/31 Links Pt2: A Jewish prisoner's longing for Zion; 5 reasons why mainstream Jews should drop the Palestinian cause in 2021; How Wikipedia is breeding armies of antisemites

From Ian: Caroline Glick: A Jewish prisoner's longing for Zion Pollard paid for that fateful decision with 30 years in prison and another five years of conditional release during which he was barred from moving to Israel. I asked him back then to describe his life in prison. "I don't want to go into detail," he responded with a brief, sad sigh. "I will give you an impressionistic...

Continuing my series of re-captioning cartoons.... 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...

There was a kerfuffle recently when the International Committee of the Red Cross decided to make a Twitter thread about the violations of international law depicted in the fictional, excellent Israeli TV series Fauda.Of course, people made fun of the ICRC for pretending that a fictional story is real. But even more idiotic was Mondoweiss' take. The site outdid itself...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Sacramento, December 31 - Stalwarts of forward-leaning politics voiced consternation today at a new dilemma that may force them to choose as never before between the values of ecological sensitivity and steamrolling Jewish concerns in pursuit of those values. Progressive...

From Ian: Honest Reporting: Does UNRWA Violate International Law? UNRWA’s definition of refugee technically violates international law, as it contradicts the 1951 UN Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. Article 1 of the Convention defines a refugee as: …a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded...

A few days ago, Hamas started plastering billboards all over Gaza with pictures of the Iranian Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, ahead of the first anniversary of his being assassinated by the US.The billboards quoted Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who called him a "Martyr of Jerusalem" at his eulogy.The Sunni Arab world reacted harshly. Saudi journalist Muhammad Al...

When Hamas and Fatah split in 2007, both of them claimed to be the legitimate government of the Palestinian Authority. Most of the world recognized Fatah's claims that they formed a new government for the PA, even though its creation violated the Palestinian constitution. But Hamas maintained its own claim to be the legitimate government, and it has never relinquished...

From Naharnet:Confusion arose among circles affiliated with Hizbullah after the party’s Al-Qard Al-Hasan financial institution was hacked, despite the institution's assurance the hackers had no access to any of the internal data or account numbers of depositors, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat reported on Wednesday.A hacker group called “Spiderz” hacked into the cameras and servers...

Jonathan Pollard is a Litmus Test. But for What? (Vic Rosenthal)

Vic Rosenthal's weekly column The arrival of Jonathan Pollard in Israel 35 years after his arrest for espionage on Israel’s behalf has made me think about the position of the Jew in the diaspora, particularly in America. There are facts about Pollard’s case that are shrouded in mystery (for example, the still-secret Caspar Weinberger memo that in part convinced the...

From Ian: Ruthie Blum: 2020 hindsight – Israel’s year in review US President Donald Trump unveiled his “Peace to Prosperity” plan at the White House, with Netanyahu at his side, in the presence of administration officials and other prominent pro-Israel guests. The details of the “Deal of the Century,” as it had been dubbed, were finally revealed. Like Trump’s other policies...

Netanyahu has held onto the reins of power far longer than any other Israeli prime minister. But love him or hate him, at some point Bibi must go, because barring other reasons for being deposed from the prime ministerial throne, no one lives forever. The problem is, there is no one to step into Netanyahu’s shoes, because he hasn’t groomed a successor. From Jonathan Tobin: The...

Tough to choose - I made over 30 cartoons and many more posters.But here are some of the best single panel cartoons:A romance comic cartoon:Posters: 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...

Continuing my recaptioning of cartoons.... 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: The Unique Benefits of Israeli-Moroccan Normalization As with Sadat’s famous visit, normalization with Morocco signals the crumbling of walls shunning and isolating Israel from the rest of the Middle East. Nationally, it is an opportunity to celebrate Moroccan Jewry’s rich heritage, but it is much more than just that. It has often been hoped that Jews from Arab...

By Daled Amos Over the past few months, we have watched as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco have made peace with Israel. With the Biden administration ready to take over in a matter of weeks, we have come to the end of this historic chapter in Middle East peace. But while for now, the momentum for peace has taken us as far as it can between...

The far Left has been arguing as loudly as they can there anti-Zionism is not antisemitism - and saying that it is actually fosters more antisemitism.Here's an example this week from +972 Magazine:Criticism of the state of Israel is not an attack on Jews, whether as individuals or as a group. As many have argued before, adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism in fact...

The Fatah Facebook page and Twitter feed published this:This is Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led the terror attack the resulted in the deaths of 38 Israelis, including 13 children, at the Coastal Road Massacre in 1978. Mughrabi herself murdered Gail Rubin, a professional war and nature photographer, before the bus hijacking.Fatah, the political party headed by Mahmoud...

Moroccan press on accords with Israel (Zvi)

From Zvi: The Abraham Accords are a major opportunity for Israelis and Arabs, and I think they represent an incredibly important milestone for the world as a whole. I have been reading Arab media and government reactions to these accords, because these reactions are one gauge of how Israel's Arab partners view the situation. It's important to do this in order to avoid the...

From Ian: Unsettled by Hebron No Jews have been as relentlessly maligned as the Jews of Hebron. From the time of their arrival following the 1967 Six-Day War—40 years after the murderous annihilation of its Jewish community by rampaging Arabs—they have become the pariahs of the Jewish people. Their presence in the city where the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Jewish people...