February 2021 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Cartoon of the Day: Raising a child correctly

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From Ian: When Israel Hits Iran, Politicians and the Media Will Hit Israel’s Supporters Leading US and European news outlets repeatedly inverted aggressor and defender, and Palestinian civilian and military casualties, in coverage of Israel’s 2014 fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. They chronically overstated Palestinian non-combatant dead and under-reported attacks and...

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned "the continuing violations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Haram Al-Sharif," specifically today's visit by 153 Jews to the site for the holiday of Purim which is celebrated in Jerusalem today.The spokesperson for the ministry, Dhaifallah Ali Al-Fayez, said that "the raids of extremists under the protection of the police are a...

Iran's Kayhan newspaper, which is aligned with Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, has all but admitted that the attack on an Israeli cargo ship Helios Ray was done by Iranian forces.In an article headlined "Evil in Syria and Iraq was answered in Yemen and the Sea of Oman," the newspaper concluded "this spy ship, despite moving secretly, has probably been ambushed by one of...

An interesting point from Daniel Finkelstein writing in TheJC:Have you had a chance to read David Baddiel’s new book Jews Don’t Count? I think you ought. You might think you have read everything about antisemitism that you can be bothered with. But I think you should nevertheless bother with this....I find it annoying when someone makes a point about Israel in response to...

02/27 Links: Israel's Strategy To Stop Iran's Existential Threats; IfNotNow smears IHRA definition as a ‘threat’ to progressivism; Get vaccinated now! The Torah commands it

From Ian: Seth Frantzman: Israel's Strategy To Stop Iran's Existential Threats Israel is willing to take action to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said this week. His statement framed part of a full-court press of Israel warning of Iran's regional threats as Tehran continues to enrich uranium. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Palestinian health minister receiving one of the first dosesA Palestinian watchdog organization, The Coalition for Integrity and Accountability (AMAN), has warned that the Palestinian Authority has still not come up with a plan on how to distribute and prioritize vaccine distribution, months after the first vaccines came to market.The group noted that there were no standards...

02/26 Links Pt2: Melanie Phillips: We recognize Haman. But where are Mordechai and Esther?; Antisemitic ‘SNL’ Slur Is No Laughing Matter; Oberlin College's 'Professor of Peace’ urged elimination of Jewish state

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: We recognize Haman. But where are Mordechai and Esther? What we can do is what the Jewish people have always done: bear witness to what's happening, record it and hold its perpetrators to account. We should target their weak spots: their vanity and narcissism, their inflated claim to intelligence and moral virtue. We should pillory them publicly...

Times of Israel reported yesterday:Israeli officials reportedly sent a request last week to the Palestinian Authority and the Jerusalem Muslim Waqf asking that the Israeli government be allowed to open a coronavirus vaccination station in the Temple Mount area, but the request was rejected.The station was meant to vaccinate mainly Palestinian worshipers visiting the area....

From Ian: Ruthie Blum: Palestinian lies, American delusions on solving the conflict - opinion The capacity of peace-process addicts to delude themselves about the Palestinian war against Israel is as bottomless as it is peculiar. It is they, after all, whose repeated attempts at solving the conflict have failed. The only real shift in perception and action on this issue...

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Here are two headlines published last Sunday, from Times of Israel and i24News: These reports say that, according to a letter written by the PA to the Biden administration, Hamas has committed to a two-state solution and to peaceful resistance.I've already mentioned that Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh has said quite clearly last Saturday that it still supports...

Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at Electronic Intifada. She just exposed another nefarious Jewish plot:Lmao my college student kid, a member of student gov, was contacted by Hillel who wanted to give her $ to “learn about the Israel-Palestine conflict” via their program for student leaders. This is one way they coerce young ppl into crushing Palestine rights activism...

Palestinian health minister says 2 million vaccine doses are arriving very soon

Palestinians should begin receiving two million vaccine doses by the end of the first week of March.Palestinian health minister Mai Al-Kailah spoke to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa and said, "We have completed an agreement to purchase two million doses of vaccine from AstraZeneca , and we have done all the necessary procedures, from registering the vaccine...

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From Ian: BDS Is Anti-Semitic I rarely ever feel comfortable talking about Israel in a university setting, despite the fact that the land of Israel is such a dearly held part of my Jewish identity. I have always found it interesting that sweeping dismissals of this part of my Jewish identity, the part that is tied to Israel, are so very welcomed in certain academic and progressive...

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Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Hebron, February 25 - Citing what he calls the lockdown's "devastating effect" on his family, a local resident who aspires to kill Israelis by detonating an explosive belt he wears voiced his wish today that Palestinian public health officials lift movement restrictions...

From Ian: Israel in Talks to Establish Four-Nation Defense Alliance With Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain Jerusalem is currently in talks with the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on establishing a four-nation defense alliance, according to an exclusive i24 News report. While Jerusalem does not have official diplomatic relations with Riyadh,...

I still remember when our family went to Disney World, years ago, and we went to the exhibit for "It's A Small World After All." To illustrate the point, the exhibit contained caricatures of every nationality. The typical Israeli was depicted as -- a Chassid. Maybe the people at Disney had trouble figuring out what an Israeli is. Or perhaps they thought their...