October 2021 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Book review: Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy

I've had my share of disagreements with Batya Ungar-Sargon, most notably when she was Opinion Editor of The Forward. But she has been outspoken about the dangers of the current far-Left "woke" movement, and I've had some reasonable private discussions with her, so I bought her brand new book to see what she has to say.Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy is centered...

From Ian: Rushing to defend terrorism-linked NGOs: Why are so many Americans taking the side of groups that work with terrorists? In light of the wealth of publicly available information linking these NGOs to the PFLP, multiple financial institutions have previously closed accounts and denied payment services. For instance, in 2018, Citibank and Arab Bank closed DCI-P accounts,...

There has been a huge uproar in the Arab world over the statements of a Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi saying that the seven-year war by Arab Gulf states against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in "absurd" and that the Houthis are “defending themselves … against an external aggression.”One criticism against Kordahi in a Palestinian news...

Times of Israel reports:Hackers believed to be linked to Iran have breached an Israeli internet hosting company, taking down several of its sites. The hackers on Saturday night released some alleged personal information online, including from an LGBT dating site, according to Hebrew media reports.“Atraf,” a geo-located dating service as well as a nightlife index, is a popular...

From Times of Israel:Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan chastised the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday for its disproportionate condemnation of Israel, tearing up the organization’s annual report while at the podium.In a speech to the General Assembly, the Israeli envoy slammed the UNHRC for its “obsessive anti-Israel bias” during a special...

10/30 Links: A terrorist organization by any other name; Israel Ambassador Rips Up UNHRC Report During Speech; Noura Erakat's Morgue of Palestinian Resisters

From Ian: A terrorist organization by any other name Hashem Abu Maria, the leader of Defense for Children International, died in a firefight with Israeli forces in 2014. The organization's president was the editor of the PFLP magazine. This NGO is funded directly by Italy. The leaders of the UAWC are almost all members of the central committee and board of the PFLP. In addition,...

Egyptian newspaper Youm7 has an explainer article about Chanukah, which is coming up at the end of November this year.It starts off saying "According to Jewish accounts and allegations, the reason for celebrating this holiday is to commemorate the inauguration of the Second Temple in occupied Jerusalem in 164 BC."Yes, they are saying that Jerusalem was "occupied" by the Hashmoneans....

10/29 Links Pt2: The Israel test of the Democratic Party; Hating Jews is Becoming a Leftist Purity Test; NY pension fund joins exit from Unilever over B&J's

From Ian: The Israel test of the Democratic Party The radical left, it seems, never misses an opportunity to snub the Jews and vilify the Jewish state. True to The Israel test’s thesis, this attitude has not been relegated to criticism of Israel but has evolved into a politics of victimhood, a self-loathing of America. Yet antisemitism is not a winning issue in the free...

Remember when Israel was the pariah in the Middle East?From Globes:Senior US sources as well as Israeli sources have told "Globes" that talks on ties with more Arab countries have intensified recently.Senior US sources have confirmed that there are advanced talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia on establishing diplomatic relations. The sources said that it was not clear if...

From Ian: Mark Regev: Balfour Declaration, Palestinian weaponization of post-colonial guilt Next week’s anniversary of the Balfour Declaration will once again highlight the seemingly insurmountable Israeli-Palestinian divide. While Israelis venerate Britain’s decree of November 2, 1917, when His Majesty’s Government officially endorsed “Jewish Zionist aspirations,” Palestinians...

Egypt's popular Youm7 (Seventh Day) newspaper wrote a profile of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels:On this day, the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels was bornOn this day, October 29, the German Joseph Goebbels was born in 1897 in the town of Rheydt, and had great skills in public speaking , which made him the voice and the mouthpiece of the Nazi Party from 1933 until 1945....

From Palestine News Network:The Palestinian professional and popular unions in the PLO announced their decision to consider the Zionist organizations NGO Monitor and Regavim as terrorist organizations operating outside the scope of international law, and called on all relevant international institutions and bodies to sever relations and never deal with them, as they are among...

The Biden administration is insisting that the US must open a consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians - directly insulting Israel by saying that it wants a divided Jerusalem that would be a Palestinian capital.Why wouldn't it open up a consulate in Ramallah, the actual seat of the Palestinian government?Not too many people know that since 2014, the US has had an official presence...

10/28 Links Pt2: Tree of Life rabbi: ‘We can’t let evil win, and it won’t go away on its own’; If boycotting Israel: Ben & Jerry's should also cut ties with China

From Ian: David Singer: UN''s racist plan to exclude Jews from East Jerusalem backed by Biden Biden’s decision will certainly give added impetus to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 – passed on 23 December 2016 as then Vice President Biden was vacating his office in the White House prior to the handover of power from President Obama to President-elect Trump. Security...

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Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.Check out their Facebook page. Ramat HaSharon, October 31 - A government-owned Israeli corporation that manufacturers arms and other defense goods took legal action today against a producer of Judaica,...