September 2022 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, September 30, 2022

09/30 Links Pt2: Melanie Phillips: Why "progressives" can’t deal with antisemitism; Auschwitz Was Not Bombed Because the World Didn’t Care

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: Why "progressives" can’t deal with antisemitism Ruth Wisse, an emeritus professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard and an unfailingly impressive commentator on the Jewish world, has uttered a desperate cry about the moral and spiritual state of American Jews. Writing in Mosaic, she ponders the effect of liberal ideologies espoused by the media...

By Martin Ostrow Ken Burns’s advance interviews for his new Holocaust film provided much material for public discussion. Now that PBS has broadcast the six-hour series, how does the film measure up?The answer, unfortunately, is that it’s a disappointment. “The U.S. and the Holocaust” misrepresents some key historical issues and entirely omits crucial information. Ultimately,...

Independent Arabia reports that Hadash MK Aida Touma condemned Israel making injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera available to Bedouin women in the Negev. She said it is “dangerous and falls within the appalling racist policies,” adding that this Israeli policy aims to control and restrict childbirth in the Bedouin community in the Negev.It quotes Israel's Liberal magazine:Inside...

From Ian: ‘You little boy’: Abbas says he scolded Blinken for not pressuring Israel Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of Palestinian Americans last week that he scolded US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for failing to pressure Israel to make peace. While Abbas has not shied away from publicly vocalizing his frustration with the Biden administration...

From the perspective of negotiations, Hezbollah has effectively won the dispute with Israel over ownership of disputed areas of the Mediterranean.This map (my additions to a map from Alma) shows the four major positions:Line 1 has been Israel's position as to the maritime border with Lebanon. Line 23 has been Lebanon's traditional position. The "Hof Line" was the compromise...

Modern antisemitic groups like Electronic Intifada, IfNotNow and others like to claim that they aren't antisemitic - the real antisemites are the Jews (they say "Zionists.")It turns out that even that argument was used by the classic antisemites of history.This op-ed in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, October 03, 1941 shows that this argument was used by the antisemitic...

An Arab pop-culture writer named Tariq Raouf wrote a ridiculous screed about why Marvel should not introduce the Israeli character Sabra into their cinematic universe, claiming that she insults Arabs with her name that makes them think of Sabra and Shatila, because she is a racist who hates Arabs because her daughter was killed in a terror attack, because the actress...

09/29 Links Pt2: The tragedy of Jews who can’t stand with Israel; Over half of BDS-exposed US students support boycott; Berkeley Develops Jewish-Free Zones

From Ian: Combatting anti-Semitism must include emancipating Zionism Knowing the real-world harm that excludes Zionists from equal access and participation—in university book clubs, in support groups for victims of sexual harassment, in class, etc.—is an unacceptable reality. The mutation of anti-Semitism enabled by the appropriation and weaponization of foundational principles...

By Daled AmosJust two weeks ago, I wrote about the bond between Russia and Israel, the result of their shared experiences with terrorist attacks against their civilians and because of the large number of Russians living in Israel.Now it turns out that on September 10, a delegation of Hamas terrorist leaders -- led by leader Ismail Haniyeh -- visited Moscow at the invitation...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.Check out their Facebook page.New York, September 29 - A business owner with a bias against employing Haredim also accuses Haredim of living off welfare at the expense of the taxpayer instead of getting jobs, associates of the entrepreneur reported today.Joseph Corell, 40, of Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood,...

From Ian: The Women Burning Their Hijabs Want the Iranian Regime to Fall. Does Joe Biden? Khamenei’s deal-denying obstinacy ought to be viewed as a liberating opportunity by the Biden administration. Why should we allow Khamenei and his regime a guaranteed pathway to bomb-grade uranium and long-range ballistic missiles and let them extort us? Unrestricted oil and gas sales,...

On Monday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent Rosh Hashanah greetings to Israel's President Isaac Herzog and to Defense Minister Benny Gantz. (For some reason, he did not send any such greetings to Prime Minister Yair Lapid.)Naturally, the Palestinians are upset. Felesteen quotes angry analysts who are convinced that New Year greetings are yet another sign...

Last week, member of Congress Rashida Tlaib said at a Palestine Advocacy Day event, “I want you all to know that among progressives, it becomes clear that you cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel‘s apartheid government.” The formulation asserts both the lie that Israel is an apartheid state and that people cannot be both progressive and support...