June 2023 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, June 30, 2023

06/30 Links Pt2: The United States: An example of how to not combat antisemitism; Russia’s remaining Jews must leave; Ben-Gurion Airport expected to break records this summer

From Ian: Kuntzel questions myth of ‘antisemitic backlash’ in the Arab world It is commonly assumed – in fact it has become dogma in academic and political circles – that antisemitism in Arab countries was a backlash to the creation of Israel. Now in his new book Nazis, Islamic antisemitism and the Middle East, the German political scientist Matthias Kuntzel produces ...

The second and third ones really, really upset the Israel haters on Twitter. The fourth was one of the most popular memes I ever posted on Instagram.By the way, this is Byzantine-era. Jews continued to build towns after 70 CE. There are lots of Talmudic-era synagogues discovered in the Galilee, Judea and Samaria. Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing...

What do you do when your hate becomes socially unacceptable?Find an alternative that people won't blame you for!From TheJC:Textbooks in German schools display a strong political bias against Israel, according to a new report.It reveals a disturbing trend of blaming Israel for the conflict with the Palestinians.And it says teachers in German schools tend to shy away from discussing...

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: It’s time to dismantle the United Nations In May the U.N. commemorated “Nakba Day,” the propaganda term the Palestinian Arabs have given to the date on which the State of Israel was founded. It invited the head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas to address it. He used that platform to repeat the P.A.’s murderous lie that Britain and the...

From The Cradle:Washington is urging the Lebanese government to pressure Hezbollah into removing an outpost erected in the occupied Shebaa Farms, Israeli media reported on 29 June.Walla news outlet cited anonymous Israeli and US officials as saying that the outpost represents a “miscalculation on Hezbollah’s part, which does not take into account the potential Israeli response....

On Wednesday, an Iraqi immigrant to Sweden tore up and burned a Quran after receiving permission to do so as an act of protest, A Swedish court ruled that burning the Quran was a legal expression of free speech and the police gave a permit for the action.In response, the Muslim world is seething. Many Muslim-majority countries lodged protests against Sweden, and there were...

In May 1933, some American newspapers published a letter, ostensibly from a patriotic German citizen upset at how the media was covering Germany's oppression of Jews: As a resident in Germany one is at a loss to understand, how it is possible that in America and England a crop of lies about alleged Jew baiting in Germany can spring up without the slightest foundation...

06/29 Links Pt2: Biden Admin Omits Mention of Israel in Rollout of Anti-Semitism Strategy; The Constitutionality of Anti-BDS Laws; Financial Times calls on The West to boycott settlement goods

From Ian: Eugene Volokh: The Constitutionality of Anti-BDS Laws Anti-BDS laws, which bar government contractors from boycotting Israel, are generally constitutional - for the same reason that anti-discrimination laws are generally constitutional. Decisions not to buy or sell goods or services are generally not protected by the First Amendment. A store has no First Amendment...

Arab leaders and pundits habitually warn, in English, that Israel is threatening to threatening to turn the conflict into a religious war. A recent example comes from Ramzy Baroud in Arab News, saying, What is currently taking place in Palestine is not a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one. Though warnings...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, June 29 - A local principal made waves in the primary education field last week by leveraging the reluctance and hassle involved in wasting an entire evening on amateurish performances and hackneyed speeches to mark the conclusion of the academic term...

From Ian: No sense of security: Settlers have had it with the current situation Before addressing the key issues, this column must begin with an unequivocal and unwavering clarification: the recent scenes of Jewish protesters running amok and carrying out acts of vigilante retaliation in the Palestinian villages of Umm Safa, Turmus Ayya, and Urif, must be vigorously condemned....

From The New York Times, September 17, 1951:BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 16— Haj Amin el Husseini, the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, and his Arab Higher Committee have started. a move to create a solid belt of Palestine Arab settlements around Israel and prevent-the moving of refugees away from Israel borders.This change of front has come with the present evident collapse of the. former...

Palestinian police aren't only abdicating on doing their jobs to stop the growth of terror groups in West Bank towns. They are also nowhere to be found when Arabs shoot at other Arabs.The Safa news agency reports:About a week ago, the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, witnessed an escalation of security chaos, which claimed the lives of two young men, due to a quarrel...

From IndiaTV and ShiaWaves:Italy-- home of over 2.5 million Muslims-- is set to pass a controversial law that would ban prayers in public places and unauthorized worship buildings. According to Anadolu News Agency, if passed, the law could shut down thousands of Islamic prayer spaces amid the fact most of the prayers are being held in private spaces. The bill, which...