February 2025 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, February 28, 2025

02/28 Links Pt2: The West is colonizing the Palestinian cause; Dara Horn returns to history — and literature — after Oct. 7; BBC is in crisis and only systemic change can fix it

From Ian: The West is colonizing the Palestinian cause This term “Palestine” was first introduced by the Romans. Expelling the Jews from their land, they renamed Judea as Palestine. Over the centuries, this term was accepted by Jews themselves. The Land of Israel and Palestine became synonymous. But in the 1920s, the West migrated the term. Arabs in Palestine at the time...

From Ian: Seth Mandel: Israel Takes a Hard Look at Its Prewar Assumptions Israel did not believe that Hamas wanted, or was capable of carrying out, a full-fledged total war. But it did, and it planned for it, and here we are. “Israel believed that leveraging improved civil conditions in Gaza would make Hamas less likely to launch a war,” Fabian writes. “Israel worked to...

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Yesterday I wrote about a Gallup poll that showed historic highs for Democratic support of Palestinians and record low support for Israel.In case you think that this is simply sympathy for Gaza - it isn't. A new Harvard/Harris poll shows a great deal of sympathy for Hamas - not Palestinians, Hamas - among Democrats, with 31% more supportive of Hamas than Israel.Among...

It is no secret that Al Jazeera uses its English media to promote a much different narrative than it does in Arabic. In English, Palestinians are victims, in Arabic they are victors; in English, Islam means peace, while in Arabic, Islam means vengeance and violence.The dichotomy within the same source is never more stark than with how it approaches Ramadan, the Muslim holy...

The Harvard Crimson reports:Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said military action is not a legally sufficient answer to accusations of genocide at a Harvard Law School talk Wednesday afternoon.An HLS alum, O’Brien said he came to the Law School to preview a forthcoming article in the Harvard Human Rights Journal about laws surrounding genocide...

02/27 Links Pt2: Melanie Phillips: A vile equivalence; Trauma Envy and the Campus Intifada; BBC admits Hamas family was paid for Gaza documentary; Barnard Admin Surrenders To Student Radicals

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: A vile equivalence Noa Argamani, the Israeli hostage who was rescued from Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces last June, addressed the U.N. Security Council this week. She spoke about being abducted into a “world of torture and humiliation,” where she tried to comfort two small girls who had been dragged with her into the darkness of the Hamas tunnels...

From Ian: ‘Killing ourselves,’ Nobel laureate says of releasing terrorists Yisrael (Robert J.) Aumann was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contribution to Game Theory, a branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic interactions between individuals or groups. Aumann has said that if he could describe Game Theory in one word, it would...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.Check out their Facebook and Substack pages.Hamas Vows To Rebuild Clothing Store Named 'Hitler' Gaza City, February 27 - The owner of a now-destroyed garment sales enterprise named after the most notorious, genocidal dictator of all time announced today he had secured...

A new Gallup poll shows that most Democrats now have unfavorable opinion of Israel, and he percentage who have a favorable opinion is down to 33%.Here is the trend over time of those who have a favorable impression of Israel:That is a precipitous drop.Gallup says:This year marks the first time any party group has had majority-level unfavorable ratings of Israel, with 60% of...

By Forest RainBatman weeps: A mother’s fight, two little lions, and a nation forever changed How much impact can a person have on the world when they are only given four years to live? Words shape reality. They give form to our emotions and channel their power. That’s why I believe it is so important to articulate what we feel in response to the murder of Shiri, Ariel, and...