Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Bezalel Smotrich

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Monday, May 01, 2023

Haaretz really hates pro-settler NGOs

Last week, Haaretz published a supposed expose of Regavim, an NGO that insists that the Israeli government adhere to its own laws in Area C of Judea and Samaria.The article didn't dig up any dirt. Regavim is quite open about its aims. But now the government has some former Regavim officials, and that is scary to Haaretz:Haaretz is upset.The article shows Regavim members documenting...

Palestinians are Philistines, Canaanites, Jebusites, Arabs, and now Philistines again!

Ibrahim Abrash, writing in Palestinian news site Amad, says that Bezalel Smotrich is ignoring the Jewish Scripture when he says there were no such thing as the Palestinian people. Because look at the many times that the Torah mentions Philistines and the Land of the Philistines!It's been a while since Palestinians claimed to be Philistines. It was a common claim at the...

Jordan complained that Bezalel Smotrich stood behind a map showing Jordan as part of the Jewish state under the original definition of Palestine before Sykes-Picot. They were quite insulted.So I looked at the Jordanian geography textbooks, and saw plenty of maps (not all of them) that erased Israel, like this one:But this map in a seventh grade geography book from 2019 has...

From Times of Israel:Far-right lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday that the Palestinian people were “an invention” from the past century and that people like himself and his grandparents were the “real Palestinians.”Speaking in Paris... Smotrich said there was “no such thing as Palestinians because there’s no such thing as the Palestinian people,” a comment that was met...

12/28 Links Pt1: The European Union's deceit and the Israeli response; Israel’s New Government Isn’t What You’ve Heard; What’s behind Oman’s BDS push?

From Ian: The European Union's deceit and the Israeli response The EU insists that Israel should abide by the Oslo Accords, as it still believes that within this area, a Palestinian state should be established within the framework of a comprehensive peace agreement. At the same time, according to the leaked document, it tries to strip Israel of its rights per that same agreement. So...

12/03 Links: Happy Nakba Day; Bibi Could Upend Biden’s Weak Foreign Policy; More media excuses for Palestinians and terror; US Jews battle ‘mainstreaming’ and normalization of antisemitism

From Ian: Happy Nakba Day The Jewish/Arab conflict in the Middle East is not about the relative merits of Jew or Arab to live on the Land; there is enough land in what was formerly known as “Palestine” for all without Israel giving up any of the area it now possesses. The ongoing war in Israel is the fulcrum of the intellectual/spiritual conflict between the worldviews that...

11/10 Links Pt1: Melanie Phillips: Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America; Palestinian Authority to End Push for ICJ Ruling on ‘Occupation’"

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America Israel is indeed a state for the Jewish nation. However, membership in a nation confers obligations on its people to behave as a nation. After all, the Torah itself tells us that when the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh said they wanted to settle east of the Jordan because the pastures...