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Monday, July 25, 2016

Wonder Woman - the most feminist superhero movie ever - attacked by feminists. Because Gal Gadot is Israeli.

The Wonder Woman trailer released two days ago has already been viewed 14 million times on YouTube and who knows how many more on other sites. But supposed feminists, pejoratively known as "social justice warriors" or SJWs, are willing to overlook the message being given by a major film studio to create a movie with a strong female superhero - because the actress playing...

On Friday, Mrs. Elder and I visited the Kotel HaKatan for the first time since 2007. The famous Kotel, the Western Wall, only comprises a small section of the entire western wall of the foundations of the second Temple. Most of the wall is used for various Arab buildings in the area. The most northern yet accessible part of the actual western wall is the Kotel Hakatan,...

EoZTV: Harold Rhode on Jerusalem, Shiites and Sunnis

Here is part 2 of my interview with Islam expert Harold Rhode. I asked him something I had always wondered: Does Jerusalem have any sanctity to Shiites? He answered that it doesn't; Shiites consider Jerusalem to be a Sunni innovation to Islam and therefore forbidden. However, Ayatollah Khomeini, a smart politician, chose to use Jerusalem as a rallying cry to attract Sunnis...

EoZTV: #HasbyAwards Part 10: Father Naddaf and Leora Eisenberg

The final section of the Hasby Awards. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

I spoke recently with Middle East scholar and expert on Islam, Harold Rhode. The entire interview is fascinating but this section particularly so. Rhode describes how Jerusalem was not important in early Islam, and relates a story of Ka'ab al Ahbar, an early Jewish convert to Islam, and Caliph Umar who conquered Jerusalem. Ka'ab al Ahbar accompanied Umar to the Temple...

EoZTV: Hasby Awards Part 9: William Daroff presents to Alexandra (Lex) Markus

Best Young Defender of Israel award (part 1) We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

EoZ and BDY discuss how out of proportion the criticism of Israel is compared to what Western democracies practice, Amnesty's lies and the definition of "children" killed in war. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

EoZTV: Hasby Awards part 7: Best Satire (plus The Speech That Wasn't Given)

In this part, Not Anti-Semitic presents the award for Best Satire to our own PreOccupied Territory. PreOccupied Territory's David did not get a chance to say everything he wanted to, so he sent me the speech he wanted to give: Thank you. Wow. Thank you, Elder. (Pause, turn) If that is your real name. (Look around). Nice echo chamber...

EoZTV: Hasby Awards Part 6: Best Watchdog

As we resume our posting of each of the speeches given at the Hasby Awards on July 3.... Radio host Yishai Fleisher speaks about UNESCO as the "legitimate arm of jihad" and introduces NGO Monitor as the winner of Best Watchdog. Shaun Sacks of NGO Monitor speaks about his journey from the IDF to help fight the haters of Israel and he mentions how effective his organization...

EoZTV: Interview with Ben Dror Yemini, part 2

My discussion with the famous Israeli writer continues with discussions about Mahmoud Abbas' potential successors, Peter Beinart and others actively hurting the chances for peace by encouraging PA intransigence, and how holding Israel to "higher standards" is really racist against Arabs. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective....

EoZTV: #HasbyAwards part 5: Eugene Kontorovich presents Best Commentator award to Evelyn Gordon

World renowned legal expert Eugene Kontorovich starts with a comedy routine about the Hasbys and the Elders' superhero identities, but then talks about how the anti-Israel narrative is meant not to be descriptive but self-fulfilling and how people like Evelyn Gordon effectively fight the propaganda. Evelyn talks about the importance of restating the obvious, over and over...

EoZTV: #HasbyAwards part 4 - Brian of London and Varda Meyers Epstein

As we continue on with showing the short talks given by the presenters and awardees of the Hasby Awards last Sunday.... In this award, Brian of London from Israellycool discusses the relevance of Israeli whiskey to public relations and Varda describes how she became such a wonderful commentator. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more...

EoZTV: A conversation with Ben Dror Yemini (part 1)

Last week I had a wide-ranging conversation with famous Israeli columnist, author and lecturer Ben Dror Yemini at a Tel Aviv cafe. He wrote a book called The Industry of Lies about anti-Israeli incitement by radical left, human right groups, pro-Palestinian organizations and radical Islam. He just finished the English translation and it should be released before the end...

#HasbyAwards part 3: Hen Mazzig (StandWithUs) presents "Best Activist Organization" to My Truth

As we continue to show the great talks that the presenters and awardees gave at the Hasby Awards, here is Hen Mazzig of StandWithUs talking about his experiences speaking to college campuses. He presents the Best Activist Organization Hasby award to Elan Miller of MyTruth, which counters the lies of Breaking the Silence. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources...

EoZTV: Hasby Awards, part 1: Yisrael Medad and Kay Wilson

Here is Part 1 of last night's Hasby Awards ceremony in Jerusalem at Honest Reporting's rooftop venue. I welcome the crowd and introduce Yisrael Medad, who then hands the Best Article award to Kay Wilson. Medad speaks about the importance of unifying disparate pro-Israel voices and then comments on Kay's award-winning article, saying that it is appropriate to be enraged...

EoZTV in Israel: Interview with Nobel Prize winner Yisrael Aumann (part 1)

Ever since Yisrael (Robert) Aumann won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in game theory, I've wanted to ask him whether game theory can accommodate irrational actors such as Israel's enemies. I got my chance as I met him in his office at Hebrew University on Tuesday. His answer to me was that the question itself was wrong - Israel's enemies, and even suicide...

Palestinian Red Crescent hosts Fatah celebration of a mass murderer Mughrabi (EoZTV)

The latest episode of EoZTV talks about how even Palestinians whose jobs are to save lives are involved with celebrating the murder of Jewish children. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israel. $5...