Egyptian, Jordanian, Moroccan and Saudi government ministries condemn Jews visiting their holiest site on Rosh Hashana

On Sunday, about 250 Jews visited the Temple Mount for Rosh Hashanah. There were no major incidents:  one Jew blew a shofar and was quickly removed by police.But since so much ink had been spilled in the Arab world about how "Al Aqsa is in danger" the Arabic media had to create the impression that the Jews who calmly and quietly visited - as they do every Sunday through...

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Morocco op-ed expresses anger at Palestinians

Moroccan choosing to care more about Gaza and Taza, a city in MoroccoPalestinians have been insulting Morocco for normalizing relations with Israel. An op-ed in the mainstream Morocco Hespress news site lashes back at them, in ways that are still rare in Arabic language media:It talks about how Palestinians made Arab nations feel guilty for allowing them to lose in 1948...

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Another large set of Palestinians who proudly trace their ancestry from elsewhere

This video segment from VOA News describes how many Gazans trace their roots to Kurdistan.Of course, we knew this. There are plenty of Palestinians with the last name "el-Kurd" or "el-Kurdi," and many prominent Palestinian families proudly trace their roots to Arabia or Syria or Morocco or Turkey and everywhere else.Here is my latest list of Palestinian surnames and where...

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