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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Moroccan press on accords with Israel (Zvi)

From Zvi: The Abraham Accords are a major opportunity for Israelis and Arabs, and I think they represent an incredibly important milestone for the world as a whole. I have been reading Arab media and government reactions to these accords, because these reactions are one gauge of how Israel's Arab partners view the situation. It's important to do this in order to avoid the...

J Street doesn't love Israel. (Zvi)

From Zvi: ______________________________________ J Street doesn't love Israel. Neither does Jeremy. It is important to understand the difference between the ends and the means. J Street's tag line is, "the political home of pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans". In other words, J Street is intended to be a political magnet for a certain category of Americans: those who are "pro Israel pro peace". (The whole "pro Israel pro peace" thing is nonsense...

List of participants of the farce in Paris (Zvi)

Zvi compiled this list from this document: (h/t Johannan Edelman for slight corrections) Who participated in the farce in Paris? Over HALF of the participants (36) are at best supporters of 2334 and at worst virulently anti-Semitic. GROUP 1: Officially reject Israel's right to exist. No diplomatic relations with Israel. Most are overtly anti-Semitic. 1....

19 years of ethnic cleansing, 50 years ago (Zvi)

A guest post from Zvi: In 1948, the Arab Legion ethnically cleansed - illegally - the millennia-old Jewish Quarter of eastern Jerusalem, as well as other parts of the "old city." The Jordanians, occupying the area, expelled every last Jew, destroyed 58 synagogues and tens of thousands of Jewish graves, and forbade Israelis to pray at their holiest places. Arab Muslim settlers - including some from Hebron, which had violently murdered most of...

Why are there so many Jewish Nobel laureates? (Zvi)

From Zvi: Why so many Jewish Nobel Laureates? The medicine, physics, and other such Nobel Prizes are typically awarded for major game-changing contributions in their fields. A Nobel laureate in physics, chemistry or medicine is an expert in his/her field. But rather than becoming dogmatic, s/he remained open-minded, keeping eyes open and searching intensively for the truth rather than in following the intellectual fashion of the day (I am thinking,...

"Israel is not alone"? If only... (Zvi)

In yesterday's links, we excerpted an article by the UK ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould in JPost: When President Obama was here earlier in the year, he said, “Atem lo levad” – “Israel is not alone.” Today I want to underline this message, particularly in the context of the question that now dominates discussion of Israel’s security – the question of Iran’s nuclear program. I want to address two aspects of the nuclear question in particular. The...

Today's #BDSFail roundup

A semi-regular feature from Zvi: Another list of reminders of how utterly and completely BDS Fails, featuring Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the People's Republic of China, Texas, Nevada, Ontario, Turkish companies, Samsung and OrCam. And that is just this week. Texas, Nevada hope for increased water collaborations with Israel Israel's Wix Reveals IPO Plans The impact of even one of Israel's numerous IPOs vastly outweighs the impact...

The week in #BDSFail

From Zvi: * Amazon opening Tel Aviv office * El Al launches flights to Venice, Larnaca * Israeli startups raise $660M in Q3, most since 2000 * Facebook buys Israel's Onavo * Malta, Israel sign health, medical sciences action plan "It is with satisfaction that we have signed an action plan with Israel, which is known for its world-class health...

#BDSFail Roundup (Zvi) (updated)

From Zvi: #BDSFail #BDSFail: Swedish led group raises capital for super-fast Internet network in Israel Consortium raises NIS 100 million in capital and NIS 200 million in bank guarantees needed for the joint venture, which will enable Internet speeds of one gigabit per second - 100 times more than what is available now. #BDSFail: China seeking technological...

Zvi's #BDSFail roundup

From Zvi: Emina Ibrahim speech against BDS at British UNISON Union Conference We should be supporting progressive forces in Israel, not boycotting them She calls upon British trade unions to reengage with the Histadrut. It is also an irony that the Histadrut is now being ignored when it has a history of achieving free democratic trade unionism and last year alone it negotiated a seven per cent pay rise for all public sector workers over two...

Analysis of the apology (Zvi) (update)

From Zvi: Erdogan is a repulsive anti-Semite, and apologizing to him because soldiers defended their own lives against violent rioters masquerading as "activists" angers me. But I don't think that Netanyahu would have done this for no reason, or just because he was pleased by Obama's visit. The following is speculation. I notice that the "reconciliation" happened very late in the visit, but that it was far from spontaneous; the diplomatic...

Hamas' "victory" (Zvi)

From occasional EoZ contributor Zvi: So let me get this straight. They're saying, "we won because we picked a fight with Israel and Israel has better things to do than flatten Gaza." That's a victory? The terrorists and their sympathizers: * lost a large percentage of their most advanced and long-range weapons * lost experienced senior terrorist commanders from Hamas and PIJ * did no damage at all to Israel's ability to fight a war * only squeaked...

Two items from Asharq al-Awsat English (Zvi)

From Zvi: Egypt: Sinai jihadists planning attack on Israel "Egyptian security sources revealed that a number of Sinai-based jihadists had completely disappeared, increasing the likelihood of a retaliatory strike being carried out against Israel following the killing of two prominent Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip last week. The Egyptian security source also informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Cairo was in the possession of information confirming...