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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

11/27 Links Pt2: Knifing Netanyahu Could Sink Release of Trump Peace Plan; Praise be the Dutch; Arab States Are Claiming the Heritage of Their Expelled Jews; The dilution of higher education by BDS

From Ian: David Singer: Knifing Netanyahu Could Sink Release of Trump Peace Plan Trump will seemingly not release the final details of his deal unless he first receives Arab assurances to bona fide negotiate with Israel in translating those details into binding commitments to end the long-running conflict. Trump will not release his deal only to find it is dead in the water...

Professor Richard Landes, being an original thinker, has many new terms, or at least they are new to me. "Demotic." "Cogwar." But I particularly love the concept Richard Landes describes as “Hopium” where hope, in the form of the coming of the messiah, acts as an opiate to dull the pain of the struggle to live in a harsh and sometimes unforgiving world. The idea is striking...

Every year, there is a worldwide International Bible Competition - Chidon HaTanach - held with the final round in Israel. Competitors study between 100 and 150 chapters of the Hebrew Scriptures and go through regional competitions to the finals in various age groups. Here are some of the questions from 2016: (Some of the tests are in Hebrew.) There are national and...

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: The Chief Rabbi's intervention in Britain's general election Anti-Zionism has exactly the same characteristics directed agains the collective Jew in Israel: an obsessional and unhinged narrative about Israel based entirely on lies; accusing Israel of crimes of which it’s not only innocent but the victim; holding Israel to standards expected of no...

In case anyone still wonders whether the Palestinian keffiyeh is a symbol of terrorism, this story in the official PA Wafa news agency should dispel all doubt. The largest Palestinian keffiyeh, in memory of Yasser Arafat, was presented at the Dura International Stadium in Hebron on Wednesday. When Palestinians dedicate something to Arafat, it is never in terms of him...

Thousands of people took part in a mass demonstration Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza and elsewhere. It seems likely that these demonstrations were organized by UNRWA officials themselves. The demonstrators chanted slogans emphasizing the need for UNRWA to continue its work until the "right of return" is...

The contemptible Jew-hatred at "TruNews"

This is a video from the far-right Christian site TruNews, edited by Right Wing Watch: That’s the way the Jews work, they are deceivers, they plot, they lie, they do whatever they have to do to accomplish their political agenda.This ‘impeach Trump’ effort is a Jew coup and the American people better wake up to it really fast because this thing is moving now toward a vote in the House and then a trial in the Senate. We could have a trial before...

Don't worry, Albania: Mahmoud Abbas says he is sending aid (UPDATE: No, he isn't)

From Wafa: President Mahmoud Abbas gave instructions to send medical staff and food to Albania following an earthquake that hit the country earlier today. President Abbas ordered immediate medical help to the areas and people affected by the earthquake to ease their calamity. There is no news yet on exactly how much aid and how many people are being sent. If any. UPDATE:...

From Ian: UK chief rabbi: What will be the fate of Jews if Labour ‘poison’ comes to power? Mirvis described the last four years of having Labour repeatedly minimize and deny the rampant anti-Semitism in the party and the attacks, and even death threats, Jewish party members faced for speaking out about it, with many hounded out of the party. Illustrative: People hold up placards...

Idea laundering and anti-Israel academia

Peter Boghossian at the Wall Street Journal writes ‘Idea Laundering’ in Academia about how academia pretty much makes things up while pretending that they are following some sort of scientific method. I hate to publish the entire article which is behind a paywall, but it all hangs together: You’ve almost certainly heard some of the following terms: cisgender, fat shaming, heteronormativity, intersectionality, patriarchy, rape culture...

No, fighting racism nowadays has nothing to do with fighting antisemitism

Huffington Post UK has an article critical of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' editorial about the Labour Party's antisemitism. While the author, Em Hilton, acknowledges that this antisemitism exists, she asserts that the Tory party is worse Hilton engages in one of those progressive tropes that sound reasonable but in fact is not true at all: If we truly want to root out ant-Semitism [sic], we must fight Islamophobia, xenophobia and all other...

From Ian: PMW: PA closes schools - tells children to participate in Day of Rage Following US State Secretary Pompeo’s announcement that the US no longer views Israeli settlements in the West Bank as “inconsistent with international law,” Palestinian leaders called on their people to participate in a “Day of Rage” today and to continue Day of Rage activities to protest against...