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Sunday, November 28, 2021

11/28 Links: A Call to Action: Join the Maccabees; Brown University’s Anti-Zionist Fantasy World; Congress urge SEC inquiry into Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s

From Ian: A Call to Action: Join the Maccabees The Maccabean victory over Greece, the world’s major military power of the time, was miraculous. Perhaps even more miraculous was the third major successful effort to reestablish an independent Jewish state. The modern-day Greek nations were first the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire, upon which the “sun never set”;...

Israel's President Isaac Herzog plans to light the first Chanukah candle in Hebron, at the Tomb of the Patriarchs - Judaism's second holiest place.The reactions from the "moderate" Palestinian Authority and "extremist" Hamas were nearly identical.Mahmoud al-Habbash, advisor for religious affairs to Mahmoud Abbas, and Husam Abu al-Rub, undersecretary of the Palestinian...

On Thursday, I reported on the insanely antisemitic resolution passed by the University of Toronto at Scarborough Student Union (SCSU) that demanded that all student groups - meaning Jewish student groups - actively support boycotting Israel in order to be accepted, and that all suppliers of kosher food to Jewish students must also be anti-Israel (although the new fascists...

Every once in a while one can see the birth of a new conspiracy theory in the Arab world. This one is a doozy.Palestinian news site Amad reports that the Egypt-based Justice and Development Organization for Human Rights, which we recently noted supports Hamas terrorism, has figured out why the US is pushing normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states.According...

11/27 Links: The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai helped shape Israel-India relations; Canada’s Largest Labor Union Rejects Israel Boycott by 2-to-1 Margin; Hearing the cantor sing the prayer for IDF soldiers… in Morocco

From Ian: The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai helped shape Israel-India relations November 26 marks 13 years since the terror attacks in Mumbai, India. On that night, in 2008, 10 gunmen associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT – “Army of the Righteous”) organization attacked five locations in the city, firing at random, with the simple intention of killing the maximum number...

When BDS says that it was created by a call from "Palestinian civil society," or when the socialist Left complains that Israel is calling some "Palestinian human rights groups" fronts for terrorism, they try to give the impression that Palestinian society is a socialist paradise.It is nothing of the sort.While Palestinian terrorism had originally traditionally skewed far to...

11/26 Links Pt2: Lyn Julius: Exodus commemoration is an antidote to denial; Should J Street Be Welcome in Westchester?; The Canadian 'Falcon of Malta' who died for Israel

From Ian: Meir Y. Soloveichik: The 1620 Project Four hundred years ago this month, the Mayflower set sail for the New World. On board was William Bradford, who would serve for decades as governor of Plymouth Colony and whose memoir is still the central source of knowledge about the colonists’ triumphs and travails. His grave is in Plymouth as well, an obelisk marking the...

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From Ian: Mark Regev: Anti-Zionism, antisemitism does nothing to help Palestinians THERE IS a lesson here for all the militant “friends” of the Palestinians worldwide. Demonization of Israel, unequivocal backing of maximalist demands and fervent opposition to any concessions, does nothing to help the Palestinians. Such positions only support the perpetuation of the futile...

The pace of normalization between Israel and Arab countries is, if anything accelerating. This week we saw Israel and Morocco signing a security deal, Israel's former defense minister “Bogie” Ya’alon announced a new Israeli-owned venture capital fund in the UAE, American Jewish leaders are openly visiting Gulf leaders, the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem wrote an...

In the early 1990s, the Internet Usenet forums were flooded by Holocaust deniers with long, detailed articles that purported to show that the Holocaust never happened. This upset a lot of people, as most of the newsgroups were not moderated and no one could keep them out. Some would ignore them, some tried to create a new group where people could argue about the Holocaust. Most...

At this time, Palestinian society is extremely worried about Jewish schoolchildren.Israel is considering encouraging schools to go on field trips to the Temple Mount, and Palestinian media has been talking about it non-stop.On Thursday, the main preacher at Al Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, issued a statement today about how Jewish schoolchildren visiting Judaism's...

11/25 Links Pt2: Hitler Intended to Eradicate the Jews of the Middle East; Patriotic Manhattan synagogue has celebrated Thanksgiving since 1789; Jewish A Cappella Group Drops ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah Parody

From Ian: Hitler Intended to Eradicate the Jews of the Middle East As German historians Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers have detailed, Rauff carried out a “reign of terror” against Tunisian Jews that included conscripting 5,000 for forced labour. But with shipping to Europe under constant attack, Rauff could not carry out the larger SS plan to send Tunisia’s Jews...

From Hasbara Fellowships:Hasbara Fellowships Canada is demanding that the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC) intervene after its student union (SCSU) voted to eliminate funding for student groups that support Israel.At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, the SCSU passed its second motion in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS)...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.Check out their Facebook page. Credit: James Grellier via WikipediaAshkelon, November 25 - Activists denounced the Jewish state again today over its discriminatory attitudes and policies, in this...