Author Archives: Elder of Ziyon

Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

Israel Matzav does a great and thorough job discussing the history and importance of the Balfour Declaration from November 2, 1917. The Palestine Post had this to say at the 25th anniversary, during the depths of the Holocaust: Notice how … Continue reading

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Big Satan, little Satan and the radical Left

Radical left publication Tikkun, a heavy critic of Israel and America, prints a review by Stephen Zunes that finds “The Israel Lobby” to be complete garbage. Zunes’ argument is that America’s policies are so reprehensible in total that blaming the … Continue reading

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Bush offers a half-billion for the “moderate” terrorists

From the Washington Post: President Bush has proposed a sixfold increase in aid to the Palestinians, including $150 million in direct cash transfers to the Palestinian Authority, in an effort to bolster the government in advance of a Middle East … Continue reading

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Saudi king insults everyone’s intelligence in Britain

Saudi King Abdullah spoke to the BBC before his trip to Britain and made some amazingly hypocritical statements. Of course, the Beeb couldn’t be expected to call him on them, as the formerly great kingdom submits to the current Kingdom, … Continue reading

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Another day, another “protection racket” threat by Fatah

Fatah has a real good racket going on – they do the Mafia-style “threats” and no one calls them on it: The top negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), warned on Sunday that the region would suffer … Continue reading

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Rabbi Kanefsky’s plea to put Jerusalem on the table

A modern Orthodox rabbi from Los Angeles has published an essay in the Jewish Journal saying his reasons why Jerusalem should be negotiated. In order not to take any of his comments out of context I will print the entire … Continue reading

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The hypocritical Mufti

As we mentioned last month, the Waqf is systematically destroying priceless Jewish artifacts on the Temple Mount, with the permission of the Olmert government. The Israeli Antiquities Authority does have some archaeologists on site to watch the destruction being done … Continue reading

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“Kill Jews everywhere”

Another Palestinian Arab terrorist momentarily forgets the fiction that he is only supposed to hate Zionists, not Jews: Prominent leader of the Popular Resistance Committees Abu Al-Sa’id on Wednesday called on the de facto Palestinian government to hasten disbanding the … Continue reading

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The Bidoon

Palestinian Arabs aren’t the only ones who are treated like dirt by the Arab world. There is also a large population known as Bidoon, short for Bidun jinsiya which means “without nationality” in Arabic. Most are Arab. There are between … Continue reading

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A particularly violent weekend in the Palestinian Arab territories

Readers of my blog know that I have been keeping a count of all Palestinian Arabs violently killed by each other. So far this year I have counted 556 deaths, including  33 women and 40 children. The past few days … Continue reading

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UNHCR and Brazil vs. UNRWA and all Arab countries

The last group of a total of close to 100 Palestinian refugees who lived in Iraq, but had to flee to the Jordanian desert, have arrived in Brazil. The 25 refugees are being settled in the southeastern state of São … Continue reading

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The Palestinian Arab welfare state

Even though I have been busy with other stuff, I continue to research for the next installment of my Psychological History of Palestinian Arabs series. In August I found a fantastic article by Martha Gellhorn written in 1961 where she … Continue reading

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Sure looks like child-killer Kuntar will be released

The recent deal between Israel and Hezbollah and statements by both Olmert and Nasrallah seem to strongly indicate that any prisoner swap will include Samir Kuntar, one of the most loathsome terrorists in history (despite Israeli denials.) Kuntar, it will … Continue reading

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Aspen station decides not to air Holocaust denial film

An Aspen public-access TV station has decided not to air a Holocaust-denial video that was being pushed by a 9/11 “truther”: The GrassRoots TV board of directors voted Monday to ban a controversial Holocaust-denial film. Steve Campbell, founder of Citizens … Continue reading

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Condi: “Now is the time to reward terror”

From AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday it was “time for the establishment of a Palestinian state,” and described Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts as the most serious in years. Let’s see. In the seven years since the last great lame-duck … Continue reading

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