Author Archives: Elder of Ziyon

Anti-semitic act at the UN? Reporters stay mum.

Steven Edwards in the National Post writes an opinion piece saying that sometimes it is best to ignore racist and bigoted acts because publicizing them plays into the hands of the haters. The example that he brings, of a Jewish/Israeli … Continue reading

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A few notes on Coulter

The Ann Coulter/Donnie Deutsch kerfuffle has elicited a lot of comment in the JBlogosphere, with the battle lines seeming to mostly depend on the political leanings of the specific blogger. Right-leaning Jews tended to defend her, saying that her comments … Continue reading

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The British and the Wall

Yisrael Medad points out that the PalArabs are claiming ownership of the Western Wall and notes the claimed basis for this in international law, from a British commission in 1930 that was established in wake of the 1929 Muslim pogroms … Continue reading

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Another Walt/Mearsheimer lie

From JPost, on a W/M talk at MIT: “A critically important issue when talking about America’s terrorism problem is the matter of how US support for Israel’s brutal treatment of the Palestinians relates to what happened on September 11,” said … Continue reading

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Tunnel collapse in Gaza – another mega-attack thwarted?

From Ma’an: Gaza – Ma’an – A tunnel collapsed in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, injuring a number of people. The casualties are believed to have suffocated in the incident, according to Mu’awiya Hassanain, … Continue reading

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The disastrous idea of “land swap”

Palestinian Arab negotiators are flocking to wire service reporters to float ideas, and today another one came up – the idea of a “land swap” where Arabs get the same number of square kilometers from Israel that Israel keeps from … Continue reading

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The lessons of “no-man’s land”

There was a telling detail in the reports of Abbas demanding everything from Israel: According to Palestinian negotiating documents obtained by The Associated Press, the Palestinian demands include all of the Gaza Strip, West Bank, east Jerusalem and small areas … Continue reading

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