Elder of Ziyon
ARTICLES BY: Elder of Ziyon
Imagine if You Were Taking This Train to Work
In my last post, I mentioned that "moderate" Mahmoud Abbas praised the "spirit of the first intifada" and the "culture of popular resistance" practiced by...
Why Hamas’ Beating of Protesters is a Big Story
This story encapsulates how much the media ignores stories from the territories that don't involve Israel. On Thursday night, many members of the Eshtewi family held a...
‘Moderate’ Fatah Says Hamas is Too Peaceful Towards Israel
The PA government dissolved two weeks ago, and there has been no agreement on the members of a new one as the PLO attempts to replace the...
UNRWA Gives Arab Countries Another Opportunity to Mistreat Their Palestinian ‘Guests’
From Ma'an: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees announced Monday that it will cut 85 percent of its international staff on short term contracts in coming months...
Is J-Street Really Against BDS? Their Opposition to Anti-BDS Legislation Shows the Answer
The Times of Israel reports: After weeks of legislative drama, a trade bill containing provisions opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel cleared...
Palestinian Paper Claims 1.1 Million Gazans Were Driven Out of Israel
Ma'an reports that UNRWA is closing its shelters for displaced Gazans, saying that they can take care of all of them by paying their rent. It then says,...
‘Goldstone II’ Released, Bad But Not Nearly as Bad as Goldstone I
An advance version of the UNHRC report on last summer's war (and surrounding events) has been published. On first glance, the (formerly Schabas) commission has done...
Was Michael Oren Inaccurate in His Description of Abbas New York Times Op-Ed?
Michael Oren, in his new book Ally (which I hope to read over Shabbat), describes an outrageous anecdote. Mahmoud Abbas wrote an op-ed in The...
Peter Beinart Says BDSers Hear ‘The Voice of Sinai’
Assuming that this Mondoweiss account of a program at the 92nd St Y is accurate: At the end of the discussion, [Peter] Beinart challenged the hall...
CNN Bias, Definitively Explained
Last month, CNN - under the headline "Israeli settlers reportedly chop down 800 Palestinian olive trees" - parroted absurd Palestinian allegations without bothering to do...
Abbas Rival Convinces UAE to Pay Families of Palestinian Terrorists
Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah strongman in Gaza and bitter rival of Mahmoud Abbas who is living in exile in Abu Dhabi, has announced that the UAE...
Another Positive Sign for Jews From the Egyptian Government
Egypt's National Center for Translation has just released an Arabic translation of the Torah. To be precise, they converted Rav Saadia Gaon's 10th century translation of the...
Amnesty Using Hamas Crimes as Another Excuse to Attack Israel
Some people were surprised that Amnesty International issued a report actually condemning Hamas for brutally killing "collaborators" during last summer's Gaza war. Hamas forces carried out a...
Joe Lieberman Far More Skeptical of Obama’s Feelings About Israel Than Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg has just published another long interview with President Obama, and he once again does everything he can to praise him on his stance towards...
