"Lily's Room"

This is an article collection between June 2007 and December 2018. Sometimes I add some recent articles too.

Entries from 2014-07-01 to 1 month

Negative attitude towards Arabs

WorldWide Religious News(http://wwrn.org) Americans' Attitudes Toward Muslims And Arabs Are Getting Worse, Poll Finds by Sabrina Siddiqui ("The Huffington Post," July 29, 2014) WASHINGTON -- Americans were outraged to learn they were bei…

Left Jews against Israel

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com)The Jew Who Turned the Left Against Israel A new book shows how Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky was the ancestor of the Jews who now serve in the hate-Israel movement. 29 July 2014 by Joshua MuravchikFor…

Worse for Jews and Israel?

Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) Are Things Growing Worse for Jews and Israel?, 28 July 2014 by Ben Cohen/JNS.orgJNS.org - “That February, in Sarcelles, flaming objects were thrown into the Tiferet Israel School, destroying the buil…

Hamas Covenant in 1988

I have been subscribing to MEMRI for several years. The contents are very heavy, but I deeply appreciate the precious work. Please see my previous postings in Japanese translation(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/20080617)(http://d.hatena.n…

Islamic anti-Semitism

1.Israel Today(http://www.israeltoday.co.il) An Arab Pastor Speaks Out on Gaza, 24 July 2014 by David Lazarus The following is an open letter from Shmuel Aweida to all those "peace activists" rising up against Israel. Listen carefully, Awi…

Dr. Mahathir criticizes the Jews

The statements below are unfortunately nothing new to all of us. See: (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130906)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/20120524). By the way, any criticism against the Malays, Islam, and the National Language (Ba…

Israeli failure?

Again, who is this author?(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140717) (Lily) Japan Times(http://www.japantimes.co.jp) World needs to right Israel’s wrongs, 18 July 2014 by William Pfaff The refusal of Hamas in Gaza to accept the peace ta…

Aliyah from France

As for this topic, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120320)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140521). (Lily) Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) Hundreds of French Immigrants Arrive in Israel As tensi…

No winners?

Who is this author? (Lily)Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp) No winners in Israel-Hamas conflict, 16 July 2014Violence between Israel and Hamas has been escalating in recent weeks. Nearly 200 lives have been lost, over a thousand hu…

The Friends of Israel

I met Mr.José María Aznar in New York City on 10 April 2014. I have been reading his book entitled "Ocho años de gobierno. Una visión personal de España" these days. (Lily) 1. The Friends of Israel Initiative (http://www.friendsofisraelini…

One-State Solution?

As for the author, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120510)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20130607)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140218)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140219). As for th…

Rethinking about Jabotinsky

As for Jabotinsky, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=Jabotinsky).(Lily) Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) Rethinking the Controversial Figure Who Helped Establish the State of Israel Known…

Aleppo Codex

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) The Continuing Mysteries of the Aleppo Codex, 30 June 2014 Developments in the saga of the missing perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible, whose future is still unknown by Matti Friedman I am not sure I expecte…

New Chinese KL Archbishop

I was told in Malaysia several years ago that the KL Catholic Archbishops from the first and the third were only Indians, because Christianity had arrived in India earlier than in China. If it was true, why suddenly this policy has been ch…

Women and violin in music

Usually, this English blogs have been dealing with heavy topics. My real interests are, in fact, classical music. So, for a change, today's topic deals with women and violin. (Lily)Iowa Public Radio (http://iowapublicradio.org/post/parity-…

Protestant Reform in Islam?

Mr. Raymond Ibrahim is the second generation of an Egyptian-American Copt and a bilingual of English and Arabic. He was formerly a sportsman (bodybuilder?), but later changed his career drastically. As for his previous writings, please ref…