Thursday 2 November 2017

A Fashion Icon in Black & White

What she's wearing,  Baroness [Jenny] Tonge:


And the Aussie Sizer, Father Dave Smith:


Here's the lowdown on this staple of many an Israel-demoniser's wardrobe:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SUmXUcYwsE

And on this, the centenary of the Balfour Declaration,  a fascinating lecture by the late Sir Martin Gilbert (the Irene and Hyman Kreitman Annual Memorial Lecture on May 30, 2011 during the 41st Annual Board of Governors Meeting at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) entitled Sowing the Seeds of Jewish Statehood: Britain and Palestine, 1909-1922

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kub6d-ik6w

Be warned: it's about 52 minutes long.  Perhaps best listened to while pottering about.
Hat tip: JH

Great talk by historian Stephen Schama: "Israel's life is Hitler's failure"

Meanwhile, in retaliation for the creation of Israel and its refusal to die,  just three current social media displays of pique and antisemitism out of a vast number, the first by this funny chap:



No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.