I Am Appreciated

I wrote to a good friend, who doesn't quite share all my politicall views, and mentioned an article I had written.

That, of course, set me off on a search.

And I found this relating to it:

Keeping the Faith: The Case for Gush Emunim, Yisrael Medad, Spring 5737 – An eloquent case for the right-wing Settler movement made in response to a statement by R. Jakobovits.

By the way, "5737" equals 1977.

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Comes From A Settler Family (UPDATED)

I read it here:

Rashida Harbi Elabed — she took the last name of her ex-husband, Fayez Tlaib, when they were married in 1998 and kept it — is and remains a Detroiter. She was born and raised in southwest, where her father, Harbi Elabed, and her mother, Fatima, settled. Harbi Elabed, despite being impoverished at times, made it to Detroit from Jerusalem, via Nicaragua, and worked the line at Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant; Tlaib's mother came from a small village in Palestine. 

And another thing:

She will use Thomas Jefferson’s personal copy of George Sale’s 1734 translation of the Koran into English, a two-volume work that resides in the Library of Congress. “It’s important to me because a lot of Americans have this kind of feeling that Islam is somehow foreign to American history,” said Tlaib

I am not sure what she means by the "beginning".

I do know about the Barbary Pirates who were Muslim. They were

Ottoman and Maghrebi pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast

As to their activities, one estimation has it that

Between 1580 and 1680 corsairs were said to have captured about 850,000 people as slaves and from 1530 to 1780 as many as 1,250,000 people were enslaved

As for a connection with Thomas Jefferson, I read that

one cannot get around what Jefferson heard when he went with John Adams to wait upon Tripoli’s ambassador to London in March 1785. When they inquired by what right the Barbary states preyed upon American shipping, enslaving both crews and passengers, America’s two foremost envoys were informed that “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

And that

Yusuf Karamanli, the pasha of Tripoli, declared war on the United States in May 1801, in pursuit of his demand for more revenue. This earned him a heavy bombardment of Tripoli and the crippling of one of his most important ships. 

The year 1801 is close to the beginning although that Barbary Coast campaign went on into 1815. 

I would presume former President Barack Obama pushed that theme:

Here's another fact: Islam has always been part of America. Starting in colonial times, many of the slaves brought here from Africa were Muslim. And even in their bondage, some kept their faith alive. A few even won their freedom and became known to many Americans. And when enshrining the freedom of religion in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, our Founders meant what they said when they said it applied to all religions.

Back then, Muslims were often called Mahometans. And Thomas Jefferson explained that the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom he wrote was designed to protect all faiths — and I'm quoting Thomas Jefferson now — "the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan." 

And by the way, the claim that she is the first Palestinian member of Congress is probably wrong.

The first Palestinian to become a Congressman was J.H. Krebs.*

He lived in the Palestine Mandate 1933-1946 and I would presume he had Palestinian citizenship as his previous German citizenship would have been invalidated by the Nazi regime.

He was Jewish.  Even served in the Hagana.

Move over Rashida Tlaib?

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* And I asked:

Thank you for submitting your question to Library of Congress - Digital Reference Team
Question ID: 14197950
Your question: Was JH Krebs not the first "Palestinian" to serve in Congress?

You will receive acknowledgment of question receipt and an answer to your question at the e-mail address you provided.

P.S.  From Congressman Krebs' widow, Hannah:

"I have been hunting for John’s passport when he first came to the U.S. from Israel in Nov. 1946 with his passport marked “Palestinian.”  Yes, he was that before the state was founded and probably the first former Palestinian in Congress, by then an American citizen.  Obviously not an Arab Palestinian like Rashida Tlaib."

(thanks to AbuYehudah)

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I now see this:

Two more errors on Omar’s list: Tlaib, whom she lists as the first Palestinian American; is preceded by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and former Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H.

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HSBC Locked-in

We read that HSBC

DIVESTED FROM ELBIT OVER CLUSTER BOMBS, NOT BDS'

And did you read this?

...we found HSBC listed as a shareholder in all 19 arms companies we looked at, with investments totalling more than $1bn.
HSBC has told us that its shares in arms companies are usually held on behalf of clients. But HSBC refused to categorically state that it does not directly hold shares, and its use of the term "usually" suggests that it does. Even when it comes to holdings on behalf of clients, HSBC still benefits from the transactions being able to freely hold those shares on behalf of clients, while claiming that it has no moral responsibility otherwise.
These excuses don't hold up to scrutiny. 

So, is the bank dealing in some way with cluster bombs?

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Thank You, Elisha Manning

The New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning's full first name is Elisha.

Elisha was a prophet, the assistant of Eliyahu.

Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah

And what were the locations in the Land of Israel in which he lived and acted?

As we read in II Kings 2:-

Abel-meholah in the Jordan Valley

Jericho

Samaria

Beth El

Gilgal

Shunem

Those locations, and others he visited, are not in some 'West Bank', which I would term an "illegal designation", but in Eretz-Yisrael, the Land of Israel, and particularly in Judea and Samaria, the heartland of the Jewish national homeland. And even across the Jordan River.

Elisha himself is described in II Kings 5:3 as

 the prophet that is in Samaria

Eli, 

Credit: Charles Wenzelberg/NYPost

thanks for the reminder.

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Two Impressive Exposed Busts Found By a Perambulating Woman

As the Israel Antiques Authority reports:

Beth She’an Woman Taking a Walk Finds 1,700-year-old Stone Busts

Scholars say such sculptures were usually placed at the entrance to burial caves, and are probably images of the deceased. The finder will receive a good citizenship certificate from the Israel Antiquities Authority

Two impressive Roman busts 

 

were found in early December near Beit She’an – thanks to the alertness of a local resident, who spotted the top of one of the busts’ heads sticking out of the ground as she was taking a walk north of the old city. The woman and her husband called the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit, and inspectors were quickly sent to the site. Together, they unearthed the first bust and as they worked, they found another one right next to it. The busts, which date to the Late Roman period (3rd–4th centuries CE), were taken to the Israel Antiquities Authority laboratories to protect them from theft and to study and preserve them...the busts were exposed following the recent heavy rainfall in the area. 

Who says archaeology is dull?

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I'm Still Recovering from Gantz's Hebrew

Benny Gantz new party calls itself "Resilience".

In Hebrew Hosen, with a guttural ch

חוסן לישראל

Really?

What is "resilience"?

One source is from the world of psychology:

Resilience is what gives people the psychological strength to cope with stress and hardship. It is the mental reservoir of strength that people are able to call on in times of need to carry them through without falling apart. Psychologists believe that resilient individuals are better able to handle such adversity and rebuild their lives after a catastrophe.

A more official definition from that field is

Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems or workplace and financial stressors. It means "bouncing back" from difficult experiences.Research has shown that resilience is ordinary, not extraordinary. 

A straight dictionary definition has it as

the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive, stress; an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change

Another has it as

the ability of a substance to return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed; the quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems:

What does the Bible say?

Isaiah 33:6 וְהָיָה אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ, חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת חָכְמַת וָדָעַתAnd the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation--wisdom and knowledge

Jeremiah 20:5וְנָתַתִּי, אֶת-כָּל-חֹסֶן הָעִיר הַזֹּאת, וְאֶת-כָּל-יְגִיעָהּ, וְאֶת-כָּל-יְקָרָהּ; Moreover I will give all the store of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the wealth thereof

Ezekiel 22:25חֹסֶן וִיקָר יִקָּחוּ--אַלְמְנוֹתֶיהָ, הִרְבּוּ בְתוֹכָהּ.they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof

Proverbs 15:6בֵּית צַדִּיק, חֹסֶן רָב; וּבִתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נֶעְכָּרֶתIn the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

and 

Proverbs 27:24כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן;For riches are not for ever;

Biblical Hebrew indicates that the word has a meaning of some sort of material strength whereas in Modern Hebrew the word has come to mean some sort of spiritual, psychological strength although, indeed, in the fields of engineering and metallurgy, the physical strength of an object is also described as having "hosen".

A strong, strapping lad is characterized as חסון.

The Professors for a Strong Israel group's name in Hebrew uses hosen in connection with diplomatic and economic strength.

To conclude, I do not think "Resilience" is the correct translation.

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Translating "Hosen Yisrael"

Benny Gantz's newly-registered party is named Hosen Yisrael or...

...or what in English?

Here, its "Resilience".

But

In 1987, a group terming itself the Chug Professorim L'Hosen Medini v'Kalkali was established.

In English, it is Professors for a Strong Israel.

Some who are complaining about exactly what the name is in English, had over a quarter century to come up with a good translation.

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On Those 1948 Arab "Volunteers"

On the "volunteers" who invaded the former Palestine Mandate intent on wiping out nascent Israel and, in the process, help to prevent the establishment of an Arab state therein:

Despite their determination and fortitude, however, the battle was stacked against them from the beginning. Some states, like Lebanon, had only recently achieved independence; others, like Egypt, were still under indirect colonial rule. Rivalries between governments back home undermined coordination and the brave sacrifices of volunteers. As historian Leila Parsons has noted, the volunteer forces sent to the front were small and poorly-equipped, a stark contrast with the Zionist militias that had spent the better part of the last few years and months preparing for this day and importing weapons in anticipation.  

Those "volunteers", in the main, were regular soldiers from the armies of states.

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A Consulate Visit to Jericho

This picture was uploaded to the official Instagram account of the Consulate General of the United States in Jerusalem:

And you can read my comment there.

As you know from my previous blogging on the Consulate, they don't use Hebrew much, if at all.  Check all their social media accounts like Twitter and Facebook.

So, here's what the Arabic there says:

US Consul General Karen Sasahara visited Hisham Palace and took a photograph beside the famous star in the palace, which has become the symbol of the city of Jericho.

More here.

As for being a "symbol" of Jericho, I hope she visits the archaeological Tel there where the walls were.  The walls that Joshua is reported to have caused to fall down. Where he "fit". An even older symbol. And there are some urban planning problems there.

I would guess, too, that perhaps she met with Saeb Erekat who lives in Jericho.  No Jews live there, though. Prohibited.  There are, however, nearby Jewish communities like Vered Yericho, Kibbutz Na'aran, Hogla, and up above with a beaiutiful view, Mitzpeh Yericho. There is the Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue and the Hasmonean Palaces.

I am sure this was just a first outing into the field (the previous CG even trekked about) and I trust eventually, even Tel Shiloh will be visited.

But you notice the other comment there?

khaledazzunHope they will recognize the state of Palestine. 🇵🇸 But the US is so prejudice and ignorant to care about Palestine and Palestinians.

Oh, well. 

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When Longfellow Erred

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport", ends with something quite in error:


How strange it seems! These Hebrews in their graves,
      Close by the street of this fair seaport town,
Silent beside the never-silent waves,
      At rest in all this moving up and down!

The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep
      Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath,
While underneath these leafy tents they keep
      The long, mysterious Exodus of Death.

And these sepulchral stones, so old and brown,
      That pave with level flags their burial-place,
Seem like the tablets of the Law, thrown down
      And broken by Moses at the mountain's base.

The very names recorded here are strange,
      Of foreign accent, and of different climes;
Alvares and Rivera interchange
      With Abraham and Jacob of old times.

"Blessed be God! for he created Death!"
      The mourners said, "and Death is rest and peace;"
Then added, in the certainty of faith,
      "And giveth Life that nevermore shall cease."

Closed are the portals of their Synagogue,
      No Psalms of David now the silence break,
No Rabbi reads the ancient Decalogue
      In the grand dialect the Prophets spake.

Gone are the living, but the dead remain,
      And not neglected; for a hand unseen,
Scattering its bounty, like a summer rain,
      Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.

How came they here? What burst of Christian hate,
      What persecution, merciless and blind,
Drove o'er the sea — that desert desolate —
      These Ishmaels and Hagars of mankind?

They lived in narrow streets and lanes obscure,
      Ghetto and Judenstrass, in mirk and mire;
Taught in the school of patience to endure
      The life of anguish and the death of fire.

All their lives long, with the unleavened bread
      And bitter herbs of exile and its fears,
The wasting famine of the heart they fed,
      And slaked its thirst with marah of their tears.

Anathema maranatha! was the cry
      That rang from town to town, from street to street;
At every gate the accursed Mordecai
      Was mocked and jeered, and spurned by Christian feet.

Pride and humiliation hand in hand
      Walked with them through the world where'er they went;
Trampled and beaten were they as the sand,
      And yet unshaken as the continent.

For in the background figures vague and vast
      Of patriarchs and of prophets rose sublime,
And all the great traditions of the Past
      They saw reflected in the coming time.

And thus forever with reverted look
      The mystic volume of the world they read,
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book,
      Till life became a Legend of the Dead.

But ah! what once has been shall be no more!
      The groaning earth in travail and in pain
Brings forth its races, but does not restore,
      And the dead nations never rise again.


Ah. But the Jewish "dead" nation did.

A note on the poem:

In fairness to Longfellow, it should be noted that when Longfellow visited Newport in July 1852, the Jewish community seemed to have vanished. In fact, they had dispersed, but not disappeared. The British had occupied Newport from the outbreak of the Revolutionary War until October 1779, turning evacuated wooden homes into fuel for heating during the winters. This led to Newport’s decline and to the removal of many Jewish merchants to such more thriving seaports as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. With the passage of the first Amendment to the Constitution in 1791 and the gradual disappearance of religious establishment in the states, Jews could now feel comfortable living elsewhere in America.Yet the synagogue would be preserved, just as the cemetery had been, by the sons of Isaac Touro, its rabbi at the time of the Revolution. Abraham left a bequest for the upkeep of both, and two years after Longfellow’s visit, Judah Touro left a bequest for their restoration. By the 1880s, a group of Jewish immigrants newly arrived from Eastern Europe reopened the synagogue.Longfellow could not have foreseen the terrible persecution the Jewish people were yet to suffer during World War II. Neither, it seems, would he have expected a resurgence of Jewish nationalistic purpose in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

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Walker Wings It (Wrong)

Reading EOZ, I was pointed to some lines and I read this:

He could not understand

However

Why I thought Israel should give back

The land it took

From a poorly defended

People in a war that lasted

Six days.

Those lines are part of a poem of sorts penned by Alice Walker.

Let's get things in order.

That "poorly defended people". Who were they?

Jordan had attacked Israel. Invading Jerusalem. Shelling Kfar Saba. An aerial bombing there killed four workers in a factory.

Jordanians, on the east front, were the "people".

They were not the now-known-as "Palestinians" even though ever since 1948 they, too, had been fighting Israel as members of fedayeen and later Fatah terror gangs, all launching their incursions and attacks and sabotage in the name of a "liberation" prior to the 1967 war. There was no "Palestine" either. In fact Arabs from whatever possible national category they were killing and terrorizing Jews since 1920 in the name of an ideology that recognized no Jewish national identity. And since that "liberation" of the PLO began before the war, cannot Alice grasp, then, there as no "occupation" nor any "settlements"? And if so, indeed, there were none, that means they weren't the problem and they need not be part of the solution.

As for "giving back", it's our land, Ms. Walker, the Jewish homeland's heartland.  Jews lived there prior to 1948 until Arab rioters ethnically cleansed them from Hebron, Gaza, Jerusalem's neighborhoods, Gush Etzion, etc. And after they sought to deny us a state in any part of "Historic Palestine", and since they tried to kill us all, and hooked up with Hitler when the Mufti got involved with the Nazis, and refused all diplomatic efforts to resolve their problem including a partition plan, I owe them nothing.

And I do not feel bad about it.

I do feel bad about their unwillingness to cooperate or share or be peaceful.

You should read and study more, Ms. Walker.

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No Protection for Jewish Holy Sites?

For the record

King Abdullah II on Tuesday...affirmed that Jordan stands with all its potentials and capabilities to achieve their legitimate and just rights. He will continue his efforts to work with the actors and the international community to create political horizons that serve Palestinian interests and the right of the Palestinian people. 

During the meeting, they stressed the importance of maintaining coordination and consultation between the two sides on the latest developments related to the Palestinian issue and Jerusalem. His Majesty stressed the importance of preserving the status quo in Jerusalem as the key to achieving peace in the region, stressing that Jordan continues to play its historical and religious role in protecting the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, based on the Hashemite tutelage on these holy sites.

Jordan was negligent in the extreme during 1948-1967 as regards protecting and preserving Jewish holy sites (including the Mount of Olives cemetery, synagogues, etc.) it illegally occupied and violated terms of the Armistice Agreement about access to the Western Wall (see Article VIII, 2).

Jordan cannot be trusted.

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Why The Term "Settling" Is Unsettling

Consider this story:

Extremist German preacher allowed to settle in BritainDecember 17 2018, 

An extremist preacher from Germany accused of leading a group responsible for radicalising scores of jihadists was allowed to settle in the UK.  Brahim Belkaid, 41, was given leave to remain and has been living in Leicester for the past five years after returning to Europe from Syria... He posted an image of bullets and a sword’s blade reading “Jihad: the only solution” to his Facebook page. Posts to the same Facebook profile also appeared to promote Anwar al-Awlaki, the American Islamist who planned several deadly attacks as a leading member of al-Qaeda.

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Amos Oz Favors "No National States at All"

In his latest interview, Amos Oz expresses no support for a two-state or even a one-state solution.

At 4:19:

ideally...I am in favor of a world with no national states at all

In the Non-Land of Oz.

In what non-national language would he write?

From what non-national tradition would he imbibe his inspiration?

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How Dare Israel Declare Itself 'Jewish'

The new Israel Nation State Law is taking hits because it has declared Israel 'Jewish'.

Well...


1.

"national home for the Jewish people"

Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917

(Balfour was not Jewish)


2.

"The Arab State and Palestine in all their relations and undertakings shall be controlled by the most cordial goodwill and understanding, and to this end Arab and Jewish duly accredited agents shall be established and maintained in the respective territories."

Agreement between Emir Feisal Ibn al-Hussein al-Hashemi, and the President of the World Zionist Organization, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, January 3, 1919

(Feisal was not Jewish but a Muslim Arab. Weizmann was Jewish)


3.

 "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people"

San Remo Resolution, April 25, 1920

(none of the Allied Powers representatives were Jewish)


4.

"recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country"

League of Nations, July 24, 1922

(none of the voting delegates, as far as I know, were Jewish)


5.

"The High Commissioner shall be guided by the statement of British policy in Palestine presented to Parliament by Our Command on the 1st day of July, 1922. While ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced, he shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage close settlement by Jews on the land, 

Palestine Order in Council, August 10, 1922 

(the King of England was not Jewish)

6.

The mandatory Power shall use its best endeavours to ensure than an area situated in the territory of the Jewish State, including a seaport and hinterland adequate to provide facilities for a substantial immigration, shall be evacuated at the earliest possible date and in any event not later than 1 February 1948...Independent Arab and Jewish States and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem, set forth in part III of this plan, shall come into existence in Palestine two months after the evacuation of the armed forces of the mandatory Power has been completed but in any case not later than 1 October 1948. The boundaries of the Arab State, the Jewish State, and the City of Jerusalem shall be as described in parts II and III below. The period between the adoption by the General Assembly of its recommendation on the question of Palestine and the establishment of the independence of the Arab and Jewish States shall be a transitional period.

United Nations General Assembly, November 29, 1947

(none of the voting delegates, as far as I know, were Jewish)


(h/t=RTB)


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Shiloh 'Land Grab' In the News

From Shiloh ... South Africa:

Seems located 37 km south of Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. 

EEF is the Economic Freedom Party, a leftist party.  Their own statement declares:

Economic Freedom Fighters should be an economic emancipation movement, which should be mass based, associate and relate constantly with the grassroots and community movements, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and most importantly contest political power...The EFF is a South African movement with a progressive internationalist outlook, which seeks to engage with global progressive movements. The EFF draws inspiration from the broad Marxist-Leninist tradition and Fanonian schools of thought in their analyses of the state, imperialism, culture and class contradictions in every society... the EFF cardinal pillars for economic emancipation are the following:

Expropriation of South Africa’s land without compensation for equal redistribution in use.

Nationalisation of mines, banks, and other strategic sectors of the economy, without compensation.

They also have vineyards in Shiloh:

Good luck to Shiloh from Shiloh.

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What Could Be Missing in Jordan Archaeology?

Jordan was created by Winston Churchill in 1921.

Given that, it would difficult to find "Jordanian" archaeological artifacts and remains.

However, since Transjordan, besides being part of "historic Palestine" (and thanks to Marc Lamont Hill for resurrecting that term), was also Eastern Eretz-Yisrael, 

the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'  Numbers 34:15

I would have expected mentions of the territory's Jewish past in an official archaeological report.

I was wrong.

I searched this 104 page document for the terms "Jewish", "Israelites" and "Hebrews". It is entitled "Archaeology in Jordan Newsletter - ACOR, 2016-2017 Seasons". The ACOR is for The American Center of Oriental Research. Its Board of Trustees. It is private and was founded in 1968.

In its Mission Statement, it notes,

ACOR has broad relationships in Jordan as well as deep relationships with key Jordanian national and local governmental agencies and academic institutions. 

I found no mentions of those three terms.

I continued to search.  "Roman" came up 37 times. "Christian" 5 times. "Byzantine" 16 times. "Ottoman" 11 times.

Here is a map of the sites:

To be fair, and honest, I couldn't find "Crusader" or "Canaanite".  But I did not review all past issues.

Still, odd that the Jews were missing.

On page 513 of the 2010 report I found this:

An ostrakon of a storage jar should be mentioned: the partly preserved inscription is in a Transjordanian dialect/Old Hebrew. 

Hebrew is  "a Transjordanian dialect"?  Really?

According to a 1993 publication, ACOR

As a member of ASOR, it has a strict policy of non-involvement in politics and follows their code of archaeological ethics

They seem to have an odd concept of "non-involvement in politics".

P. S.

I emailed them asking for a response or comment.

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Thank You, New Zealand

I did not know this:-

New Zealand has one of the worst rates of family violence in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an intergovernmental organisation with 36 member countries. Police attend a domestic violence incident every four minutes, with an estimated 80% of incidents going unreported.

I didn't know New Zealand was under an occupation.

I was under the impression, as informed by all sorts of interested parties, that Israel's "occupation" is guilty for family violence, both in the territories and Israel.  I read that

PA: It's Israel's fault Arab men beat their wives

For example, from the June 2017 Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, on her mission to Israel:

the former Special Rapporteur on violence against women highlighted a number of issues of concerns related to violence against women that remains unaddressed and unresolved. Additionally  various UN bodies have expressed concern about the human rights, humanitarian and security issues that occupation brings, including with regard to the situation of women. While recognizing the imperatives related to security and stability in the region, the Rapporteur highlights the clear linkage between the prolonged occupation and VAW, and she notes, like her predecessor, that the occupation does not exonerate the State of Palestine from its due human rights obligation to prevent, investigate, punish and provide remedies for acts of gender-based violence (GBV) in the areas and for persons under its jurisdiction or effective control. The authorities in Gaza also bear human rights obligations, given their exercise of government-like functions and territorial control.

A year earlier, a report, issued for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women during March 2016, highlighted the situation of Palestinian women for the period from October 1st 2014 to September 30th 2015.

According to the document, as reported,

Israeli occupation is to blame for domestic violence against Palestinian women.  It states that "overcrowded living conditions and a lack of privacy" in Palestinian refugee camps causes "psychological distress among camp residents" which combined with "the unstable political and security situation and discriminatory gender stereotypes and norms" leads to this type of violence.

Here's a 22-page report. 

As for internal Israel domestic violence, here's an article which discusses domestic violence as linked to the militarization of domestic violence in Israel:

the article explores how the centrality of the military, a pervasive ideology of militarism, and the militarization of society shape perpetration, understandings, and experiences of and responses to domestic violence in Israel. 

Arab women murdered in Israel are not "Arabs" but "Palestinians", by the way. 

I remember years ago the claim that husbands returning from their reserve duty were violent towards their spouses and children due to their service on behalf of the "occupation".

Thank you, New Zealand for providing some balance and perspective.

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More Jordanian Provocation

Alerted by ThisOngoingWar, I found this from December 5, translated from the Arabic:

Al-Aqsa Conference aims to support the steadfastness of Jerusalemites

The story:

The Hashemite Guardianship is a historical right to the Islamic and Christian holy sites in the city which will be launched with the participation of about 1,000 participants
The Minister of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy shrines, Dr. Abdul Nasser Abu Al-Basal said that the conference "cry of the Al-Aqsa Mosque" is the second conference of the road to Jerusalem.He explained in a press conference held yesterday to talk about the conference will start on 20 of this month [December] Arab and Islamic countries and the world and Islamic Christians to support the steadfastness of the sanctified Jerusalem and the assertion of [the Hashemite] guardianship...Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the House of Representatives Yahya Saud, it became necessary to have a conferenceInternational Islamic world to mobilize the defense of Jerusalem and Islamic and Christian sanctuaries.
He said that the visit to Jerusalem does not mean normalization with Israel, it strengthens the steadfastness of our brothers in Jerusalem.
He stressed that the Hashemite guardianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites is a historical right of the Hashemites...
Incursions into it in addition to the existence of a new approach by the occupation authorities towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque.  The Judaization of the holy sites and the division of them into time and place.He said that we need to stand up all the Islamic world and free to assert our right in Jerusalem and holy places and not to leave...We want to leave al-Aqsa mosque alone or leave the holy ones alone.
...The identity of the Holy Mosque on the entire Haram al-Sharif 144 acres and a quarter above the ground and underground is counted as the biggest challenges before us, we will not accept partnership, negotiation and division neither under nor above the ground.In addition to restoring the custody of the age of the mind in all its details and dimensions and importance...Al-Saud said that the Hashemite guardianship of the holy sites in Jerusalem is a historical right of the Hashemites since 1924...

And mentioned in the Jordan Times.

This is in violation of Article 9 of the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty with regard to places of religious significance so:-

1. Each party will provide freedom of access to places of religious and historical significance...3. The Parties will act together to promote interfaith relations among the three monotheistic religions, with the aim of working towards religious understanding, moral commitment, freedom of religious worship, and tolerance and peace.

Previous provocations:

here,

and here.

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