Bibi’s ‘exercise in survival’ By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 2-28-10 The storm in Israel and around the world kicked up by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Heritage Program is doubly unfortunate. It distorts Israeli politics, perceiving everything through the Israeli-Palestinian lens. It also clouds an important shift; finally, our leaders are addressing this country’s values crisis [...]
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All posts for the month February, 2010
Heritage Sites Should Not Be Political Hot Potatoes
Posted by giltroy on February 28, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/bibis-exercise-in-survival/
Are we ready for Anti-Israel Week?
By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 2-11-10 Like clockwork – or a recurring infection – Anti-Israel Week is returning to a campus near you. One Israel-bashing website declares: “Mark your calendars – the 6th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place across the globe from from the 1st to the 14th of March 2010!” [...]
Posted by giltroy on February 15, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/anti-israel-week/
The toxic context of ‘the Israel debate’
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 2-10-10 We have become so used to it we take it for granted, but one of the great scandals of modern politics is the way Palestinian negationism and terrorism have been facilitated by the UN and championed by the left, cloaking lethal desires to wipe out Israel in the language [...]
Posted by giltroy on February 10, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/toxic-context-israel-debate/
Let’s mobilize against anti-Israel week
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 2-7-10 We historians don’t predict the future – the past is foggy enough. But allow me one prediction. Within weeks, the Jewish world is going to be in high dudgeon, outraged at the Anti-Israel Week activities on campuses across North America. And, judging by the past, and the current situation [...]
Posted by giltroy on February 8, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/lets-mobilize-against-anti-israel-week/
The Power of Language (Jewish Partnership Online) Hosted by Gil Troy
The Power of Language (Jewish Partnership Online), 2-3-10 http://www.jewishagency.org/jpol Jewish Partnership Online, the Partnership 2000 eZine hosted by Professor Gil Troy, highlights Jewish values in the Partnership setting. This week’s episode showcases how the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership uses different forms of “language” to build a network of bridges between the two communities.
Posted by giltroy on February 3, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/444/
