Was Canada punished for supporting Israel at UN?

By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 10-27-10 Canada’s failure to win a seat on the UN Security Council has triggered a predictable debate – with a surprising twist. Predictably, most have seen the move as a rejection of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s muscular, pro-western, pro-Israel, anti-terrorism foreign policy. But the columnist David Frum has injected [...]

Israel is peripheral in the US elections – fortunately

By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 10-27-10 Although Americans glided smoothly to the 2008 presidential election, with most increasingly giddy at the prospect of Barack Obama’s historic victory, they are stumbling haphazardly toward the 2010 congressional midterms, with most increasingly cranky.  Pollsters predict that on November 2, Barack Obama will suffer a major defeat. Gone is [...]

Boycotting Israel damages Palestinian cause

By GIL TROY, Montreal Gazette, 10-23-10 Montrealers seeking peace in the Middle East should condemn the “All-Canada BDS Conference” convening here this weekend. “BDS” stands for “boycott, divestment, and sanctions,” a toxic cocktail designed to ostracize Israel. This tactic makes it hard to achieve a two-state solution that respects the national rights of both Jews [...]

The struggle to save Soviet Jews – Book Review

quixotic protests for freedom eventually triumphed By GIL TROY, Montreal Gazette, 10-23-10 Jewish schoolchildren in Montreal demonstrate in support of Soviet Jewry outside the Soviet consulate in June 1978. Photograph by: PETER BROSSEAU, GAZETTE FILE, Freelance When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry By Gal Beckerman Houghton [...]

Buycott Against the anti-Israel Boycott

URGENT NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY As some of you may know, there is an anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference taking place in Montreal this weekend (22nd-24th). After consulting with various Israel-related activists and academics in the city, we have determined that a BUYCOTT will be organized this weekend. The Israeli [...]

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