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 [...]
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All posts for the month October, 2010
Was Canada punished for supporting Israel at UN?
Posted by giltroy on October 27, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/canada-punished-supporting-israel-un/
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 [...]
Posted by giltroy on October 24, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/boycotting-israel-damages-palestinian-cause/
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 [...]
Posted by giltroy on October 24, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/struggle-save-soviet-jews-book-review/
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 [...]
Posted by giltroy on October 22, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/buycott-against-the-anti-israel-boycott/
