OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 2-9-12 As some universities brace for the annual spring round of anti-Israel weeks, which falsely accuse Israel of the great crimes committed by South African apartheid racists, we must put this absurdity in historical perspective. For starters, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a national [...]
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Fighting anti-Israel week with historical facts
Posted by giltroy on February 9, 2012
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/fighting-anti-israel-week-with-historical-facts/
Anti-Israel Essay Desecrates Martin Luther King’s Memory but Wins an M.L. King Award
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 1-22-12 The anti-Zionist blogosphere is celebrating that a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Award to a Jewish high school student who fancies himself a hero for freeing himself from the yoke of supporting Israel. Comparing himself – and his people — to King’s Southern redneck [...]
Posted by giltroy on January 22, 2012
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/anti-israel-essay-desecrates-martin-luther-kings-memory-but-wins-an-m-l-king-award/
Thomas Friedman (and others) on Israel – Sloppy but not Self-hating
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 12-20-11 This year, 2011, proves that even top journalists can have a bad year. Thomas Friedman started the year with naive reports about the Arab spring as democratic idyll. Friedman turned cranky in mid-year when he witnessed an impressive democratic moment, the ecstatic bipartisan greeting America’s Congress [...]
Posted by giltroy on December 20, 2011
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/thomas-friedman-and-others-on-israel-sloppy-but-not-self-hating/


