Canadians uphold a proud human rights legacy By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 5-21-09 Canada stood tall – dare we say, glorious and free? – during the recent Durban Review debacle in Geneva, thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s pre-emptive strike in boycotting the so-called UN anti-racism conference long before anyone else did. Canada is [...]
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Gil Troy: Canadians uphold a proud human rights legacy
Posted by giltroy on May 22, 2009
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Gil Troy: Israeli 6th graders learn hope, not hate
Center Field: Israeli 6th graders learn hope, not hate By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-30-09 On Monday, just before Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day, and shortly after I returned from the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, I was invited to talk about Durban to my son’s 6th grade class in Jerusalem. He attends a Dati-Mamlachti, [...]
Posted by giltroy on May 5, 2009
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Gil Troy: Durban II, Let’s turn a negative into a positive
By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 4-29-09 An internet petition titled “Jewish Canadians Concerned about Suppression of Criticism of Israel,” would be laughable if it was not so tragic and typical. Of all the modern ills to worry about, as Jews and as Canadians, this problem seems trivial. Especially following the Gaza operation, claiming that [...]
Posted by giltroy on April 29, 2009
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Gil Troy: Message at Durban: I am a Zionist and proud of it
Center Field: Message at Durban: I am a Zionist and proud of it By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-23-09 DURBAN DIARY Day 4 Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University and the author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today. He is attending the Durban Review [...]
Posted by giltroy on April 26, 2009
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Israel rally held opposite U.N. compound
Israel rally held opposite U.N. compound JTA, April 22, 2009 GENEVA (JTA) – Natan Sharansky headlined a pro-Israel rally opposite the U.N. compound in Geneva, where the Durban Review Conference was completing its third day. “Here, the struggle against racism means struggle against all the democracies of the world,” told JTA afterward. “And that’s very dangerous.” The [...]
Posted by giltroy on April 23, 2009
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