Israelis should reflect on the harshness of their political culture which makes American politics look like a tea party – in the old-fashioned sense. By GIL TROY, Jerusalem Post, 1-11-11 Photo by: AP The Tucson, Arizona rampage left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded, six citizens dead and millions of Americans jumping to the right conclusions [...]
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After Arizona: Israelis, Americans must make democracy work
Posted by giltroy on January 11, 2011
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/after-arizona-israelis-americans-must-make-democracy-work/
Essay: Polarized Jews in a depressing election
By GIL TROY , THE JERUSALEM POST, Oct. 23, 2008 Political campaigns are like social stress tests, regularly scheduled exercises that add enough extra pressure on the system to expose weaknesses – and strengths. The long 2008 election has uncovered certain American fault lines. Within the Jewish community, the results of the 2008 electoral stress [...]
Posted by giltroy on October 24, 2008
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Playing the partisan
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 9-23-08 A JPost.com exclusive blog Senator Hillary Clinton’s refusal to attend the major rally called for Monday September 22 in New York against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN appearance is outrageous – as is the organizers’ subsequent decision to disinvite Sarah Palin. Back in August, Senator Clinton had agreed to attend. She [...]
Posted by giltroy on September 26, 2008
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From the center: Why are Republicans guilty of tokenism – while Democrats produce historic breakthroughs?
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, September 10, 2008 When Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, many Americans cheered his historic breakthrough. For the first time in American history, a major political party had nominated a black man for president. Even many Obama opponents transcended partisanship to celebrate this extraordinary – and hopefully healing [...]
Posted by giltroy on September 11, 2008
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