September Backgrounder: Zionism, Racism and Durban

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Prof. Gil Troy (updated version of an article published March 29, 2009) Among the many casualties of the continuing Mideast violence is the term “Zionism.” Whereas it once epitomized idealism, romanticism, and the best of nationalism to millions of Jews and non-Jews, Zionism today is politically incorrect. In a depressing retreat [...]

Stop rockets by seizing Palestinian territory

OP-EDS & REVIEWS Targeted actions depriving Gaza of territory in response to attacks will put a specific price tag on each rocket and terror attack. By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 8-30-11 My cousin Adele Raemer lives on Kibbutz Nirim in the Western Negev. It is an idealistic community in an idyllic setting. Over the years, [...]

A Zionist advocacy timetable for the next five weeks

OP-EDS & REVIEWS We can turn the UN’s “Palestine Season” into another empty victory for the Palestinians. We should stop dreading this fall By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 8-23-11 The writer is Professor of History at McGill University and a Shalom Hartman Research Fellow in Jerusalem. The author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel, [...]

Palestine Season at the UN will test Palestinians: Do they seek peace or Israel’s destruction?

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 8-9-11 This fall is going to be Palestine Season at the UN. The Palestinians seem set on winning a unilateral declaration of independence from the General Assembly, despite the Obama Administration’s efforts. No less ominous for Israel is the convergence of that process with Durban Three, celebrating [...]

Fighting Zionism: Racism’s big lie

By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 11-10-10 Thirty five years ago, on November 10, 1975, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, America’s Ambassador to the UN proclaimed: “The United States … does not acknowledge, it will not abide by, it will never acquiesce in this infamous act.” The “infamous act” was Resolution 3379, calling Zionism racism, slandering one form [...]

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