A Christian, a Muslim and a Jew host a panel discussion on America’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The punchline: the Jew is a critic, not a supporter, of Israel.
The University of Winnipeg’s “My Jerusalem” event was a bit of a joke, as I explain in my TOI blog: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/whose-jerusalem-is-it/
When Israel emerged victorious from the Six-Day War in June 1967, the anti-Israel left in America, Britain and other western countries immediately pronounced judgement: the Jewish state was guilty of, among other things, “colonialism.” The main “other things” were “fascism” and “militarism.”
Israel did not plead guilty to these charges. Continue reading