Gideon Drucker

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Feb 13, 2016, 11:35 PM

Rethinking Our Zionism

Young diaspora Jews hear about the Jewish state and it almost immediately and irrevocably brings to mind topics of controversy: "The conflict", settlements, "the occupation", and Iran's nuclear path to name but a few. Israel's miraculous redemption of a...

Jan 2, 2016, 11:27 PM

Are You a Jew with Trembling Knees?

It would be nice if all those "Nice American Jews" who seem to show support every day on Facebook for "Black Lives Matter" or against the evils of Global Warming and who decry every possible (real or imagined) account...

Nov 6, 2015, 3:15 AM

American ‘Israel advocacy’ needs to change

Advocates for Israel need to stop lauding the country's achievements and stay focused on Jewish destiny

Jun 4, 2014, 9:05 PM

The Two State Delusion: The Fallacies of Oslo

The two state solution and its follies can aptly be named the delusions of Oslo. The Oslo Accords created the illusion that the PLO had changed from an unrelenting terrorist organization into a legitimate political entity. Consider: from 1965-1982,...

Jun 4, 2014, 8:58 PM

The Two State Delusion: Switching David and Goliath

“The conflict has never been about the creation of a 22nd Arab state, it has always been about the existence of the one and only Jewish state.” Prime Minister Netanyahu The idea of a two state solution is no longer...

May 24, 2014, 7:54 PM

The Jews: Israel and the Diaspora

When I discuss with my college friends my fascination with and adulation for the young men and women of the IDF, or when I merely espouse my love of Israel and they see the...

May 23, 2014, 1:42 AM

The Jews: Israel and Diaspora

When I discuss with my college friends my fascination with and adulation for the young men and women of the IDF, or when I merely espouse my love of Israel and they see the...

Apr 26, 2013, 12:48 PM

My Week With Friends of the IDF

Sometimes words aren’t enough. Words don’t do justice to the experience of walking inside the gas chambers where over 1,000,000 of my people were systematically marched to their death. They don’t do justice to my experience of walking through...

Feb 7, 2013, 7:20 PM

Israel: Up Close and Personal

When the world speaks about Israel, they typically discuss abstract concepts of peace and war, creating their own superficial verdicts, and speaking only about Israel as a political or militaristic entity. Doing this means failing to address the people...

Nov 25, 2012, 4:57 PM

Israel’s Double Standard & Hamas: Part 2

Israel’s response to terrorist attacks spawned out of an ideology that openly calls for the murder of Israeli citizenry is inescapable, necessary and justified. Even more, because they are a moral army that understands the absurd double standard they...

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About Me

Gideon Drucker, after graduating from Lehigh University in 2014 with a degree in international relations, took his talents to Tel Aviv Beach to join the IDF, where he currently serves as a combat soldier in the Paratrooper Brigade.