(Gil Troy) Gil Troy - A synagogue in Manhattan shifted its annual social service trip for teens from Israel to Peru because some parents feared Palestinian terrorism. The move was illogical. Peru's murder rate is 9.6 per 100,000 people; America's is 3.8; Israel's is 1.8. These parents chose to raise their children in New York, with a murder rate of 4.0. The writer is Professor of History at McGill University and a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution.
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