Barry Shaw

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Oct 30, 2024, 2:01 PM

The US Election and the US-Israel Jewish Divide

The assessment of the Jewish vote ahead of the US elections is disturbing. According to polls, the vast majority of American Jews will be voting for Harris, which, according to an Israeli majority, would be very bad for Israel. The Manhattan...

Oct 20, 2024, 4:37 PM

Israel. Beware of a Scorned US Administration.

My fears from the US Presidential Election from a scorned Biden-Harris Administration. My strategic affairs antennas are predictiing an awful and damaging outcome for Israel whatever the result of the US Presdiential Election. I predict that no matter the result, but...

Oct 17, 2024, 9:19 AM

Why a Harris presidency is a concern for Israel

And Part One. Punishing Israel - and not the Palestinians. Kamala Harris's approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict has drawn criticism for perceived bias, particularly regarding U.S. sanctions against Jews who desire to live in Judea & Samaria due to of...

Oct 9, 2024, 9:44 PM

Israel is fighting alone…

Israel is fighting alone… …a war for the soul of the world. Hezbollah, with the malevolent patronage of Iran, has transformed Lebanon into a terror state. It is not a democracy with patches of terror. It is a country totally consumed by radical...

Oct 8, 2024, 5:42 PM

7 October – What it means for Israel

Last year, on the night of 6th October 2023 people paused their routines lives to sleep before heading into an annual period of intense Jewish reflection or secular laziness. The secular young headed south to a midnight rave called the Nova...

Sep 5, 2024, 11:04 PM

Israel! Beware the UN Trap!

Unbelievably, the United Nations Security Council, for the first time in eleven months, held a session that included allowing Israel to highlight the plight of Israeli hostages since 7/10. Israeli Ambassador, Danny Danon, made an emotional and factual case for...

Sep 3, 2024, 6:52 AM

Israel’s Silent War Against Palestinian Terror.

Jenin: 2nd September 2024. The IDF operation in Jenin is entering its fifth day. The nature and duration of the activity are creating a cumulative effect on the local residents and the towns terrorists. Voices are being heard that were...

Jul 16, 2024, 11:41 AM

Why did Trump Pick Vance

One thing one has to appreciate with Donald Trump is that he is not a politician. He really hates politicians. He is, at heart and soul, a businessman, and a tough and successful one at that. He has the...

Jul 8, 2024, 2:14 PM

The French election does not bode well for Europe or French Jews

Following the French political whiplash in which the world thought Macron had lost the country to his political right over his failed monetary and social policies, we woke up to the results of an election to discover that France...

Jul 7, 2024, 11:37 AM

The UK Election. A Perspective.

The British Labour Party achieved a historic victory. The party has not enjoyed such an overwhelming advantage over competing parties for hundreds of years. For them to achieve that so soon after their party had been riddled in widespread anti-Semitism...

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About Me

Barry Shaw is the Senior Associate for Public Diplomacy at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. He is also the author of ‘Fighting Hamas, BDS and Anti-Semitism,' '1917. From Palestine to the Land of Israel, 'BDS for IDIOTS,' and his latest work 'A Tale of Love and Destiny,' the dramatic life of a Jewish heroine.

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