David Shayne

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Oct 27, 2024, 3:56 PM

Some pointed questions for Kamala Harris

SOME POINTED QUESTIONS FOR KAMALA HARRIS Like many American citizens, certainly those who live in Israel, I am deeply concerned about the Biden administration’s handling of this current crisis. Yet I could never vote for Trump for reasons that would...

Jul 9, 2024, 9:25 AM

Think Hamas Is Heroic? Ask The People Who Should Know

There is group of people of, despite their unrelenting hatred for Jews and Israelis, are openly acknowledging that this horrible conflagration that has racked Israel and Gaza was started and perpetuated by the Hamas-led terror coalition (or as I...

Jan 11, 2024, 10:40 PM

‘For every child’ – except Israeli children

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Happy Childhoods Snatched Away I live on a lovely, quiet street in the Old Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem. The street is busiest on Shabbat afternoons when, before October 7, 2023, happy, yelling children “owned” my street as families walked to...

Dec 9, 2023, 11:13 PM

Hey, international community-want a permanent ceasefire? Make Hamas surrender

As of the time of this writing, Israel and the coalition of Palestinian terrorist groups under the leadership of Hamas (Hamas for short) have resumed fighting following a week-long truce which Hamas broke by firing rockets into Israel. There is...

Aug 4, 2023, 7:29 AM

President Biden (and Tom Friedman), look to your own house regarding democracy

In the play “1776,” South Carolina delegate John Rutledge assails John Adams and other anti-slavery New Englanders with “What's that I smell? Floatin' down from the North? Why, could that be the aroma of hypocrisy?” He then breaks into...

May 15, 2021, 11:57 PM

Shosh Spector: The woman who helped establish the Palmach, 80 years ago

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Eighty years ago, on May 15, 1941, the Hagana, the largest Jewish underground military organization in pre-Israel Palestine, announced the formation of the Plugot Mahatz — loosely translated, “strike companies” — that would comprise full time recruits under arms at...

Nov 29, 2019, 4:22 PM

When Harry gave ’em hell!

In November, 1953, now-former President Harry S. Truman spoke at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His dear friend and former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, gave an introduction which included the statement, “"This is the man who helped create the State...

May 22, 2018, 10:55 AM

The ‘fighteriot’ of 70 years ago — a lesson for today?

On May 14, 1985, the 37th anniversary of Israel’s founding (according to the secular calendar, 12 remarkable women gathered together somewhere in the greater Tel Aviv area. They were true “fighteriot” (Hebrew slang from the English word “fighter”) --...

May 17, 2016, 6:45 AM

The tragedy and triumph of the Palmach, on the 75th anniversary of its founding

Marking 75 years to the formation of the fighting units who valiantly paved the way for the State of Israel

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About Me

David Shayne is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, he received his BA from Tel Aviv University in Political Science and his JD from the University of Oregon. He served as an attorney for the US government for 21 years, until his retirement in 2022, following which he relocated to Tel Aviv. He currently works as a senior attorney for a private company in Jerusalem, Israel.