Month: September 2019

Does anyone tell the truth anymore?

         By Barry Shaw  in   Israel National News Does anyone tell the truth anymore? I have watched the weaponizing of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the USA to try and fraudulently win an election, and then attempt to stage a political coup against a duly elected president. The writer is […]

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INTO THE FRAY: BDS (Bibi-derangement syndrome) & the myth of Israel theocracy

  For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column BDS (Bibi-derangement syndrome) & the myth of Israel theocracy (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) From the rabid rants of the myriad of “Bibiphobes”, the uninformed observer would be led to believe that Netanyahu is to blame for every misfortune and every […]

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Emigration from Gaza

‘I Want To Get The Hell Out Of Here’: Thousands Of Palestinians Are Leaving Gaza https://www.npr.org/2019/07/04/733487137/i-want-to-get-the-hell-out-of-here-thousands-of-palestinians-are-leaving-gaza “Anywhere else is better” : The Palestinian middle class is abandoning the Gaza Strip (Hebrew) https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2019_Q3/Article-921fe7b16411d61027.htm?utm_source=AndroidNews12&utm_medium=Share Religious elders attempted to issue an edict prohibiting emigration, but to no avail.  More and more members of the middle class choose to […]

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An Israeli Deadlock: Bibi, Gantz, Rivlin, and Liberman – Will Israel need yet another election to form their next Knesset?

          By Barry Shaw  – in the The American Spectator     This week’s Israeli elections proved one thing. Not only is Israel the only democracy in the Middle East, it is also a global democracy on steroids. The election results showed some benefits, but mainly the faults, of a multi-party electoral […]

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INTO THE FRAY: A strange thing happened on the way to the polling booth

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column A strange thing happened on the way to the polling booth (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray)  Arguably, Netanyahu’s gravest strategic miscalculation was not to call elections in May 2016 rather than capitulate to Liberman’s demand to be given the Defense portfolio.  It […]

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