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 […]
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 […]
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column On domes and drones (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Will the growing use of drones by the Gaza-based terror groups make the billion dollar Iron Dome and anti-tunnel barrier useless—or at least irrelevant? It appears this week on the […]
By Barry Shaw – in the Times of Israel On September 10, Benjamin Netanyahu pulled off one of his famous political masterstrokes when he made a dramatic announcement one week before a contentious national election in which it looked far from certain that he would hold onto his record-breaking office as Israel’s prime minister. The […]
By Lt. Col, (res.) Maurice Hirsch, Adv. PLO emblem: “…from the River to the Sea…” Twenty-five years have passed since Yasser Arafat entered Gaza as part of the “Peace Agreements” between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA). It is now […]