Israel’s Targeting of Hamas Commander Marwan Issa Was a Legal Operation

Prof. Louis René Beres was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971) and is the author of many books and scholarly articles dealing with international law, nuclear strategy, nuclear war, and terrorism. In Israel, Professor Beres was Chair of Project Daniel (PM Sharon). His twelfth and latest book is Surviving Amid Chaos: Israel’s Nuclear Strategy (Rowman […]
Barry Shaw talks to Kay Wilson, the miraculous survivor of a brutal Palestinian terror attack

To see video – click HERE Background KAY WILSON is the miraculous survivor of a brutal Palestinian terror attack. Kay is the voice of thousands of Israeli victims of Palestinian terror whose voices are silent. Why do so many Palestinian predators go out in the dead of night, or hide during the day, to hunt […]
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza 2040-If not incentivized emigration, what?

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Gaza 2040-If not incentivized emigration, what? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) The current situation in Gaza—and the accompanying misery—are the direct result of the misguided attempt to foist statehood on the Palestinian-Arabs. It appears this week on the following sites (in […]
INTO THE FRAY: Land-for-peace-An historical perspective

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Land-for-peace-An historical perspective (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) “…a military defeat of Israel would mean the physical extinction of a large part of its population and the political elimination of the Jewish state. To lose a single war is to lose everything” […]
INTO THE FRAY: Cracks in the Dome?

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Cracks in the Dome? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) The huge investments made in defensive systems are slowly emerging as an exorbitant and costly failure—or at best a very partial and temporary success. The time has come to rethink Israel’s strategic paradigm. It […]
הרהורים בעקבות סירוב הרשות הפלסטינית לקבל מישראל את כספי המיסים בעקבות הפעלת חוק הקיזוז

מאת תת-אלוף (מיל.) יוסי קופרווסר התועלת הביטחונית לטווח הקצר שישראל מפיקה משיתוף הפעולה הביטחוני נמוכה מהתועלת הביטחונית שמפיקים הפלסטינים, ונמוכה אף יותר מהנזק האסטרטגי ארוך הטווח שנוצר כתוצאה מההשלמה המתמשכת של ישראל עם ההסתה, עידוד הטרור והמאבק המדיני נגד ישראל שמנהלת הרשות התעקשותו של אבו מאזן שלא לקבל מישראל את […]
Reflections on the PA’s refusal to accept tax funds from Israel as a result of the anti-“Pay for Slay” Law

By Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser The short term benefits Israel gains from security cooperation with PA are of less value than those enjoyed by the Palestinians, and worth even less when measured against the long term strategic damage resulting from Israel’s resigning itself to the constant incitement, promotion of terror and the political struggle […]
THE SHARON-BUSH LETTERS, AND WHY PEACE IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE PALESTINIANS

BY BARRY SHAW JANUARY 17, 2019 “Israel must preserve its capability to protect itself […]
INTO THE FRAY: The “pussification” of the Israeli right

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: INTO THE FRAY: The “pussification” of the Israeli right (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Astonishingly, having been proved entirely justified in its condemnation of the dangerous defects of the “Left’s” political credo, the “Right” proceeded to embrace it It appears this […]
INTO THE FRAY: Instability in Jordan – The impact on Trump’s “Ultimate Deal
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Instability in Jordan: The impact on Trump’s “Ultimate Deal (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) The forces of instability in Jordan are beyond Israel’s control. It cannot determine their eventual outcome—or who will seize, or sustain, command of the country. Accordingly, whatever […]
INTO THE FRAY column: The IDF & Gaza: Soldiers or sociologists?

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column The IDF & Gaza: Soldiers or sociologists? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Has the IDF brass forgotten that they are soldiers, charged with providing military solutions to physical threats to the nation’s security; not sociologists, tasked with diagnosing the societal ailments of its […]
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza-The collapse of “the land-for-peace” concept

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Gaza-The collapse of “the land-for-peace” concept (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Israel must convey that it will consider the continuation of the “March of Return” an overt act of war, and all the participants in it, enemy combatants—who must expect to […]