Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington D.C.
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Palestinians have thrown a monkey wrench in the works again – as they have a pattern of doing every time the “peace process” is supposed to be close to “solving” the problem. Despite the secrecy surrounding the current U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry-sponsored talks, a Palestinian […]
Why the Palestinian Authority can’t afford peace Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Not saying that it will happen — not even that it might. But if you don’t watch the confluence of events in Syria, you’ll miss the possibility that it could. Now that Washington is finished with last summer’s Elizabeth O’Bagy kerfuffle over the percentage of the Syrian opposition comprising jihadist militias,
The diminishing fortunes of the Free Syrian Army Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If the Palestinian movement believes it lives outside the laws of politics, nature and economics, it may be right. The PA and Hamas occupy a split territory with two feuding governments — both dictatorships with all the arbitrariness and lack of accountability implied by that; multiple armed services
Europe may be awakening to Palestinian fraud Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — As he waited in the wings at the United Nations, President Obama was struck with this sledgehammer from Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: Tampering… in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and is an affront of the principles that must guide the relations among them,
Dissecting Obama’s U.N. speech Read More »
Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jewish organizational support for President Obama’s temporary determination to enforce international norms and his own red line on Syrian use of chemical weapons brought out the nasty legions. DavidDuke.com and Blacklistednews.com, among others, were vociferous in their condemnation of Jewish “warmongering.” Even Jewish media outlets — TabletMagazine, The Forward
Germany is poison gas supplier to the Mideast Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — A flurry of diplomatic activity has overtaken the Senate debate on the use of force by the United States against Syria as punishment for/deterrence against the use of chemical weapons. The world awaits the next meeting, the next announcement, the next slip-of-the-tongue, or the first bomb. The interregnum is
Saddam’s Iraq is a lesson for U.S.-Syrian relations Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and supporters of an American strike on Syria have characterized negative American public opinion as “war-weariness.” They are trying to overcome it with exhortations about America’s special responsibility, or America’s credibility, or the president’s credibility, or the terribleness of the fighting there. The public isn’t buying it,
Americans not war-weary, but are ‘war-wary’ Read More »
Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has not made the case that the national security interest of the United States requires the use of military force in Syria. Others have made the case for regime change, punishment, and deterrence against future use of non-conventional weapons by Syria, Iran or North Korea; and
U.S. objectives in Syria remain muddled Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is hard to look at the photographs. American newspapers are showing largely sanitized versions, so you’re safe. But Twitter feeds and UK newspapers such as the Daily Mail don’t hesitate to show the full horror. Hundreds of beautiful children, all dead, most of them wrapped
U.S., Allies should destroy Syria’s air force Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Al-Jazeera is “breaking in with something we think is unique, and are confident, with our guts and some research, that the American people are looking for,” according to its America’s president Kate O’Brian. If she is claiming “guts” and “research” are among the qualities sought by American viewers, she may
‘Al Jazeera’ is a Qatari ‘Pravda’ Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — The Palestine Liberation Organization was created in 1964. Like most revolutionary movements, it wrote a Charter to define its aims and fundamental policies, including: Article 17: The partitioning of Palestine, which took place in 1947, and the establishment of Israel are illegal and null and void, regardless of the
Palestinians still dedicated to Israel’s destruction Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the loss of life in Cairo over the past two days is deeply to be regretted, President Obama’s tepid statement on the “cycle of violence” in Egypt and cancellation of the biannual U.S.-Egypt Bright Star military exercise evidence a lack of strategic awareness. The result is increasing American
U.S. becoming increasingly irrelevant in Egypt Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The greatest success of the Arab States against Israel (there aren’t many) has been to change the terms of reference. In 1947, the Arabs unanimously rejected the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and in 1948 attacked Israel, Goliath against David. Through 1956, 1967, and 1973 Israel was understood to be
More signs of U.S. tilt to the Palestinians Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the dog that finally caught the bus he chased, Secretary of State John Kerry now has to figure out what to do with what he’s got. He induced, bribed, cajoled, and threatened Israelis and Palestinians to return to the “negotiating table.” The Palestinians were promised up to $4
Kerry’s peace talks likely to produce little Read More »
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