Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington D.C.
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has become axiomatic in a certain part of the American political class that words matter. Even with the necessary disclaimer that the shooting in Arizona was the work of a mentally deranged man whose political reading was confined mainly to Hitler and Stalin, and was not influenced by […]
Do words matter? Tell that to the Palestinians! Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State Clinton called for an increase in civic space in the Arab world and an end to the corruption that sucks the economic life even – or especially – out of poor countries with an educated workforce. But when she spoke of America’s commitment to
U.S. support to NGO’s feeds Palestinian corruption Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “World Security Network” newsletter carried the following bit of an interview reportedly with Hamas leader Ousama Hamdan about Gilad Shalit. Hamdan: There was what everyone calls the pre-final offer, and the Israelis accepted a suggestion from the Germans, and we also thought it is a good one, just
Beware when journalists express outrage Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five men arrested in Denmark and Sweden this week had been plotting to attack the offices of Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper at the center of the 2005 Muhammad cartoons. The would-be terrorists were, according to experts, very professional and very precise. They had no grandiose plan to hit national
How long will Islamists harbor dreams of revenge? Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The thoroughly repudiated, lame duck Congress, holding but a 13% approval rating in the polls, took up two big pieces of legislation that were better left to the incoming class – not because the results would necessarily have been different, but because they are important pieces of national business.
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In one of those form-over-substance moments that produce endless opportunity for mischief, President Obama announced that the United States would affix its signature to the United Nation’s Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “The aspiration it affirms, including respect for the institutions and rich cultures of native peoples,
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sounds good, fraught with problems Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Normally, JINSA concerns itself primarily with security for Israel, and we have spent some time worrying about the future of the Palestinian National Security Force (NSF) armed and trained by a series of American generals. Today, however, we are concerned with the right of Palestinians to be secure from Palestinians-
U.S. either supporting or looking other way as Palestinians torture their people Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Palestinian Authority (PA) is moving away from the principle of a negotiated settlement with Israel under the auspices of the United States because it seems to have concluded that the United States is unable to force or bribe Israel into abandoning its fundamental principles, that: a) The State of
As U.S. role fades, Palestinians invest their anti-Israel hopes in U.N. Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Stipulating that we are not at all sanguine about this and acknowledging that the fact of the leaks may ultimately be more important than the result of the leaks, the first headlines from Wikileaks mainly confirm what we think we already knew, and some things we’re happy to think the
Some information from the Wikileaks Read More »
Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the Bush administration, an envoy was sent to ask what it would take for Israel to feel secure if a Palestinian state was established without a peace treaty with Israel. He had incentives in his pocket. The Israelis turned him down because without a treaty that addressed Israel’s
Obama pushing peace treaty, whatever the consequences to Israel Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Veterans Day is about remembering the sacrifices of our soldiers in today’s wars and in wars past. There are military parades and somber reflections, speeches and flags. And for those who remember 11-11 as Armistice Day, there is an even more somber twinge as “the war to end all wars”
Some companies truly know how to show appreciation to veterans Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes, you just have to stand back and say, “Oh.” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking at a conference of international parliamentarians and experts attending a conference on combating anti-Semitism, told the assembled that Canada refused to “pretend” to be an “honest broker” on Israel, even though
U.S. fails Canada in that pro-Israel country’s Security Council bid Read More »
Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — The day after sweeping electoral change, it is tempting to think the world is shifting on its axis. American voters may have shifted the political axis – or righted it, depending – but it would be a mistake to think things beyond our border have changed. This is the
Election will make little difference in world’s perceptions of the U.S. Read More »
Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –This is a story that benefitted from the weekend; much of Friday’s rush to judgment was wrong. First reports had the printer cartridge as a fake causing several experts to claim it was a “dry run” for later bombs; the addressees were synagogues and Jewish organizations in Chicago, which some
Initial reports were wrong about package bombs from Yemen Read More »
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