Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington D.C.

Her books, available on Amazon, include:

World should know: Hezbollah is planning next war against Israel

  By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Richard Goldstone wants us to believe that if only Israel had cooperated with the cabal investigating Operation Cast Lead, the result would have been different. What then has he to say about the new IDF report that Hezbollah has been digging under hundreds of villages in southern Lebanon, hiding […]

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Obama Doctrine: a prescription for intervention everywhere

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –American core principles as articulated by President Obama are indeed a prescription for intervention everywhere – despite his firm denial. “America cannot use our military wherever repression occurs…. we must always measure our interests against the need for action.” But, he said, “We had a unique ability to stop that

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Itamar murders question validity of arming and training Palestinian police

By Shoshana Bryen WASHNGTON, D.C.  — It appears that members of the American-trained Palestinian Security Force on the West Bank abetted the Itamar terrorists, prompting outrage over the fact that American military personnel are training Palestinian Security Forces in the first place. The outrage looks through the back end of the microscope – minimizing and

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Advice for U.S.: Beware Middle East revolutionary forces

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) asserted that the U.S. Air Force could and should “flatten the Libyan Air Force.”  We seem to have wandered through other people’s conversations about a) no fly zones; b) ground troops; and c) helping the Libyan rebels.    No, no. Managing

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Palestinian snub of U.S. consulate brings U.S. foreign aid there in question

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the establishment of a Palestinian governing authority in 2003, the United States has provided it with more than $3.5 billion in aid, more than $2 billion since 2007 to “strengthen” Abu Mazen after the ouster of Fatah from Gaza. The 2010 figure was $500 million. The intrepid investigators

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Why does the West cave in to the lies and demands of Arab leaders?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — So repressive governments – Arab governments – lie to their people about Israel, politics and the 21st century to maintain the illusion of security and control at home until the dam breaks. But why do governments in the West, knowing better, nevertheless insist that lies and wishful thinking be

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Mideast turmoil spotlights value of U.S.-Israel alliance

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States provides military assistance to a variety of countries in the Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia, including Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Jordan, Yemen, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We provide equipment and training for the security forces of the Palestinian Authority. We also provide military aid to

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Surprise! Egyptian troubles now being blamed on Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several months ago, a blogger penned, “There was a growing perception among Arab leaders that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel; that CENTCOM’s mostly Arab constituency was losing faith in American promises; that Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region.”

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