Barry Shaw

Barry Shaw is the International Public Diplomacy Director of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.

His books, available on Amazon, include:

Irish BDS bill anti- Semitic, bad for Ireland

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The Irish Parliament is in the process of introducing an anti-Israel bill declaring its intention to block and boycott goods, products and services from Judea and Samaria, what they call the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, parts of the Jewish State of Israel. This divisive intervention is […]

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East

Israel to begin pumping natural gas to Europe

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — After fairly rapid negotiations, Israel has agreed with European nations to supply Europe with its future natural gas needs. The project will turn Israel into a significant fuel-exporting nation. Construction will begin on the longest and deepest underwater fuel pipeline in the world. 1,305 miles in length and lying 1.86

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Swedish yacht, on pro- Israel mission, nears Herzliya

By Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The Swedish mega-yacht, Elida, is approaching Israeli territorial waters after a marathon sail from Gothenburg to Herzliya Marina where it is due to arrive on October 11 at 4 pm. It will be an impressive sight as the 131-foot length and its 148-foot mast height super-yacht enters the marina after

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 28, 2018 (5 items)

Facebook bans columnist Barry Shaw for anti-Abbas commentary Columnist Barry Shaw, based in Netanya, was banned by Facebook for 30 days after he posted a commentary critical of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Here is his account: “I reported on Facebook about Mahmoud Abbas’s inflammatory statements at the UN General Assembly in which he praised Palestinian

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Shame on Corbyn for honoring a terrorist murderer

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — British Labour leader and potential British Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn, may claim amnesia about laying a wreath at the grave of Abu Jihad, but it is impossible to accept that this politician, so steeped in Hamas, Hezbollah, and the “armed resistance” to Israel, was ignorant of whose grave he paid

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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle East

Standing up to the ill- informed Israel haters

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — People with strategic antennae can detect a throwback to the Soviet inspired canard of Zionism is Racism. This radical left-wing anti-Israel trope raised its ugly head way back in 2001 at the UN World Conference Against Racism in South Africa where thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators and groups hijacked the event

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USA

Arab world growing weary, cynical about Palestinians

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — I read an amazing news item bearing the headline ‘Hamas Double Standard on Syria.’ This piece of journalism reported on the Palestinian community suffering massive destruction with over ten thousand displaced and many hundreds killed in artillery bombing and aerial bombardments. The journalist, Kheir Allah, called it “one of the biggest tragedies

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OpEd: Why Israelis resent U.S. Jewish Democrats

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Want to know why Israelis have little patience for Jewish Democrats? First, none of their leaders accepted the invitation to attend the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. Second, Bernie Sanders just agreed with Hamas that they have the right to return to Israel, which would spell

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USA