Barry Shaw is the International Public Diplomacy Director of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.
His books, available on Amazon, include:
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 […]
Irish BDS bill anti- Semitic, bad for Ireland Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Palestinians have received 25 times more aid per capita than did the whole of Europe to rebuild their shattered countries after World War Two. And yet, many decades later, Palestinians still use the victimhood card of poverty and statelessness,
UNRWA a political fraud aimed at Israel Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy 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
Israel to begin pumping natural gas to Europe Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East
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
Swedish yacht, on pro- Israel mission, nears Herzliya Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Travel and Food
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
Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 28, 2018 (5 items) Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Music and Visual Arts, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Israel is affected by the way Western politicians fail to fully comprehend the machinations of the Middle East. They and their diplomats are overly obsessed with doing business with dictators for the good of their national economies. It is far more important that their conglomerates and corporations are neatly
Corporate lust for profits enables Islamist gains Read More »
Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy 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
Shame on Corbyn for honoring a terrorist murderer Read More »
Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — When publicity seeking 17 year old, Ahed Tamimi, the poster child of Palestinian provocation, was sentenced to jail for punching and slapping an Israeli soldier, many in the mainstream media and Hate Israel NGOs, ranted about Israeli cruelty for incarcerating a teenager. So lets look at some facts,
Provoking Israelis to the point of suicide Read More »
Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Very recently, I was honored with a phone call from a native American tribal leader who was on a visit to Israel. He told me of his passionate support for Israel. He rightly saw the Jews as the indigenous people of the land, something that appealed to his own
Israel should reach out to indigenous peoples Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy 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
Standing up to the ill- informed Israel haters Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy 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
Arab world growing weary, cynical about Palestinians Read More »
Barry ShawBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — It’s surprising, some would say shocking, where you find little incidents of anti-Semitism. They sort of sneak up on you in sublime places, leaving you in a quandary whether to address it or walk away from it. This happened to me on the final sea day on the home
Anti- Semitism sneaks up in unexpected places Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — On May 16, about 50 Jewish activists gathered in London’s Parliament Square and, in a public display of phony grief, davened Kaddish. This gathering was less about a genuine empathy for dead Palestinians. It was more an exhibition of Jew hatred for the Jewish state. How do we know
Saying Kaddish for Hamas. Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy 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
OpEd: Why Israelis resent U.S. Jewish Democrats Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USA