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Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington D.C.
Her books, available on Amazon, include:
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*Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy (with Stephen Bryen and Rebecca Abrams)
*Essays in Technology, Security and Stategy, Vol. 2 (with Stephen Bryen and Rebecca Abrams)
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — That’s the worst sentence to write: “Hamas wins.” The people of the Gaza Strip lose. The people of Israel lose. The State of Israel remains to be seen, but for now, it loses, as well. To deal in realities, Hamas has won, and the implications carry forward. The resignation […]
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that the first blast of hot air is gone, it may be possible to discuss l’Affaire Kashoggi rationally. First, the stipulations: Jamal Kashoggi should not have been killed. Period. In the longer form, that stipulation reads that no one should be killed by governments that disapprove of what
U.S. must pursue interests, not emotions, in Middle East Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), regarding international interest in preserving historic sites in Israel, is a sham. Its work consists mainly of denying a Jewish connection to the land and its history. In a 2016 vote, UNESCO denied any connection between Israel and its historic Temple Mount
Europeans, Arabs deny Israel’s biblical heritage Read More »
International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has restored the United States to the position of honest broker – emphasis on “honest” – and taken a hatchet to a series of fantasies underlying the notion of an Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords ushered in radical, despotic, kleptocratic Palestinian self-government, the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has managed to live next door to it without being part of it. Israel’s relations with Assad the father and Assad the son have been based on deterrence, not peace. Syria knows Israel can eliminate Damascus in an
Iran’s untenable position in Syria Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel and the Iroquois Nation came together this week — In Israel — at the Lacrosse World Championship. The Iroquois Nation team was subjected to enormous pressure to boycott, but they steadfastly refused to be swayed. The Iroquois, who invented Lacrosse in about 1100 CE, know a thing or two
IDF participates in numerous multi- lateral exercises Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yemen’s political-military mess cannot be solved now, or anytime in the foreseeable future, despite the UN announcement of another negotiated deal to halt the fighting – for now. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels will continue their assault on the Saudi/UAE-backed Yemeni government in what appears to be a horrendous
U.S. should draw line in sand with Iran over Yemen Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post headline blared, “Trump is bent on wrecking NATO. Prepare for catastrophe.” The Post fears that President Trump’s diplomacy will benefit Vladimir Putin to the detriment of American and European interests. European Council president Donald Tusk sniped, “Dear America, appreciate your allies. After all, you don’t have that many.” The NATO
Why Trump takes issue with NATO Read More »
International, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Middle East “peace plan” is gestating and, according to the Trump administration itself, nearly ready to hatch. It is easy to be cynical. Peace plans have been produced by various administrations and yet, there is no peace. On the other hand, the Trump administration — as it has
Trump’s peace plan is coming Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is taking flak for having introduced a subject to the G-7 meeting that our European friends wanted to keep under the table. Russia. The allies expressed horror when Mr. Trump said, “Why are we having a meeting without Russia? We have a world to run… We should have Russia
Germany’s trade with Russia, Iran imperils Middle East Read More »
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By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones. Thus far, however, it has stayed mostly outside the Yemeni civil war, in which Iranian-backed Houthi forces are fighting the Saudi-UAE-supported Yemeni government, although there are reports that
U.S. should not deepen its involvement in Yemen Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –When Ronald Reagan proposed the “Zero-Zero Option” for no intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, the pundits – and the Europeans – said, “The Russians will never agree to that.” They demanded that Reagan put forward what the Russians could accept – or not aggravate the Russians by putting U.S. Pershing missiles
U.S. is not afraid to upset Iran’s mullahs Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A child who has suffered death is always to be mourned; the ruin of another is to be mourned, as well. The stories of Layla and Ammar Ghandour cannot be separated. And neither story can be separated from the vicious way Hamas uses children as both fodder and propaganda.
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Palestinian Authority (PA) has called for a “Day of Rage” to protest the opening of the American Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. “Days of Rage” actually date to the 2011 uprising in Bahrain and have been seen in Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab
Abbas’s desperation tactics Read More »
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