Barry Shaw

Britain, in or out? A view.

Britain votes on Thursday to stay in the EU, or leave. Discussions have centered on the economic consequences. Figures have been thrown at both sides of the argument.

Palestinian terror conflicts with Israeli liberal progressive values

When Israel displays so-called "liberal progressive values" to people intent on attacking our state and killing Jews the direct and immediate result is Palestinian terror and the murder of Israelis.

A British Palestinian girl wins an award for lying

A Ted-type rant has gained much exposure over the social media. It was made by a Palestinian Muslim girl, Leanne Mohamad, dressed cutely in her British school uniform, giving a one-sided diatribe for a "free Palestine."

Real Clear Thoughts on BDS “free speech” to Misguided Governments

The news that the Dutch have followed the Swedes in declaring BDS messaging as free speech leaves me perplexed. Let me see if I’ve got this right.

The Myth of Palestinian Sovereignty Claims

The Israeli Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), of which I am a proud member and the Senior Associate for Public Diplomacy, is dedicated to presenting hard facts to politicians, diplomats, journalists, think tanks and the general public on issues relating to Israel and its dispute with the Arab world and the broader international community.

The Insanity of a Palestinian State

Incitement and anti-Semitic hate are spewing out of the mouths of Palestinian leaders, empty words designed to perpetuate Palestinian self-promotion as the perennial victim when, in truth, they are only the victims of their own emptiness, the constant eruption of violence against Israelis from Palestinian Arabs raised to hate Jews and destroy Israel.

Belgium fell asleep at their guard post

Western intelligence services repeatedly warned Belgium of a serious and imminent terror threat. They even gave the intended targets, the airport and the underground system, but Belgian security services failed to take the necessary preventative measures that may have stopped the huge loss of life and injury on March 22 in Brussels.

Jesus at the Check Post

It’s that crazy Christian time of year in Bethlehem where traditional beliefs are thrown out of the church window. March 7-10 will see the fourth rendering of that anti-Israel libel ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ played out yet again.

A new tactic against BDS – laugh at them

Much has been written lately about BDS. People seem to be really concerned. It reminds me of the dread of the bogeyman in the broom cupboard. The fear is far, far, greater than the reality.

The Dangerous Hope of Two-Staters

I am in bewilderment of those who have made a fifty year career, costing billions of dollars, in pursuit of an elusive Two-State Solution.

The Israeli Government and Public Diplomacy; A National Disgrace.

It is disgraceful how incompetent the Israeli government is when it comes to public diplomacy. It’s not only shockingly bad, it’s actually dangerously damaging to us. They are so bad that, if I were Donald Trump, I would tell all of them, “You’re fired!”

How the Western media and world leaders have Israeli blood on their hands

When people of sound minds display clear signs of deviation from reality it demands of us to examine the symptom and expose the defect. For quite some time, Israelis and others that have clear-eyed views of the world have been increasingly troubled by leading influence and opinion makers who seem to have wandered off into some unvirtuous virtual world of their own.

Defeat BDS the non-government way

Government should concentrate on international diplomacy and leave public diplomacy to non-government organizations and Zionist groups which it must help with funding. The Israeli government has 108 delegations abroad, and plans to close 6 of them.

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Building a case around a fraud

Boycott, Divestment, Sanction campaigns are not built on any solid foundation. They are built on a hypothesis, hypothesis being a proposed explanation based on limited evidence, or no evidence at all. It is used by BDS as their starting point and its lack of intellectual depth and honesty is draped in a mantle of emotional claims and sloganeering. No need to elaborate or produce facts or statistics. Emotional sloganeering is more effective in rousing support.

BDS Lies, Intimidation, Violence, British Academia 2016

The dogma of unreasoned hate pervades the atmosphere in seats of higher learning and research as campaigners for an end to Israel make dangerous inroads into the once hallowed hallways of British academia.

European liberal left leaves Europe in decay. Blames the victim for failed policies

Recent incidents highlighted the dangerously failed European left-wing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality and judgment.

Why BDS can't win

In January 2016 a group of emergency relief experts from Indonesia joined their counterparts from India and Sri Lanka in a six day disaster and emergency education seminar in Israel.

Palestinian incitement is the cause of Palestinian terror, not despair or settlements

BDS LIES when it says that Palestinian violence and terror are caused by “the despair of occupation and oppression.”

BDS LIES when it calls our brave IDF soldiers "war criminals."

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) LIES when they call our brave soldiers "war criminals" and accuse the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of "war crimes." So let me introduce non-Israel, non-Jewish neutral experts to give their opinion.

The Anti-Israel Irritant that is really Anti-Semitism

A Netanya friend, an ex-South African now living in Israel, is back from a visit to Toronto. He related to me an unpleasant incident in this lovely Canadian city.