Barry Shaw

Israel should insist its war against terrorists in the Gaza Strip “will end if Hamas [Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement] surrenders and releases the hostages,” says Barry Shaw, senior associate for public policy at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. But “the shoe was put on the other foot,” he told participants in the Jewish Policy […]

Where to begin to describe the origins of Israel’s current woes? In the United States, rule of law is based on the Constitution. Israel does not have a constitution. It has what are called Basic Laws and a self-appointed Supreme Court that some would say is undemocratic and occasionally hands down mandates on a government […]