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Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center and editor of inFOCUS Quarterly.

The United States and Israel find themselves in a war they didn’t ask for, don’t want, but have to win.
Perhaps the Iranian nuclear scientist died of natural causes and the Iranian government decided to make a story out of it.
Is it possible for Israel to “normalize” relations with a P.A. or Hamas that won’t commit to the U.N. Resolution 242 or the Abraham Accords?
Everything we are as Americans—and everything we want for and from others—is determined in some measure by how we define our friends and allies, and how we defend against our adversaries.
First, “land for peace” was never viable. The Palestinian goal was presumed to be “land” and Israel’s was “peace.” But “peace” is not a negotiable property.
The “Abraham Accord” is a major breakthrough, aided by American leadership and exceptionalism.
DeSean Jackson said his goal was to elevate African-Americans. That has been the goal of some pretty amazing people right here in America—black and white—for a long time.
The United States believes that Israel has waited long enough to redeem promises by the United Nations, and in the absence of Palestinian engagement, Israel is entitled to begin the process of securing its border in the east: in Judea and Samaria.
Europe wants to know what Israel knows and to do what Israel does, especially when it comes to matters such as security, defense, technology and the coronavirus.