Shoshana Bryen
ARTICLES BY: Shoshana Bryen
Why Erdogan’s Turkish Empire Is an Emerging Threat
The world was once a series of empires. The British Empire, at its peak in 1922, covered about a quarter of the Earth's land and...
Once Again, Israel Helps Save the World in Syria
The Assad regime is gone. Sadynaya Prison is liberated, and the depth of the Assad family’s depravity is becoming clear. While the West seems to hold out...
Israel-Hezbollah War: To Cease or Not to Cease
There were reasons for Israel to have accepted an American-authored “ceasefire” agreement with Hezbollah. First, Iran is Israel’s chief security priority, not Hezbollah. In addition, Israel...
New War Goals for Israel? No.
The successful, but limited, Israeli strike on Iranian targets has prompted some analysts to ask if Israel’s war aims have changed -- or suggest that...
The 11th Blinken Visit Was No Better Than the First 10
He’s gone. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Qatar and then to Jordan to dissect his meetings in Israel. What have we learned?...
Israel Must Control the Philadelphi Corridor: Egypt Won’t
The city of Rafah in Gaza is only half of the city of Rafah. Therein lies the story of Egypt and terror tunnels -- why...
Egypt: Israel’s Alleged ‘Peace Partner’
In capturing Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Israel uncovered more than 50 smuggling tunnels -- some large enough to drive trucks through. Big...
China’s Malicious Influence in the Middle East
More than a dozen Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, signed a joint declaration in Beijing last month to create an interim unity government that would...
The US Shouldn’t Want a Ceasefire in Gaza; It Should Want the Defeat of Hamas
It appears that the US may have found a ceasefire formula for Gaza; or it may not have. Hamas, it appears, has already announced that it...
Israel Secured Food Aid to the Palestinians — Not the US or Egypt
It turns out that there are two ways to open the humanitarian corridor from Rafah through Egypt, which Egypt nailed shut in early November. One is...
UN Admits Hamas Lied on Casualty Numbers; But the Damage Is Done
Numbers are funny things. After shouting about Israel and "genocide" -- and touting Hamas' casualty numbers with no verification and obvious flaws -- the UN changed...
The Rafah Operation and Yom HaShoah: What’s the Meaning of ‘Never Again’?
Israel’s opening entry into Rafah in Gaza coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). Israel’s plans and the Biden administration’s response should be understood...
Appeasing Iran Will Lead to More Attacks on All of Us
American newspaper columnists, Substack posters, X users, talking heads, and other analysts all knew when and how Israel would respond to the Iranian drone, rocket,...
Israel Must Carry Out Its Mission, and Ignore Biden and Sullivan
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan thinks Israel is making a major error. “A major ground operation [in Rafah by Israel against Hamas] would be a...
