Sha’i ben-Tekoa’s articles on the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Midstream, Congress Monthly, the Jerusalem Post and other publications. He has appeared on American Public Broadcasting’s The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Formerly the lead commentator in English for Israel National News (Arutz 7), he is a graduate of Columbia University in Comparative Religion who continued his studies at the University of Chicago and Hebrew University. A traveler in Arab lands, he served in the Yom Kippur War effort of 1973.
In 1991, in preparation for the Arab-Israeli peace conference in Madrid, he worked on assignment for the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir.
Sha’i’ has recently written a MUST READ book called, Phantom Nation. It can be ordered on Amazon.
email Sha’i at:
sbt@deprogramprogram.com
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