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
***** 5 star reviews:
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“…an amazing document…” – Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, PhD, Director American Center for Democracy
“The great strength of this book is its remarkable detail of facts that will allow for a better understanding of what the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is all about. The book should be read by all… – Carla Siegel
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The almost coalition crisis, Muslims crazier than Germans and the fraud of BDS. Phantom Nation 29Aug – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION or listen LIVE: Mondays: 10am ET / …Keep Reading!
Sha’i compares the numerous Islamic groups in Gaza and the PLO’s similar chaos and dismisses Avigdor Lieberman’s new “big idea.” Phantom Nation 22Aug – PODCAST CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION …Keep Reading!
Sha’i analyzes the Arabs’ theft of the Temple Mount, Israel’s wretched policy and how to change it. Phantom Nation 15Aug – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION or listen LIVE: …Keep Reading!
World Vision and other NGOs: Antisemitism cloaked as charity. Also, Israel’s post-Jewish drive for normalcy and kashering Hamas. Phantom Nation 08Aug – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION or listen …Keep Reading!
Sha’i deconstructs the lie of territories illegally occupied by Israel. It’s the Arabs who are the illegal occupiers. Also, the Pope’s pathetic reaction to Auschwitz…and not “radical Muslims.” Just Muslims… Phantom Nation 01Aug – SHOW …Keep Reading!
Sha’i takes on the assault of Jewishness that is the crusade for sexual deviance. Phantom Nation 25Jul – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION or listen LIVE: Mondays: 10am ET …Keep Reading!
Sha’i tackles the current hot topics of more Muslim terror, the Druze, the French, the “Gays” and Reform’s lost sheep. Phantom Nation 18Jul – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION …Keep Reading!
Sha’i ponders the endless fraternal violence among the Arabs who kill far more of their own than Jews. Phantom Nation 11Jul – SHOW CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST EDITIONS OF PHANTOM NATION or listen …Keep Reading!
Sha’i tells of the double glory of this day 40 years ago versus the endless cruelty of the Ishmaelites who Sha’i says are Hamites – not Semites – unfit for self-rule. Phantom Nation 04Jul – …Keep Reading!
Sha’i analyzes why it was the English and not the UK who voted to flee the EU. He also explores why the EU hosted the PLO’s No. 1 anti-Semite and Europe’s chronic need to drive …Keep Reading!
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