K'Cholmim is happy to bring to our readers "The View From Here" written by Barry Shaw.

Barry Shaw made aliyah from Manchester, England 25 years ago with his family. He spent eleven years on various kibbutzim, ending up at Mishmar HaSharon, the same kibbutz that served as home to Ehud Barak. After leaving the kibbutz for Netanya, Barry Shaw set up a busy real estate office in Netanya.

A former believer in the Oslo process and a former leftist, Barry Shaw voted for Rabin, Peres, Barak, as he firmly believed that Israel should make painful concessions to the Palestinians for the sake of peace. "No longer. The Palestinians have proven to the world the type of state that they would establish. There is no need for yet another radical and violent Islamic entity, especially not as a neighbor of Israel."

Members and readers of the K'Cholmim website and organization, we bring you our first syndicated columnist, Barry Shaw, creator of "The View From Here". K'Cholmim will be posting Barry Shaw's articles as they appear.