Comments on: Reut Institute Maps Israel’s Intelligence War Against Enemies http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Israel Is Losing Its ‘Legitimacy’, Its Moral Legitimacy : Veterans Today http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-123253 Israel Is Losing Its ‘Legitimacy’, Its Moral Legitimacy : Veterans Today Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:31:08 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-123253 [...] victim. (I’m sure my Israeli friends have much to say on this phenomenon.) The people at Israel’s Reut Institute have also mastered this unpleasant juxtaposition of aggression and [...] [...] victim. (I’m sure my Israeli friends have much to say on this phenomenon.) The people at Israel’s Reut Institute have also mastered this unpleasant juxtaposition of aggression and [...]

]]> By: MuzzleWatch » What the Reut Institute is really afraid of, one person-one vote http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-123006 MuzzleWatch » What the Reut Institute is really afraid of, one person-one vote Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:32:54 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-123006 [...] victim. (I’m sure my Israeli friends have much to say on this phenomenon.) The people at Israel’s Reut Institute have also mastered this unpleasant juxtaposition of aggression and [...] [...] victim. (I’m sure my Israeli friends have much to say on this phenomenon.) The people at Israel’s Reut Institute have also mastered this unpleasant juxtaposition of aggression and [...]

]]> By: Julia http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-121195 Julia Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:29:14 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-121195 Saw this on mondoweiss. This is like...insane. I am serious, these folks have totally lost it. How to they expect this kind of nonsense PR to work? They are demanding war with Iran, decimiating Gaza, pissing off everyone from Turkey to Russia...I mean deliberately insulting and pissing off almost everyone on earth with petty thug behavior...and think a PR campaign is going to help that? Beam me up Scotty! The leading peace advocates and writers in the US need to be careful...don't stop but be careful...I'am serious. Calling you existential threats is the step before some nut among them or some nut they have riled up tries to disappear you for good. Saw this on mondoweiss.

This is like…insane.
I am serious, these folks have totally lost it.
How to they expect this kind of nonsense PR to work?

They are demanding war with Iran, decimiating Gaza, pissing off everyone from Turkey to Russia…I mean deliberately insulting and pissing off almost everyone on earth with petty thug behavior…and think a PR campaign is going to help that?

Beam me up Scotty!

The leading peace advocates and writers in the US need to be careful…don’t stop but be careful…I’am serious.
Calling you existential threats is the step before some nut among them or some nut they have riled up tries to disappear you for good.

]]> By: MuzzleWatch » Think tank tells Israeli government to declare war on peace groups http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-121006 MuzzleWatch » Think tank tells Israeli government to declare war on peace groups Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:55:46 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-121006 [...] (Now, more of the report is available on-line, including a cool animated PowerPoint! Read terrific in-depth pieces on the new material by Ali Abunimah and Richard Silverstein.) [...] [...] (Now, more of the report is available on-line, including a cool animated PowerPoint! Read terrific in-depth pieces on the new material by Ali Abunimah and Richard Silverstein.) [...]

]]> By: mary http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-120965 mary Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:17:05 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-120965 I read today in Haaretz that has both Lieberman and Ayalon saying that "radical Islam" is responsible for the negative image of Israel around the world, that somehow I guess "radical Islam" is controlling all the news outlets, human rights organizations, and people like me, and that Israel's poor image has nothing to do with its atrocious actions and policies. I laughed aloud, imagining radical Islam being behind the phosphorus bombings of Gaza, the building of illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the most recent (probable) Mossad adventure in Dubai. The Reut report seems to be tailor-made to reinforce the state of denial that is Israel. I read today in Haaretz that has both Lieberman and Ayalon saying that “radical Islam” is responsible for the negative image of Israel around the world, that somehow I guess “radical Islam” is controlling all the news outlets, human rights organizations, and people like me, and that Israel’s poor image has nothing to do with its atrocious actions and policies. I laughed aloud, imagining radical Islam being behind the phosphorus bombings of Gaza, the building of illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the most recent (probable) Mossad adventure in Dubai. The Reut report seems to be tailor-made to reinforce the state of denial that is Israel.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-120953 Richard Silverstein Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:53:56 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-120953 <blockquote>My political bearings are hardly the issue here.</blockquote> You mean yr liberal Zionism and your affection for the noxious Reut Institute are hardly the issue? On the contrary, they are precisely the issue. Excuse me, I didn't realize Palestine was somehow responsible for issuing the Reut report & the atrocious policy suggestions it contains. BTW, are you also in accord with Reut's suggestion that Israel should "sabotage" the work (& possibly lives) of its ideological opponents? Just curious where you come down on such hanky panky. I'm also rather surprised considering yr intelligence that you resort to the usual false attribution of views to me I do not hold--namely that only Israel is at fault for this tragedy. However, I know we part company in where we attribute the vast share of responsibility for this tragedy--to Israel far the stronger party politically, economically, militarily. With far the more intransigent gov't & far the more brutal & lethal policies. And last I checked it was Israel holding conquered territory for 40 yrs. & not the only way round. You might learn something if you hung around here longer instead of vanishing as you have. But I agree it's far more conducive for you to hang out at the usual liberal Zionist spots than here.

My political bearings are hardly the issue here.

You mean yr liberal Zionism and your affection for the noxious Reut Institute are hardly the issue? On the contrary, they are precisely the issue.

Excuse me, I didn’t realize Palestine was somehow responsible for issuing the Reut report & the atrocious policy suggestions it contains. BTW, are you also in accord with Reut’s suggestion that Israel should “sabotage” the work (& possibly lives) of its ideological opponents? Just curious where you come down on such hanky panky.

I’m also rather surprised considering yr intelligence that you resort to the usual false attribution of views to me I do not hold–namely that only Israel is at fault for this tragedy. However, I know we part company in where we attribute the vast share of responsibility for this tragedy–to Israel far the stronger party politically, economically, militarily. With far the more intransigent gov’t & far the more brutal & lethal policies. And last I checked it was Israel holding conquered territory for 40 yrs. & not the only way round.

You might learn something if you hung around here longer instead of vanishing as you have. But I agree it’s far more conducive for you to hang out at the usual liberal Zionist spots than here.

]]> By: Leonard Fein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/02/15/reut-institutes-utimate-paranoia-world-is-out-to-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-120951 Leonard Fein Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=10234#comment-120951 Gene: Yes, the prospective beneficiaries are surely not cooperating. Often, they appear to be subverting. So? Does that mean that those of us who endorse a two-state solution should simply tell them to go to hell, they deserve what they get? I fail to see the hypocrisy of opposing government policies that are offensive. Richard: My political bearings are hardly the issue here. Your ideological bearings, which enable you to say that "Israel and Israel alone" is to blame, as if we were witness not to a genuine tragedy but to a villain vs. a hero, are the issue. But: It's your blog and your Manichaean view that prevails here. So I will withdraw from this argument. Gene: Yes, the prospective beneficiaries are surely not cooperating. Often, they appear to be subverting. So? Does that mean that those of us who endorse a two-state solution should simply tell them to go to hell, they deserve what they get? I fail to see the hypocrisy of opposing government policies that are offensive.

Richard: My political bearings are hardly the issue here. Your ideological bearings, which enable you to say that “Israel and Israel alone” is to blame, as if we were witness not to a genuine tragedy but to a villain vs. a hero, are the issue. But: It’s your blog and your Manichaean view that prevails here. So I will withdraw from this argument.

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