Barghouti Ousts Old Guard in Fatah Leadership Vote Mideast Peace Barghouti Ousts Old Guard in Fatah Leadership Vote Richard Silverstein August 11, 2009 Marwan Barghouti and his fellow Young Guard have beaten the Old Guard decisively in a vote for... Read More Read more about Barghouti Ousts Old Guard in Fatah Leadership Vote
Israeli Human Rights NGOs Endorse Mary Robinson for Medal of Freedom Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israeli Human Rights NGOs Endorse Mary Robinson for Medal of Freedom Richard Silverstein August 11, 2009 The Obama administration recently announced it would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Archbishop Desmond Tutu... Read More Read more about Israeli Human Rights NGOs Endorse Mary Robinson for Medal of Freedom
Aish HaTorah Erects Third Temple Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Aish HaTorah Erects Third Temple Richard Silverstein August 10, 2009 Yes, you read that headline right–almost. Aish’s goal appears to be to hasten the birth pangs of... Read More Read more about Aish HaTorah Erects Third Temple
Dissenting Israeli Diplomat Reassigned to Siberia Mideast Peace Politics & Society Dissenting Israeli Diplomat Reassigned to Siberia Richard Silverstein August 10, 2009 Sol Salbe sent me this funny cartoon about the imagined fate of Israeli consul general (Boston) Nadav... Read More Read more about Dissenting Israeli Diplomat Reassigned to Siberia
Julie & Julia, a Joy Film-TV-Media Military-Tech-Security Julie & Julia, a Joy Richard Silverstein August 10, 2009 Tonight is my 11th wedding anniversary and my wife and I actually got to celebrate thanks to... Read More Read more about Julie & Julia, a Joy
One Honest Israeli Diplomat Mideast Peace Politics & Society One Honest Israeli Diplomat Richard Silverstein August 9, 2009 Rabbi Hillel in Pirkey Avot says: “In a place where there is no human being, endeavor to... Read More Read more about One Honest Israeli Diplomat
If Bibi Wants to Ban Foreign Funding for Israeli NGOs, Start With Moskowitz’s $100-million Mideast Peace If Bibi Wants to Ban Foreign Funding for Israeli NGOs, Start With Moskowitz’s $100-million Richard Silverstein August 9, 2009 One of my readers just conveyed to me a brilliant irony in the recent geshrei by the... Read More Read more about If Bibi Wants to Ban Foreign Funding for Israeli NGOs, Start With Moskowitz’s $100-million
Bibi Advocates Banning Foreign Funding of Israeli NGOs, Echoes Putin’s Russia Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bibi Advocates Banning Foreign Funding of Israeli NGOs, Echoes Putin’s Russia Richard Silverstein August 9, 2009 Despite my criticisms of various Israeli governments, I never thought I’d see one emulate the authoritarianism of... Read More Read more about Bibi Advocates Banning Foreign Funding of Israeli NGOs, Echoes Putin’s Russia
Kenneth Stein Dissociates Himself from StandWithUs Before He Even Speaks Mideast Peace Politics & Society Seattle Kenneth Stein Dissociates Himself from StandWithUs Before He Even Speaks Richard Silverstein August 8, 2009 StandWithUs Northwest is hosting its annual luncheon here in Seattle this October. An ad in this week’s... Read More Read more about Kenneth Stein Dissociates Himself from StandWithUs Before He Even Speaks
Cantor Congressional Delegation Slams U.S. Settlement Policy, Encourages Israeli Settlers Mideast Peace Politics & Society Cantor Congressional Delegation Slams U.S. Settlement Policy, Encourages Israeli Settlers Richard Silverstein August 7, 2009 Rep. Eric Cantor, the second ranking House Republican and only Jewish Republican member, is leading a delegation... Read More Read more about Cantor Congressional Delegation Slams U.S. Settlement Policy, Encourages Israeli Settlers
Irving Moskowitz: Making Jerusalem Arab-rein Mideast Peace Politics & Society Irving Moskowitz: Making Jerusalem Arab-rein Richard Silverstein August 6, 2009 Comment is Free has published today my piece on Irving Moskowitz, the American Jewish financier of the... Read More Read more about Irving Moskowitz: Making Jerusalem Arab-rein
Tom Friedman Heart Fatah Mideast Peace Tom Friedman Heart Fatah Richard Silverstein August 6, 2009 Tom Friedman has long since ceased being relevant in any meaningful way to the debate about the... Read More Read more about Tom Friedman Heart Fatah