Saban Seeks 50% of Al Jazeera Film-TV-Media Mideast Peace Saban Seeks 50% of Al Jazeera Richard Silverstein October 9, 2009 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers take over the Arab world!! Haaretz reports that Israeli-American media mogul, Haim Saban,... Read More Read more about Saban Seeks 50% of Al Jazeera
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize Politics & Society Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize Richard Silverstein October 9, 2009 You could knock me over with a feather. I just heard this news and it’s a shocker. ... Read More Read more about Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Forward Attacks Goldstone, Poorly Mideast Peace The Forward Attacks Goldstone, Poorly Richard Silverstein October 9, 2009 Larry Cohler Esses, the Jewish Forward’s able assistant editor, alerted me to a new article by Gal... Read More Read more about The Forward Attacks Goldstone, Poorly
McCain, Goldberg Join Ranks of Iran Realists Mideast Peace Politics & Society McCain, Goldberg Join Ranks of Iran Realists Richard Silverstein October 8, 2009 The ranks of the Iran realists are swelling every day and recruits come from the unlikeliest of... Read More Read more about McCain, Goldberg Join Ranks of Iran Realists
StandWithUs Lies About J Street Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society StandWithUs Lies About J Street Richard Silverstein October 7, 2009 StandWithUs, which will co-sponsor an anti-Iran conference here in Seattle later this month, has disseminated a lie-filled... Read More Read more about StandWithUs Lies About J Street
Libya Forces UN Security Council to Take Up Goldstone Report Mideast Peace Politics & Society Libya Forces UN Security Council to Take Up Goldstone Report Richard Silverstein October 7, 2009 Wow, when a nation like Libya makes your human rights record look bad, you know you’ve hit... Read More Read more about Libya Forces UN Security Council to Take Up Goldstone Report
U.S. Stifling of Goldstone Report, Yet Another Major Political Gaffe Mideast Peace Politics & Society U.S. Stifling of Goldstone Report, Yet Another Major Political Gaffe Richard Silverstein October 5, 2009 Thanks to Paul Woodward (and Rupa Shah) for pointing me to a terrific blog post by Marc... Read More Read more about U.S. Stifling of Goldstone Report, Yet Another Major Political Gaffe
J Street National Conference, Progressive I-P Blogger Panel Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society J Street National Conference, Progressive I-P Blogger Panel Richard Silverstein October 5, 2009 I want to urge you to attend, if possible, J Street’s national conference, Driving Change, Securing Peace,... Read More Read more about J Street National Conference, Progressive I-P Blogger Panel
IDF: ‘L’Etat, C’est Moi’ Mideast Peace IDF: ‘L’Etat, C’est Moi’ Richard Silverstein October 4, 2009 It warms the cockles of my heart that Moshe ‘Bogie’ Yaalon, deputy prime minister and former IDF... Read More Read more about IDF: ‘L’Etat, C’est Moi’
U.S. Policy ‘Drafted in Tel Aviv?’ Mideast Peace U.S. Policy ‘Drafted in Tel Aviv?’ Richard Silverstein October 4, 2009 Is Barack Obama Israel’s running dog? Yes, I know it’s harsh. But how else can you think... Read More Read more about U.S. Policy ‘Drafted in Tel Aviv?’
Abbas: ‘Just Who’s the Boss Around Here? Not Me, That’s for Sure.’ Mideast Peace Abbas: ‘Just Who’s the Boss Around Here? Not Me, That’s for Sure.’ Richard Silverstein October 4, 2009 If this wasn’t so tragic it would be funny in a dark sort of way: In the... Read More Read more about Abbas: ‘Just Who’s the Boss Around Here? Not Me, That’s for Sure.’
Palestinian Human Rights Groups Protest PA’s Dumping of Goldstone Inquiry; PA Economics Minister Resigns Mideast Peace Politics & Society Palestinian Human Rights Groups Protest PA’s Dumping of Goldstone Inquiry; PA Economics Minister Resigns Richard Silverstein October 3, 2009 The major Palestinian human rights organizations (16 in all)–including Badil, Adalah, Al Haq, and Arab Association for... Read More Read more about Palestinian Human Rights Groups Protest PA’s Dumping of Goldstone Inquiry; PA Economics Minister Resigns