Hamas Terror Attack Unmasks Fatal Weakness of Peace Talks Mideast Peace Politics & Society Hamas Terror Attack Unmasks Fatal Weakness of Peace Talks Richard Silverstein August 31, 2010 There have been so many miscalculations going into the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks one hardly knows where to... Read More Read more about Hamas Terror Attack Unmasks Fatal Weakness of Peace Talks
‘President Peres: Save Us from Ourselves’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society ‘President Peres: Save Us from Ourselves’ Richard Silverstein August 30, 2010 Noted Yediot Achronot columist, Yigal Sarna, writes a plaintive “letter to the President,” asking Shimon Peres to... Read More Read more about ‘President Peres: Save Us from Ourselves’
New Israel Fund ‘Jewish Homeland’ Controversy Mideast Peace New Israel Fund ‘Jewish Homeland’ Controversy Richard Silverstein August 30, 2010 I posted here about the controversy concerning NIF’s new guidelines as reported by Nathan Guttman in The... Read More Read more about New Israel Fund ‘Jewish Homeland’ Controversy
Israeli Intelligence Leaks Syrian-Hezbollah War Defense Plans to Arab Media Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israeli Intelligence Leaks Syrian-Hezbollah War Defense Plans to Arab Media Richard Silverstein August 30, 2010 The Kuwaiti newspaper, al Rai, reports that Syria and Hezbollah have agreed to a wide ranging intelligence... Read More Read more about Israeli Intelligence Leaks Syrian-Hezbollah War Defense Plans to Arab Media
New Israel Fund Caving to Im Tirzu Pressure? Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace New Israel Fund Caving to Im Tirzu Pressure? Richard Silverstein August 28, 2010 New Jewish Israel Fund or Not Arab Israel Fund The Forward brings distressing news that the New... Read More Read more about New Israel Fund Caving to Im Tirzu Pressure?
Israeli Preparations for War With Iran, Hezbollah AND Syria? Mideast Peace Israeli Preparations for War With Iran, Hezbollah AND Syria? Richard Silverstein August 28, 2010 I cringe when I have to write blog posts like this because with every fiber of my... Read More Read more about Israeli Preparations for War With Iran, Hezbollah AND Syria?
Israeli Actors Refuse to Perform in Settlements Mideast Peace Israeli Actors Refuse to Perform in Settlements Richard Silverstein August 27, 2010 After Israel’s leading theater companies announced they would appear for the first time in an Israeli settlement,... Read More Read more about Israeli Actors Refuse to Perform in Settlements
Video Chronicles Israeli Effort to ‘Disappear’ Bedouin Village Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Video Chronicles Israeli Effort to ‘Disappear’ Bedouin Village Richard Silverstein August 27, 2010 This N.Y. Times video of the Bedouin inhabitants of Al Araqeeb, chronicles the violent extinction of their... Read More Read more about Video Chronicles Israeli Effort to ‘Disappear’ Bedouin Village
IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups Richard Silverstein August 27, 2010 A number of progressive Jewish bloggers have been shreying for years (it feels like) about both the... Read More Read more about IRS Finally Getting ‘Religion’ on American Jewish Settler Support Groups
Dennis Ross Defines Israel’s ‘Center-Left’ Mideast Peace Dennis Ross Defines Israel’s ‘Center-Left’ Richard Silverstein August 27, 2010 I’m always tickled by the little howlers that the N.Y. Times Israel correspondents introduce into their copy... Read More Read more about Dennis Ross Defines Israel’s ‘Center-Left’
Recruiting Brecht to Whitewash Occupation Mideast Peace Recruiting Brecht to Whitewash Occupation Richard Silverstein August 26, 2010 Poor Bertolt Brecht. He’s rolling over in his grave after learning that Israel’s cultural commissars are exploiting... Read More Read more about Recruiting Brecht to Whitewash Occupation
Israeli Military Censor Forces Youpost to Delete Name of Incoming Shabak Chief, Yitzhak Ilan Mideast Peace Israeli Military Censor Forces Youpost to Delete Name of Incoming Shabak Chief, Yitzhak Ilan Richard Silverstein August 26, 2010 Israeli censorship strikes again. Despite several instances in which Rechavia Berman has successfully violated Israeli gag orders... Read More Read more about Israeli Military Censor Forces Youpost to Delete Name of Incoming Shabak Chief, Yitzhak Ilan