Egypt Arrests Israeli Activist Traveling to Gaza Mideast Peace Egypt Arrests Israeli Activist Traveling to Gaza Richard Silverstein December 31, 2012 Last summer, after leaving IDF service, Andrei Pshenichnikov, age 24, underwent a radical political conversion. He began... Read More Read more about Egypt Arrests Israeli Activist Traveling to Gaza
Support Tikun Olam: 2012 Year-End Appeal Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Support Tikun Olam: 2012 Year-End Appeal Richard Silverstein December 31, 2012 Support Tikun Olam Every year I write this post asking for readers to step forward and support... Read More Read more about Support Tikun Olam: 2012 Year-End Appeal
Chuck Hagel, Knifed in the Back by the Lobby Mideast Peace Chuck Hagel, Knifed in the Back by the Lobby Richard Silverstein December 28, 2012 As I wrote a few days ago when many were whispering that Chuck Hagel’s chances of becoming... Read More Read more about Chuck Hagel, Knifed in the Back by the Lobby
Meir Javedanfar: Iran “Analyst” as Pro-Israel Cipher Mideast Peace Meir Javedanfar: Iran “Analyst” as Pro-Israel Cipher Richard Silverstein December 27, 2012 The impasse between Iran and the west has produced a bumper crop of Iranian opportunists who’ve latched... Read More Read more about Meir Javedanfar: Iran “Analyst” as Pro-Israel Cipher
Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights Mideast Peace Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights Richard Silverstein December 26, 2012 A few days ago, Amira Hass wrote a story in Haaretz about a Shabak interrogation of Israeli... Read More Read more about Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights
A People’s Christmas Folk & World Music Politics & Society A People’s Christmas Richard Silverstein December 25, 2012 This may be the only time in the history of this blog that you’ll see a post... Read More Read more about A People’s Christmas
Ariel Becomes Israel’s New University of Occupation Mideast Peace Ariel Becomes Israel’s New University of Occupation Richard Silverstein December 25, 2012 The Israeli government, after debating for five years, has approved the application of Ariel College to be... Read More Read more about Ariel Becomes Israel’s New University of Occupation
Ayalon Spills Guts to Police, Prosecutor Considers More Serious Charges Against Lieberman Mideast Peace Ayalon Spills Guts to Police, Prosecutor Considers More Serious Charges Against Lieberman Richard Silverstein December 24, 2012 I’m not sure which saying is more appropriate for this post: there’s (no) honor among thieves; or... Read More Read more about Ayalon Spills Guts to Police, Prosecutor Considers More Serious Charges Against Lieberman
Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby Mideast Peace Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby Richard Silverstein December 23, 2012 Jewish lobby–Israel lobby, what does it matter? No matter what you call it, this phantom that has... Read More Read more about Obama Farms Out Defense, Foreign Policy to Israel Lobby
Time Magazine Photos of the Year Mideast Peace Time Magazine Photos of the Year Richard Silverstein December 22, 2012 Time Magazine has named the best photos of 2012 and the first one is an image from... Read More Read more about Time Magazine Photos of the Year
Jerusalem Post’s Self-Censorship Protects Leading Religious Leader, Cleanses Israeli Racism Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Jerusalem Post’s Self-Censorship Protects Leading Religious Leader, Cleanses Israeli Racism Richard Silverstein December 20, 2012 This post began the way a good number of them do: an enterprising Israeli noticed a newspaper... Read More Read more about Jerusalem Post’s Self-Censorship Protects Leading Religious Leader, Cleanses Israeli Racism
MK Zoabi Disqualified for Knesset Mideast Peace MK Zoabi Disqualified for Knesset Richard Silverstein December 19, 2012 An Israeli Knesset election committee voted to bar Israeli Palestinian MK Haneen Zoabi from running in next... Read More Read more about MK Zoabi Disqualified for Knesset