Chemical Weapons and Moral Hypocrisy Mideast Peace Chemical Weapons and Moral Hypocrisy Richard Silverstein September 13, 2013 While the Syrian regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons is a criminal act if true, and deserving... Read More Read more about Chemical Weapons and Moral Hypocrisy
NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Data on U.S. Citizens with Israel Mideast Peace NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Data on U.S. Citizens with Israel Richard Silverstein September 11, 2013 Glenn Greenwald drops another bombshell today, revealing that the NSA shares vast amounts of unfiltered data with... Read More Read more about NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Data on U.S. Citizens with Israel
Support Tikun Olam Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Support Tikun Olam Richard Silverstein September 11, 2013 Today, I received the bill from my webhost, WordPress Engine, for the coming year’s worth of hosting:... Read More Read more about Support Tikun Olam
Conceding the Inevitable, Obama’s Backs Down Mideast Peace Politics & Society Conceding the Inevitable, Obama’s Backs Down Richard Silverstein September 10, 2013 I have to admit, I thought tonight’s speech was going to go in a different direction: I... Read More Read more about Conceding the Inevitable, Obama’s Backs Down
Has Obama’s Syria Defeat Rendered Attack on Iran Impossible? Mideast Peace Has Obama’s Syria Defeat Rendered Attack on Iran Impossible? Richard Silverstein September 10, 2013 The American people have wisely defeated Pres. Obama’s ill-fated plan to attack Syria. They’ve prevented him from... Read More Read more about Has Obama’s Syria Defeat Rendered Attack on Iran Impossible?
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: All’s Not Well in the Kingdom of Oz Mideast Peace Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: All’s Not Well in the Kingdom of Oz Richard Silverstein September 10, 2013 Jodi Rudoren published a NY Times story today noting that the uncharacteristic silence to which all parties... Read More Read more about Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: All’s Not Well in the Kingdom of Oz
J Street Punts on Syria Mideast Peace J Street Punts on Syria Richard Silverstein September 9, 2013 Last Friday, a J Street press officer told Buzzfeed that it had not developed a position concerning... Read More Read more about J Street Punts on Syria
U.S. House Closing in on 218 Votes Opposing Syria Attack Mideast Peace U.S. House Closing in on 218 Votes Opposing Syria Attack Richard Silverstein September 7, 2013 The unthinkable may be about to happen. As Washington prepares for a series of dramatic debates and... Read More Read more about U.S. House Closing in on 218 Votes Opposing Syria Attack
Gallup Poll on Syria Attack: Lowest Support of Any U.S. Intervention in Past 20 Years Mideast Peace Gallup Poll on Syria Attack: Lowest Support of Any U.S. Intervention in Past 20 Years Richard Silverstein September 7, 2013 Gallup has just released its latest poll tracking U.S. opinion on attacking Syria. It finds that of... Read More Read more about Gallup Poll on Syria Attack: Lowest Support of Any U.S. Intervention in Past 20 Years
McCain Plays iPhone Poker While Advocating That Damascus Burns Mideast Peace McCain Plays iPhone Poker While Advocating That Damascus Burns Richard Silverstein September 5, 2013 I was infuriated by the goading tone of John McCain’s questioning of Obama officials during yesterday’s Senate... Read More Read more about McCain Plays iPhone Poker While Advocating That Damascus Burns
Rosh Hashanah 5774 Mideast Peace Rosh Hashanah 5774 Richard Silverstein September 5, 2013 Given the fateful events happening right now in Syria and Egypt and the possibility for similar ones... Read More Read more about Rosh Hashanah 5774
Gloves Come Off: Israel Lobby Goes All-In for Syrian Intervention, While New York Times Self-Censors Mideast Peace Gloves Come Off: Israel Lobby Goes All-In for Syrian Intervention, While New York Times Self-Censors Richard Silverstein September 3, 2013 Today’s the day I knew was coming. Despite the fact that Jodi Rudoren mistakenly said that the... Read More Read more about Gloves Come Off: Israel Lobby Goes All-In for Syrian Intervention, While New York Times Self-Censors