Kerry Led Bankrupt, Failed Peace Talks; Now He Wants Bankrupt, Failed Ceasefire Mideast Peace Kerry Led Bankrupt, Failed Peace Talks; Now He Wants Bankrupt, Failed Ceasefire Richard Silverstein July 23, 2014 I have nothing against John Kerry, really I don’t. He served bravely in the anti-war movement in... Read More Read more about Kerry Led Bankrupt, Failed Peace Talks; Now He Wants Bankrupt, Failed Ceasefire
Gaza War, Day 17: 720 Palestinian Dead, 32 IDF Soldiers Dead Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 17: 720 Palestinian Dead, 32 IDF Soldiers Dead Richard Silverstein July 23, 2014 UPDATE: Israel Army Radio reports that the FAA has lifted its flight ban. FAA confirms this. Haaretz... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 17: 720 Palestinian Dead, 32 IDF Soldiers Dead
Gaza War: Bringing Out the Worst in Israeli Misogyny, Racism Mideast Peace Gaza War: Bringing Out the Worst in Israeli Misogyny, Racism Richard Silverstein July 23, 2014 In last night’s post I noted some of the ghoulish reactions by Israelis to the war, from... Read More Read more about Gaza War: Bringing Out the Worst in Israeli Misogyny, Racism
Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths Mideast Peace Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths Richard Silverstein July 22, 2014 Israeli defense minister, Bogie Yaalon, has been locked in a major fiscal battle with Finance Minister Yair Lapid over... Read More Read more about Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths
Gaza War, Day 15: 28 IDF Dead, Nearly 600 Palestinian Dead, Bibi Derides Hamas’ “Telegenic Dead” Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 15: 28 IDF Dead, Nearly 600 Palestinian Dead, Bibi Derides Hamas’ “Telegenic Dead” Richard Silverstein July 21, 2014 The Gaza War, which began in blood, has turned into a gothic horror story. Faced with a... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 15: 28 IDF Dead, Nearly 600 Palestinian Dead, Bibi Derides Hamas’ “Telegenic Dead”
Gaza War, Day 14: 18 IDF Dead, 430 Palestinian Dead Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 14: 18 IDF Dead, 430 Palestinian Dead Richard Silverstein July 20, 2014 Even for such a bloody war as Operation Protective Edge has turned out to be, the past... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 14: 18 IDF Dead, 430 Palestinian Dead
Gaza War, Day 13, Major ‘Fashla’ Causes First IDF Battle Deaths Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 13, Major ‘Fashla’ Causes First IDF Battle Deaths Richard Silverstein July 19, 2014 Ynet confirms that the first IDF battle deaths which occurred today resulted from a major fashla (“disastrous... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 13, Major ‘Fashla’ Causes First IDF Battle Deaths
Gaza War, Day 12: 303 Palestinian Dead Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 12: 303 Palestinian Dead Richard Silverstein July 19, 2014 When is an invasion not an invasion? When it’s the IDF and they’re killing Palestinians. Then it’s... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 12: 303 Palestinian Dead
Gaza War, Day 11: 246 Palestinian Dead, Ground Invasion! Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 11: 246 Palestinian Dead, Ground Invasion! Richard Silverstein July 18, 2014 Today is the day that brings even more death and destruction than previous days. Israel, tiring of... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 11: 246 Palestinian Dead, Ground Invasion!
International Scholars Declare Opposition to Israel’s Attack on Gaza Mideast Peace International Scholars Declare Opposition to Israel’s Attack on Gaza Richard Silverstein July 17, 2014 Over the past week, I joined together with Stanford Professors David Palumbo-Liu and Joel Beinin to draft... Read More Read more about International Scholars Declare Opposition to Israel’s Attack on Gaza
Gaza War: Day 9, 202 Palestinian Dead Mideast Peace Politics & Society Gaza War: Day 9, 202 Palestinian Dead Richard Silverstein July 16, 2014 Let’s talk about the faux ceasefire. Really a fraudulent ceasefire. Egypt’s ceasefire with no one. My Israeli source,... Read More Read more about Gaza War: Day 9, 202 Palestinian Dead
Gaza War Day 8: 180 Palestinian Dead Mideast Peace Gaza War Day 8: 180 Palestinian Dead Richard Silverstein July 15, 2014 Today marks the first time both sides are seriously discussing a ceasefire. Egypt has brokered a deal... Read More Read more about Gaza War Day 8: 180 Palestinian Dead