IDF Battalion Commander Accused of Sexual Harassment, Driving Soldiers to Suicide, and Financial Irregularities Mideast Peace IDF Battalion Commander Accused of Sexual Harassment, Driving Soldiers to Suicide, and Financial Irregularities Richard Silverstein December 17, 2014 Israeli media reported today (Hebrew) that an IDF battalion commander had been accused of sexual misconduct. The report... Read More Read more about IDF Battalion Commander Accused of Sexual Harassment, Driving Soldiers to Suicide, and Financial Irregularities
IDF Tries to Lie Its Way Out of Another Arrow Missile Test Failure Mideast Peace IDF Tries to Lie Its Way Out of Another Arrow Missile Test Failure Richard Silverstein December 16, 2014 Reuters reports that the latest test launch of Israel’s most sophisticated long-range missile defense system, the Arrow... Read More Read more about IDF Tries to Lie Its Way Out of Another Arrow Missile Test Failure
Tablet Magazine: “Hip, Hawkish” and the Darling of Pro-Israel Philanthropy Mideast Peace Tablet Magazine: “Hip, Hawkish” and the Darling of Pro-Israel Philanthropy Richard Silverstein December 16, 2014 This is the first of a two-post series that will appear today and tomorrow. Read part 2... Read More Read more about Tablet Magazine: “Hip, Hawkish” and the Darling of Pro-Israel Philanthropy
Tikun Olam and Tzedakah: Afflicting the Comfortable and Comforting the Afflicted Mideast Peace Tikun Olam and Tzedakah: Afflicting the Comfortable and Comforting the Afflicted Richard Silverstein December 16, 2014 I’ve been quiet for the past few days because I’ve been preparing a major profile-expose of a... Read More Read more about Tikun Olam and Tzedakah: Afflicting the Comfortable and Comforting the Afflicted
Shin Bet Secretly Arrests, Imprisons Texas Christian Fundamentalist for Planning Dome of the Rock Terror Attack Mideast Peace Shin Bet Secretly Arrests, Imprisons Texas Christian Fundamentalist for Planning Dome of the Rock Terror Attack Richard Silverstein December 9, 2014 Last month, I discovered the Shabak was secretly holding a foreign citizen on suspicion of serious security... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Secretly Arrests, Imprisons Texas Christian Fundamentalist for Planning Dome of the Rock Terror Attack
Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore” Mideast Peace Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore” Richard Silverstein December 8, 2014 An earlier version of this essay was published by Middle East Eye, whom I thank for offering... Read More Read more about Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore”
Scoop: Arsonists Who Burned Jewish-Palestinian School Arrested, Identified Here Mideast Peace Scoop: Arsonists Who Burned Jewish-Palestinian School Arrested, Identified Here Richard Silverstein December 7, 2014 The Shabak today arrested several suspects in the arson attack on the Max Rayne School, which is... Read More Read more about Scoop: Arsonists Who Burned Jewish-Palestinian School Arrested, Identified Here
Israel Establishes Syrian Rebel Base in Israel, Treats Radical Islamist Wounded Mideast Peace Israel Establishes Syrian Rebel Base in Israel, Treats Radical Islamist Wounded Richard Silverstein December 7, 2014 UPDATE: Within hours of originally publishing this post, Arab media reported that Israeli war planes attacked two... Read More Read more about Israel Establishes Syrian Rebel Base in Israel, Treats Radical Islamist Wounded
Will Obama Impose Sanctions Against Israel? Mideast Peace Will Obama Impose Sanctions Against Israel? Richard Silverstein December 6, 2014 Move over Iran and North Korea, there may be a new member of the U.S. Sanctions Club:... Read More Read more about Will Obama Impose Sanctions Against Israel?
Israeli Cyber-Security Merchant Peddles Wares Secretly in United Arab Emirates Mideast Peace Israeli Cyber-Security Merchant Peddles Wares Secretly in United Arab Emirates Richard Silverstein December 4, 2014 For those who follow my Twitter feed, you’ll recall a tweet I published based on a Haaretz... Read More Read more about Israeli Cyber-Security Merchant Peddles Wares Secretly in United Arab Emirates
Standwithus Honors Israeli Ex-MK and Local “Liberal” Rabbi, Local Board Member Compares Palestinians to Ferguson Rioters Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Seattle Standwithus Honors Israeli Ex-MK and Local “Liberal” Rabbi, Local Board Member Compares Palestinians to Ferguson Rioters Richard Silverstein December 3, 2014 The Pacific NW chapter of StandWithUs will hold its annual fundraising event this month here in Seattle.... Read More Read more about Standwithus Honors Israeli Ex-MK and Local “Liberal” Rabbi, Local Board Member Compares Palestinians to Ferguson Rioters
Israel’s Top Spy Kidnapped Eichmann, Ran Pollard, Stole U.S. Uranium, Created Hezbollah Mideast Peace Israel’s Top Spy Kidnapped Eichmann, Ran Pollard, Stole U.S. Uranium, Created Hezbollah Richard Silverstein December 2, 2014 Israel’s top weekly TV newsmagazine, Uvdah, features a profile of Israel’s most-storied living spy, Rafi Eitan. The... Read More Read more about Israel’s Top Spy Kidnapped Eichmann, Ran Pollard, Stole U.S. Uranium, Created Hezbollah