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Archives for December 2015

IDF Lies About Kuntar Murder Flow in Abundance

December 20, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 48 Comments

Yesterday, Israel murdered Samir Kuntar, a Hezbollah militant involved with a terror attack that killed three Israeli civilians in 1979.  Until he was freed in a prisoner exchange in 2008, he'd been the longest-serving security prisoner in Israeli jails. In the years following the original attack, Kuntar became the embodiment of the bloodthirsty … [Read more...]

Israeli Intelligence Source: Dawabshe Terror Suspects Confess to Palestinian Arson-Murders

December 20, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 22 Comments

UPDATE: עוד עצור בפרשת הטרור היהודי: צור ישראל בנגוסי, פעיל ימין קיצוני מקריית ארבע Yet another suspect, Tzur Israel Bengusi, a notorious extremist from Kiryat Arba, has been arrested as a member of "The Rebellion" settler terror cell.  His name and arrest are under gag order in Israel.  He has been arrested previously and placed under restrictions by the … [Read more...]

BDS and Its Discontents

December 19, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 26 Comments

I was actually trying to figure out a title that would incorporate the phrase "moral malcontents," because that's the way I see the arguments of the academic and chattering class against BDS.  They understand that BDS is a moral critique that needs to be rebutted in order to protect Israel's claim to legitimacy.  But their arguments manage to come across as … [Read more...]

Shabak Torture Interrogations Fail to Yield Murder Confessions

December 18, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 10 Comments

NOTE: Last week, I published a new piece for Mint Press News, which critiqued Israeli and western opinion polls which profess to find major support within the Muslim community for ISIS and other Islamist groups.  Such findings are based largely on deliberate or unconscious misinterpretation of Muslim views.  My newest Mint Press piece, exploring Sheldon … [Read more...]

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