1919 Red Scare Mirrors Trump Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Mideast Peace Politics & Society 1919 Red Scare Mirrors Trump Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Richard Silverstein February 14, 2017 In all the media coverage of Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban and the accompanying cacophony of Islamophobic... Read More Read more about 1919 Red Scare Mirrors Trump Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
Shin Bet Has Bad Case of Transphobia Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Shin Bet Has Bad Case of Transphobia Richard Silverstein February 13, 2017 After scores of international flights passed without incident, suddenly in recent months an Israeli transgender traveler began... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Has Bad Case of Transphobia
Israeli Judge Gags Report on Settler Rabbi, Accused Sex Offender Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Israeli Judge Gags Report on Settler Rabbi, Accused Sex Offender Richard Silverstein February 13, 2017 חשיפה: הרב משה פטרון מהתנחלות בית אל חשוד במעשים מגונים והטרדות מיניות UPDATE: An Israeli relative of... Read More Read more about Israeli Judge Gags Report on Settler Rabbi, Accused Sex Offender
As Bibi Readies for Trump Summit, He Dumps Two-States for “State-Minus” Mideast Peace Politics & Society As Bibi Readies for Trump Summit, He Dumps Two-States for “State-Minus” Richard Silverstein February 11, 2017 The NY Times and Washington Post have been duly helpful in pimping for Bibi Netanyahu’s upcoming summit... Read More Read more about As Bibi Readies for Trump Summit, He Dumps Two-States for “State-Minus”
Shin Bet Detains New Israel Fund Official as Security Threat at Ben Gurion Airport Mideast Peace Politics & Society Shin Bet Detains New Israel Fund Official as Security Threat at Ben Gurion Airport Richard Silverstein February 8, 2017 Israel is rapidly turning into a police state. One in which even liberal civil society NGOs are... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Detains New Israel Fund Official as Security Threat at Ben Gurion Airport
Trump as ‘Ben-Hur’ Film-TV-Media Politics & Society Trump as ‘Ben-Hur’ Richard Silverstein February 7, 2017 Ah, the unintended comedy gold offered by Donald Trump and his DC lovelies! The latest is National Security Advisor... Read More Read more about Trump as ‘Ben-Hur’
Israel “Legalizes” Settlements Built on Privately-Owned Palestinian Land Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Israel “Legalizes” Settlements Built on Privately-Owned Palestinian Land Richard Silverstein February 7, 2017 I really wanted to use the term “steals” in the headline. But I figured I better use... Read More Read more about Israel “Legalizes” Settlements Built on Privately-Owned Palestinian Land
How a Real Terror Attack Became Kellyanne Conway’s Faux Bowling Green Massacre Mideast Peace Politics & Society How a Real Terror Attack Became Kellyanne Conway’s Faux Bowling Green Massacre Richard Silverstein February 6, 2017 Please retweet if you don’t remember losing a loved one at #BowlingGreenMassacre. #NeverRemember! — Bowling Green NPS... Read More Read more about How a Real Terror Attack Became Kellyanne Conway’s Faux Bowling Green Massacre
Israeli Government, Jewish Agency Bestow Genesis Award on Anish Kapoor, Artist Fighting for Refugee Rights Mideast Peace The Arts Israeli Government, Jewish Agency Bestow Genesis Award on Anish Kapoor, Artist Fighting for Refugee Rights Richard Silverstein February 6, 2017 The Israeli government has scored yet another own-goal in its efforts to promote Brand Israel. A few... Read More Read more about Israeli Government, Jewish Agency Bestow Genesis Award on Anish Kapoor, Artist Fighting for Refugee Rights
Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London… Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London… Richard Silverstein February 4, 2017 The Mossad is known for exploiting every possible means of leveraging its power to penetrate target countries.... Read More Read more about Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London…
Steve Bannon’s Romance with Hollywood Islamophobia Jews & Judaism Politics & Society Steve Bannon’s Romance with Hollywood Islamophobia Richard Silverstein February 4, 2017 In the past few days, stories about two different Steve Bannon film projects, one of which was... Read More Read more about Steve Bannon’s Romance with Hollywood Islamophobia
‘Daddy’ Trump Comes to Milo’s Defense Jews & Judaism Politics & Society ‘Daddy’ Trump Comes to Milo’s Defense Richard Silverstein February 2, 2017 If anyone ever needed proof of Donald Trump’s affinity for the aberrant views of the Breitbart alt-right,... Read More Read more about ‘Daddy’ Trump Comes to Milo’s Defense