Autocrats, Plutocrats, Theocrats: Dog-Whistle Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Mideast Peace Autocrats, Plutocrats, Theocrats: Dog-Whistle Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Richard Silverstein May 31, 2017 Some of the world’s worst leaders from Hungary, to Russia to Iran have joined forces in echoing anti-Semitic... Read More Read more about Autocrats, Plutocrats, Theocrats: Dog-Whistle Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Trump as Kaaba Mideast Peace Trump as Kaaba Richard Silverstein May 31, 2017 H/t to Shibley Telhami for this wonderful summary of the idol worship that pervaded Saudi Arabia during... Read More Read more about Trump as Kaaba
Censored: IDF Senior Officer Refused Promotion After Failed Security Check Mideast Peace Censored: IDF Senior Officer Refused Promotion After Failed Security Check Richard Silverstein May 27, 2017 חשיפה: הטייס שקידומו בוטל בשל סיווג בטחוני הוא סא”ל עודד אורון, שאחיו היה הממונה על נשק גרעיני... Read More Read more about Censored: IDF Senior Officer Refused Promotion After Failed Security Check
Trump Selfie with Israeli MK Features Two Moral Degenerate Birds of a Feather Mideast Peace Trump Selfie with Israeli MK Features Two Moral Degenerate Birds of a Feather Richard Silverstein May 23, 2017 While Trump’s Saudi visit was full of speechifying, pomp and circumstance; including receptions in gilded palaces and... Read More Read more about Trump Selfie with Israeli MK Features Two Moral Degenerate Birds of a Feather
Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy Mideast Peace Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy Richard Silverstein May 22, 2017 Donald Trump just made one of the most hypocritical speeches in American political history: and that’s saying... Read More Read more about Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy
Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis Mideast Peace Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis Richard Silverstein May 20, 2017 Two remarkable events coincided this week in the Middle East. Donald Trump made his first presidential visit abroad... Read More Read more about Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis
Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot Military-Tech-Security Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye... Read More Read more about Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot
Israeli Minister Calls for Assassinating Assad, ‘Cutting Head Off’ Iranian ‘Snake’ Mideast Peace Israeli Minister Calls for Assassinating Assad, ‘Cutting Head Off’ Iranian ‘Snake’ Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 The surest path to advancement in Israeli politics is either to kill Arabs with your own hands... Read More Read more about Israeli Minister Calls for Assassinating Assad, ‘Cutting Head Off’ Iranian ‘Snake’
First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal Mideast Peace First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 Today, Middle East Eye published an earlier version of this article. After publication, Washington seemed to explode... Read More Read more about First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal
Shin Bet Officials Stole Millions of Shekels Mideast Peace Shin Bet Officials Stole Millions of Shekels Richard Silverstein May 15, 2017 גורם ביטחוני: שני אנשי השב”כ הנאשמים במעילה בכספי האירגון גנבו כשני מיליון ש”ח For the past few... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Officials Stole Millions of Shekels
Israel’s Exploitation of Anti-Semitism in Combatting BDS Mideast Peace Israel’s Exploitation of Anti-Semitism in Combatting BDS Richard Silverstein May 14, 2017 This week, Norway’s largest labor union endorsed BDS. Before the vote, Israel’s ambassador, Raphael Schutz, posted a... Read More Read more about Israel’s Exploitation of Anti-Semitism in Combatting BDS
Israeli Educational System: Handmaiden of National Security State Mideast Peace Israeli Educational System: Handmaiden of National Security State Richard Silverstein May 13, 2017 The proposed “nation-state law,” which I call (more accurately) the “apartheid law” would relegate Arabic from a... Read More Read more about Israeli Educational System: Handmaiden of National Security State