Trump Trashes Two-States…and 30 Years of U.S. Policy on Israel-Palestine Mideast Peace Trump Trashes Two-States…and 30 Years of U.S. Policy on Israel-Palestine Richard Silverstein August 28, 2017 NOTE: I published a new piece in Middle East Eye last week on the shady Israeli cyberarms... Read More Read more about Trump Trashes Two-States…and 30 Years of U.S. Policy on Israel-Palestine
Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest Mideast Peace Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest Richard Silverstein August 24, 2017 In spite of my muted sympathy for Women of the Wall and the non-Orthodox religious movements in... Read More Read more about Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest
New Comment Procedures Military-Tech-Security New Comment Procedures Richard Silverstein August 22, 2017 This is just a short post to say that I’ve noticed, with the help of another commenter,... Read More Read more about New Comment Procedures
Charlottesville: O Bibi, Where Art Thou? Mideast Peace Charlottesville: O Bibi, Where Art Thou? Richard Silverstein August 16, 2017 In light of the events in Charlottesville I ask, paraphrasing the words of the immortal Coen Brothers: “O... Read More Read more about Charlottesville: O Bibi, Where Art Thou?
Israeli Arms Exporter Demonstrated Drone to Azeri Buyers by Attacking Armenian Army Positions Mideast Peace Israeli Arms Exporter Demonstrated Drone to Azeri Buyers by Attacking Armenian Army Positions Richard Silverstein August 13, 2017 Yossi Melman reports in Maariv (after the Maariv story and this post was published, Haaretz also reported on... Read More Read more about Israeli Arms Exporter Demonstrated Drone to Azeri Buyers by Attacking Armenian Army Positions
Charlottesville Officials Permitted Mass Pogrom, One Dead, Scores Injured Politics & Society Charlottesville Officials Permitted Mass Pogrom, One Dead, Scores Injured Richard Silverstein August 12, 2017 UPDATE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who himself is a former white supremacist, announces a federal civil rights... Read More Read more about Charlottesville Officials Permitted Mass Pogrom, One Dead, Scores Injured
Bibi: “This is the End, My Friend” Mideast Peace Bibi: “This is the End, My Friend” Richard Silverstein August 9, 2017 The ominous strains of The Doors, The End, should be playing through the halls of the prime... Read More Read more about Bibi: “This is the End, My Friend”
BREAKING: Shabak Drops Case Against Gaza UN Security Official and Releases Him Mideast Peace BREAKING: Shabak Drops Case Against Gaza UN Security Official and Releases Him Richard Silverstein August 9, 2017 Israel’s Shabak domestic spy agency arrested a UN official based in Gaza three weeks ago, who was responsible... Read More Read more about BREAKING: Shabak Drops Case Against Gaza UN Security Official and Releases Him
Israel to Shutter Al Jazeera, Join Ranks of Arab Authoritarian Regimes Suppressing Press Freedom Mideast Peace Israel to Shutter Al Jazeera, Join Ranks of Arab Authoritarian Regimes Suppressing Press Freedom Richard Silverstein August 7, 2017 NOTE: I just published a new piece at Middle East Eye on Israel’s military intervention in the... Read More Read more about Israel to Shutter Al Jazeera, Join Ranks of Arab Authoritarian Regimes Suppressing Press Freedom
Loving Israel, Hating Jews Mideast Peace Loving Israel, Hating Jews Richard Silverstein August 6, 2017 Boy, that headline should bring some of you up short. I know when I was a liberal... Read More Read more about Loving Israel, Hating Jews
Eichmann Exhibit at Jewish Museum Promotes Mossad Brand Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Eichmann Exhibit at Jewish Museum Promotes Mossad Brand Richard Silverstein August 3, 2017 New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage has engaged in an act of supreme cultural and political hubris:... Read More Read more about Eichmann Exhibit at Jewish Museum Promotes Mossad Brand
What Can Bibi Do That a Jewish Summer Camp Can’t? Mideast Peace What Can Bibi Do That a Jewish Summer Camp Can’t? Richard Silverstein August 2, 2017 In the past week, a Jewish summer camp in the Pacific Northwest, Camp Solomon Schechter, committed a... Read More Read more about What Can Bibi Do That a Jewish Summer Camp Can’t?