In Hebrew, the word for “victim” is korban, which has a strong religious connotation akin to a...
Richard Silverstein
Silverstein is an independent journalist and has published Tikun Olam since 2003. It exposes the secrets of the Israeli national security state. He publishes regularly at the New Arab, and Jacobin Magazine. His work has also appeared in Al Jazeera English, The Nation, Truthout and other outlets.
Last weekend, I did an interview with PressTV about the Israeli “peace rally” in Tel Aviv. 3,000-6,000...
Haaretz reports a breathtaking level of candor from Bibi Netanyahu during a session of the Knesset foreign...
One of the unintended results of the current round of mayhem in Israel and Palestine has been...
Bibi Netanyahu continues his (vain)glorious attempt to ride roughshod over Jewish history with his recent speech to...
NOTE: Please read and disseminate my new Mint Press piece, Israel Escalates Tensions With Execution Style Force, on social...
Israel’s Shabak, continuing its war against social media, has arrested 19-year-old Asmaa Hamdan for sending a text...
Acknowledgement and h/t to B. Michael: I’d heard one too many sermons from decades’ worth of Reform and Conservative...
Hillary Clinton made a statement about the Israel-Palestine conflict (you can watch her entire talk on MSNBC starting at...
Please, don’t talk to me about democracy. Don’t talk to me about religious pluralism. Because Israel’s Supreme...
UPDATE: At an appeal hearing yesterday, the Shabak gained everything it had previously failed to get from...
UPDATE: Maan News reports a new murder in the past few hours. A 13 year old boy, Abed...
