On Israel Independence Day, several exemplary Israelis are chosen to light the torch at a special national...
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.
Israel’s Shin Bet has partially lifted the gag order (in English) on the Druze “spy ring” which...
An Israeli has just sent me some very compelling evidence I hadn’t yet seen about Bibi’s election...
A portion of this post deals with UCLA Hillel. Before I launched into the post, I wanted...
I saw this photograph a few days ago and I had to look at it a few...
I use the term “post-mortem” deliberately, because the results of Israel’s election have been a sort of...
A condensed version of this post was published at Middle East Eye. Al Jazeera English (AJE) published a...
UPDATE: With 95% of the vote counted, Likud’s victory is even more sweeping than reported in this...
Post by Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו. A translation of Bibi’s press conference statement: All day, politicians...
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the misdeeds of Adam Milstein (aka Tuvia Milsztein), the...
A curious thing happened in the past few days in the Israeli election race. Something I didn’t...
Purim, the Jewish holiday that happened a few days ago is a strange one. It’s an amalgam...







