Last night I published a post dealing with my relationship with my local synagogue, the local StandWithUs...
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.
Thanks to Yigal Arens for posting this amazing portion of an Israeli diplomatic memo from its South...
Since Josh Block took over as chief of The Israel Project, they’ve been heard of very little,...
Munich has opened a new front in the Israel-Palestine wars. There John Kerry warned Israel that his...
In the fallout from the Scarlett Johansson imbroglio, there are lessons to be learned. First, that money...
I can’t think of anything more dry and boring than talking about a diplomatic “framework.” It’s enough...
Last night, in my appreciation of Pete Seeger I wrote about the Weavers mega-hit, Tzenah. I noted...
The sub-headline of this story: Godfather Goes to Washington. Michael Grimm seems to be letting the FBI...
To lose both Pete Seeger and Shulamit Aloni in the same week: the world seems an especially...
Israeli media are reporting (Hebrew and now in English) an attack on Syria’s missile infrastructure in the...
Anat Kamm, the Israeli whistleblower who leaked top-secret IDF documents which exposed targeted killings of unarmed Palestinian...
While it’s still too early to tell, the prospects in Congress for a new set of draconian...









