Part of the Obama administration’s lead-up to his major address yesterday was a series of leaks that...
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.
It’s hard to be categorically optimistic about anything Barack Obama says since he’s let so many down...
Hezbollah and its sponsors Iran and Syria have made a calculated decision to escalate the violence inside...
To quote Joseph Conrad’s Captain Kurtz on his deathbed: “the horror!” Yisrael HaYom conveys (English translation thanks...
New political powerhouse, Religious Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett, a “moderate” settler leader, has appointed former IDF Chief...
This is my latest video for Israel Social TV which combines reporting on two of my most...
A tweet I just read which noted the multiple proxy conflicts playing out in the midst of...
The Economist’s 2012 Democracy Index (access may require site registration, which is free) ranks Israel 37th among...
I’m more used to breaking stories concerning the Mossad than I am the CIA. But in this...
Today the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which monitors economic well-being among 39 countries of the...
The Forward’s Eli Valley has penned a deliciously sly, knowing send-up of the hasbara bonanza that followed...
Yesh Din and other Israeli human rights NGOs sued the IDF over its use of white phosphorus...
