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Former IDF General: Arrest Gantz and Lapid for Treason MK Tvika Fogel and Deputy Minister Almog Cohen accuse Gantz and Lapid of "sedition," threaten to arrest them 'in handcuffs'

January 11, 2023 by Richard Silverstein

I’ve been reporting on Israel here for two decades. I’ve been through wars and even what I thought might be the outbreak of an inter-ethnic civil war in 2021.  But the current crisis is different. It is a deep fissure among the Israeli Jewish ruling elite (with peripheral involvement of the Israeli Palestinian minority). The […]

Twitter’s ‘Seven Dirty Words’ How Social Media Punishes Speech Opposing Right-Wing Violence

January 7, 2023 by Richard Silverstein

One of George Carlin’s most famous comedy “monologues” was titled, The Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on TV  It was brilliant. It was daring.  Everyone knew immediately what he was talking about.  Because everyone chafed under the restrictions without challenging them, because they seemed inviolate and immutable. No one was ever conscious enough of […]

Israeli Security Services Arrest Ultra-Orthodox Journalist for “Inciting Terror and Sedition” His crime? Justifying armed Palestinian resistance

December 29, 2022 by Richard Silverstein

Amidst the horrible news from Israel–Bibi giving Ben Gvir his own private Brownshirt militia, a massive increase in new settlements, a law approving appointment of a twice-convicted felon to serve as a minister–there are glimmers of hope and resistance.  To be clear, these are not acts which will overthrow fascism.  They will not stave off […]

Israeli NGOs Call for Sanctions Against Israel During Gaza Attack Israeli human rights groups call for UN sanctions against Israel

August 14, 2022 by Richard Silverstein

Amidst the Israeli back-slapping over the “success” of its attack on Gaza, in which the IDF murdered 49 Palestinians, over half women and children, a groundbreaking protest by Israeli human rights NGOs passed almost unnoticed.  The cause of human rights causes barely a ripple in Israeli society, which is deeply implicated in war crimes and […]

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