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Likud’s Soft Coup Under Pretext of Pandemic

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Likud’s Soft Coup Under Pretext of Pandemic

Richard Silverstein March 18, 2020 2

The Likud lost the most recent election, yet they continue to cling to power exploiting every dirty...

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Gantz, Pledging to Form “Government of All Israel’s Citizens,” Tapped to Form Ruling Coalition

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Gantz, Pledging to Form “Government of All Israel’s Citizens,” Tapped to Form Ruling Coalition

Richard Silverstein March 16, 2020 4

Israeli ex-General and leader of the Blue and White Coalition, Benny Gantz, has performed something of a...

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Israeli Secret Police Remove Gag Order, Claim Palestinian Mother, Humanitarian Aid Worker is Terror Financier

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Israeli Secret Police Remove Gag Order, Claim Palestinian Mother, Humanitarian Aid Worker is Terror Financier

Richard Silverstein March 15, 2020 8

In my many years of reporting on and exposing the depredation of the Israeli Secret Police aka...

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Israeli Secret Police Arrest Israeli Palestinian Activist Under Gag Order

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Israeli Secret Police Arrest Israeli Palestinian Activist Under Gag Order

Richard Silverstein March 13, 2020 13

המשטרה החשאית עצרה פעילה איסלמית ,איה חטיב, בחשד שהיא מימנה טרור פלסטיני. השב”כ הטיל צו איסור פרסום...

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Elections: Where Hope Goes to DIe

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Elections: Where Hope Goes to DIe

Richard Silverstein March 10, 2020 22

Developments today in Israeli and U.S. elections combined to make me absolutely miserable.  On top of that...

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Israeli Election: the Day After Offers Hope Netanyahu May Be Toppled

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Israeli Election: the Day After Offers Hope Netanyahu May Be Toppled

Richard Silverstein March 5, 2020 5

NOTE: Middle East Eye published a new post-election piece warning that the so-called Likud victory was nothing...

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Netanyahu Ethnically Cleanses Israeli Palestinian Knesset Vote

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Netanyahu Ethnically Cleanses Israeli Palestinian Knesset Vote

Richard Silverstein March 4, 2020 6

הכרעת העם ברורה: 58 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-ימני ו-47 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-שמאלני. אזרחי ישראל נתנו לי קולות יותר...

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Democratic Party Elite Repeat. It’s 2016 All Over Again.

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Democratic Party Elite Repeat. It’s 2016 All Over Again.

Richard Silverstein March 4, 2020 16

It’s deja vu all over again.  2016 revisited, with only a few modifications.  Then Hillary Clinton slugged...

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Israeli Rabbi Secretly Records Embarrassing Tape of Gantz Election Advisor

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Israeli Rabbi Secretly Records Embarrassing Tape of Gantz Election Advisor

Richard Silverstein February 28, 2020 4

Though the incident which is the subject of this post is garden variety dirty tricks in the...

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Days Before Election, Likud Engages in Palestinian Voter Suppression

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Days Before Election, Likud Engages in Palestinian Voter Suppression

Richard Silverstein February 28, 2020 1

Tearing a page from the Trump 2016 campaign playbook, the Likud Party is engaged in large-scale voter...

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Timely Likud Smear Exposes Alleged Gantz Sex Tape as Election Draws Near

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Timely Likud Smear Exposes Alleged Gantz Sex Tape as Election Draws Near

Richard Silverstein February 26, 2020 1

A few months ago, news broke that while Benny Gantz was IDF chief of staff, his personal...

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Former GOP National Finance Chair, Eliott Broidy, and Convicted Mexican Billionaire, Brokered First Foreign Sale of NSO Group Malware to Mexico

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Former GOP National Finance Chair, Eliott Broidy, and Convicted Mexican Billionaire, Brokered First Foreign Sale of NSO Group Malware to Mexico

Richard Silverstein February 25, 2020 2

בית משפט ישראלי אסר לפרסם את שמו של חוזה סוסומו אזאנו מאצורה בקשר לעיסקת תוכנת הריגול “פגסוס”,מרות...

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