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BREAKING: Israeli Arrests United Nations Official in Gaza…Again

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BREAKING: Israeli Arrests United Nations Official in Gaza…Again

Richard Silverstein July 16, 2017 1

חשיפה: השב”כ עצר במעבר ארז את חמדאן תמראז, בכיר באגף הבטיחות והביטחון של האו”ם בעזה This is...

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BREAKING: Israeli Palestinian Temple Mount Attackers Identified

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BREAKING: Israeli Palestinian Temple Mount Attackers Identified

Richard Silverstein July 14, 2017 38

חשיפה: שלושת מבצעי הפיגוע בהר הבית הבוקר הם תושבי אום אל-פאחם ממשפחת ג’בארין NOTE: The two Israeli...

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When Israel Becomes an Anti-Semitic State

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When Israel Becomes an Anti-Semitic State

Richard Silverstein July 11, 2017 7

NEWS: Thanks to Shir Hever for interviewing me at Real News Network about my writings on the...

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Israeli Minister Calls UNESCO Recognition of Hebron as World Heritage Site, “Holocaust Denial”

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Israeli Minister Calls UNESCO Recognition of Hebron as World Heritage Site, “Holocaust Denial”

Richard Silverstein July 9, 2017 20

Let it never be said that Israeli pols don’t know how to chew the scenery when they...

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IDF Censors Haaretz from Naming Author, Title of Book Portraying 1967 “Nuclear Putsch”

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IDF Censors Haaretz from Naming Author, Title of Book Portraying 1967 “Nuclear Putsch”

Richard Silverstein July 8, 2017 4

.חשיפה: הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת להזכיר את שמו של ספר על הנשק הגרעיני הישראלי, ואת שם מחברו Yesterday,...

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Look Who’s Boycotting Israel

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Look Who’s Boycotting Israel

Richard Silverstein July 6, 2017 4

NOTE: Through a technical error last night’s post about Bibi,  Trump and Modi traveling abroad in order...

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Trump, Netanyahu Distract Public from Failure by Overseas Travel

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Trump, Netanyahu Distract Public from Failure by Overseas Travel

Richard Silverstein July 5, 2017 2

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every pol facing a scandal or massive decline in popularity...

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Adelson Israeli Paper Attacks Reform Jews with Anti-Semitic Tropes

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Adelson Israeli Paper Attacks Reform Jews with Anti-Semitic Tropes

Richard Silverstein July 1, 2017 15

Sheldon Adelson is Israel’s reigning newspaper baron.  He owns one, Israel HaYom, which is the largest daily...

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Maajid Nawaz Called “Anti-Muslim Extremist” and He’s Suing!

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Maajid Nawaz Called “Anti-Muslim Extremist” and He’s Suing!

Richard Silverstein June 29, 2017 10

NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest piece, The Syrian war’s worst kept secret that could...

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Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict

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Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict

Richard Silverstein June 28, 2017 2

This week, Israel’s far-right government acceded to its ultra-Orthodox coalition partners and torpedoed a compromise years in...

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Abbas Incensed With Kushner, After He Fully Adopts Israeli Talking Points

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Abbas Incensed With Kushner, After He Fully Adopts Israeli Talking Points

Richard Silverstein June 24, 2017 10

Bibi Netanyahu has proven himself masterful at drowning every U.S. effort at brokering Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in...

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After Police Killing, Facing Mounting Pressure, Seattle Jewish Federation Postpones Award and Annual Meeting

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After Police Killing, Facing Mounting Pressure, Seattle Jewish Federation Postpones Award and Annual Meeting

Richard Silverstein June 23, 2017 10

The Seattle Jewish federation had planned to hold its annual community meeting tonight at the University of...

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