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ישראל הפציצה את ביירות

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ישראל הפציצה את ביירות

Richard Silverstein August 11, 2020 13

מקור ישראלי סודי יודע דבר נודע לי כי ישראל היא שגרמה להתפוצצות האדירה בנמל ביירות בשבוע שעבר,...

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Lebanese Intelligence Official: Beirut Explosion “No Accident,” Caused by Israel

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Lebanese Intelligence Official: Beirut Explosion “No Accident,” Caused by Israel

Richard Silverstein August 8, 2020 33

This is the fourth in a series of articles about the Beirut port explosion and Israeli culpability...

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Ex-CIA Analyst Confirms Beirut Blast Initiated by “Military Munitions,” Lebanese President to Examine Role of “External Actors”

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Ex-CIA Analyst Confirms Beirut Blast Initiated by “Military Munitions,” Lebanese President to Examine Role of “External Actors”

Richard Silverstein August 6, 2020 33

For Arabic speakers, above is an interview I did today for Al Jadeed (Lebanon) about my reporting...

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Spanish Intelligence Uses NSO Group Malware to Target Catalan Leaders, Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss WhatsApp Suit Against NSO

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Spanish Intelligence Uses NSO Group Malware to Target Catalan Leaders, Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss WhatsApp Suit Against NSO

Richard Silverstein July 17, 2020 7

Like Donald Trump, Israel’s premier cyber-spying firm has had a rough couple of weeks.  Things began promisingly...

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Iran Turns to China for $400-Billion Lifeline, Thumbing Its Nose at Trump

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Iran Turns to China for $400-Billion Lifeline, Thumbing Its Nose at Trump

Richard Silverstein July 13, 2020 8

The NY Times reports that China and Iran have prepared a far-reaching commercial agreement that would offer...

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Facebook’s Two-Faced Approach to Censorship

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Facebook’s Two-Faced Approach to Censorship

Richard Silverstein June 16, 2020 0

Most journalists and human rights activists who write or advocate for Palestinian rights–or who criticize Israeli apartheid...

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Israeli Firm Founded by Cashiered IDF Officer Sold Millions in Cyber-Hacking Tools to Corrupt Malaysian Strongman

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Israeli Firm Founded by Cashiered IDF Officer Sold Millions in Cyber-Hacking Tools to Corrupt Malaysian Strongman

Richard Silverstein May 29, 2020 1

צירוף מקרים? הממשלה המלזית רכשה מערכת ריגול ישראלית, באותו זמן שבו התנקש המוסד במהנדס החמאס פאדי אל-בטש...

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NSO Group Monetizes Covid19 With New Mass Surveillance Tool, Fleming

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NSO Group Monetizes Covid19 With New Mass Surveillance Tool, Fleming

Richard Silverstein April 26, 2020 10

NOTE: My latest piece on Israeli mass surveillance during the Covid19 epidemic was published by Jacobin here. Later...

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Saudi Arabian Nuclear Reactor Nears Completion, Bringing Prospect of Saudi WMD

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Saudi Arabian Nuclear Reactor Nears Completion, Bringing Prospect of Saudi WMD

Richard Silverstein April 11, 2020 8

Bloomberg reported last week that Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear reactor is nearing completion.  It purchased the reactor...

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Microsoft Divests Ownership Stake in Israeli Facial Recognition Software Firm, Anyvision, After Human Rights Controversy

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Microsoft Divests Ownership Stake in Israeli Facial Recognition Software Firm, Anyvision, After Human Rights Controversy

Richard Silverstein March 29, 2020 2

Yesterday, Microsoft’s venture capital division, M12, announced that it was divesting its $31-million ownership stake in the...

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Knesset Speaker Resigns, Provoking Major Political Crisis

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Knesset Speaker Resigns, Provoking Major Political Crisis

Richard Silverstein March 25, 2020 5

Today, Israel’s Knesset Speaker, Likud veteran, Yuli Edelstein, resigned rather than follow a Supreme Court directive to...

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Israel’s Shin Bet Transforms Mission from Hunting Terrorists to Hunting the Sick

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Israel’s Shin Bet Transforms Mission from Hunting Terrorists to Hunting the Sick

Richard Silverstein March 24, 2020 6

One of the many anti-democratic ploys unleashed by the Likud in the last dying days of its...

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