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Drones at Secret Israeli Base in Iraq Mount Attack on Iran, Iran Retaliates by Attacking the Israeli Base

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Drones at Secret Israeli Base in Iraq Mount Attack on Iran, Iran Retaliates by Attacking the Israeli Base

Richard Silverstein March 23, 2022 16

NOTE: Middle East Eye published an abridged version of this post. חשיפה: בעקבות התרעה מוקדמת של המודיעין...

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Israel’s Abandonment of Ukraine

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Israel’s Abandonment of Ukraine

Richard Silverstein March 23, 2022 8

NOTE: Al Jazeera published an abridged version of this essay here. Poll: 76% of Israelis support Ukraine....

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Netanyahu: Senior Mossad Officer Spying for Iran “Should Have Been Executed”

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Netanyahu: Senior Mossad Officer Spying for Iran “Should Have Been Executed”

Richard Silverstein March 22, 2022 4

NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my new piece about Iran’s drone attack against a secret Israeli...

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Zelensky Addresses Israeli Knesset… Sort of

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Zelensky Addresses Israeli Knesset… Sort of

Richard Silverstein March 21, 2022 16

NOTE: Al Jazeera published my analysis of Israel’s disappointing stance toward Ukraine and the Russian invasion.  Last...

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Reddit: Front Page of the Internet, Censors Its Back Pages

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Reddit: Front Page of the Internet, Censors Its Back Pages

Richard Silverstein March 14, 2022 5

NOTE: The New Arab published an abridged version of this post this week. Read it here. What...

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BREAKING: First Israeli F-35 Interception of Iranian Drones Happened Over Jordan With Its Approval

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BREAKING: First Israeli F-35 Interception of Iranian Drones Happened Over Jordan With Its Approval

Richard Silverstein March 8, 2022 11

חשיפה: שני המל”טים האיראניים יורטו בשמי ירדן, בתיאום עם שלטונות הממלכה. הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת לפרסם זאת, כדי...

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Putin Cobbled Together Alliance of US Radical Right and Anti-Imperialist Left, Dividing Opposition to Ukraine Invasion

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Putin Cobbled Together Alliance of US Radical Right and Anti-Imperialist Left, Dividing Opposition to Ukraine Invasion

Richard Silverstein March 4, 2022 26

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has made for some strange bedfellows. Say what you will about the...

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Online Panel: Islamophobia and Muslim-Jewish Relations

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Online Panel: Islamophobia and Muslim-Jewish Relations

Richard Silverstein February 28, 2022 9

  This is the video recording of today’s panel. I understand that a number of viewers had...

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Donor Demands Return of $5-Million Gift and Cancellation of University of Washington Endowed Chair After Professor Protests Gaza Attack

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Donor Demands Return of $5-Million Gift and Cancellation of University of Washington Endowed Chair After Professor Protests Gaza Attack

Richard Silverstein February 27, 2022 16

UPDATE: Based on reporting in JTA and a statement of support for Prof. Halperin from Jewish Studies...

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Russia’s Destruction of an Independent Ukraine Sets Ominous Precedent for Other States

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Russia’s Destruction of an Independent Ukraine Sets Ominous Precedent for Other States

Richard Silverstein February 25, 2022 37

Some thoughts on Ukraine: Russia’s invasion and likely absorption of that country into Russia (either swallowed whole...

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The Fake Rabbi and the Twitter Hoax

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The Fake Rabbi and the Twitter Hoax

Richard Silverstein February 24, 2022 0

For several years, a hoax Twitter account under the name “Rabbi Linda Goldstein” has plagued the platform....

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Why Do Donald Trump and the Far Left Agree on Ukraine?

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Why Do Donald Trump and the Far Left Agree on Ukraine?

Richard Silverstein February 22, 2022 29

As Russia masses almost 200,000 troops on Ukraine’s border (thousands have already invaded by entering puppet republics...

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