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Former Lebanese Interior Minister Blames Israel for Beirut Attack

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Former Lebanese Interior Minister Blames Israel for Beirut Attack

Richard Silverstein August 18, 2020 10

A former Lebanese Interior Minister has publicly blamed Israel for the attack on Beirut: This operation in...

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Nasrallah Acknowledges for First Time Israel May Have Attacked Beirut

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Nasrallah Acknowledges for First Time Israel May Have Attacked Beirut

Richard Silverstein August 14, 2020 26

Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged today for the first time that the explosion that leveled Beirut a...

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Trump, Netanyahu Pull UAE Rabbit Out of Hat

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Trump, Netanyahu Pull UAE Rabbit Out of Hat

Richard Silverstein August 14, 2020 29

Today, Donald Trump announced at the White House that Israel and the UAE planned to sign what...

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Israel Defense: Hezbollah Military Weapons Cache Exploded in Beirut

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Israel Defense: Hezbollah Military Weapons Cache Exploded in Beirut

Richard Silverstein August 13, 2020 27

Israel Defense, a publication covering Israeli military affairs, reports that it analyzed seismograph data concerning the tragic...

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Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Process Conceals Dodgy Partners, Censors Tikun Olam

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Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Process Conceals Dodgy Partners, Censors Tikun Olam

Richard Silverstein August 13, 2020 5

UPDATE: Facebook’s fact-checker has removed the “false” designation regarding my original Beirut story. Mafindo wrote this reply...

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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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Israel, Hezbollah, Sworn Enemies, Have Vested Interest in Lying About Beirut Attack

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Israel, Hezbollah, Sworn Enemies, Have Vested Interest in Lying About Beirut Attack

Richard Silverstein August 10, 2020 31

Read the full series of posts on the Beirut attack: Israel, Hezbollah, Sworn Enemies, Have Vested Interest...

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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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Senior Israeli Opposition Leader: Hezbollah Arms Cache Caused Beirut Explosion

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Senior Israeli Opposition Leader: Hezbollah Arms Cache Caused Beirut Explosion

Richard Silverstein August 8, 2020 16

Israel’s senior Opposition leader, Moshe Yaalon, told a Saudi Arabia media outlet that the explosion in the...

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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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BREAKING: Israel Bombed Beirut

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BREAKING: Israel Bombed Beirut

Richard Silverstein August 4, 2020 129

חשיפה: ישראל היא שפוצצה מאגר תחמושת של חיזבאללה בנמל ביירות, אך לא ידעה מראש שמחסן סמוך מכיל...

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Israeli Anti-Netanyahu Protests Heat Up, But Real Change is Unlikely

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Israeli Anti-Netanyahu Protests Heat Up, But Real Change is Unlikely

Richard Silverstein August 4, 2020 5

UPCOMING: I’ve organized a Zoom webinar on increasing tensions between Iran, Israel and the U.S. Paul Pillar,...

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