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IDF Gunners Distressed By Firing Cluster Bombs: “I Really Should Have Tossed My Weapon and Run Away”

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IDF Gunners Distressed By Firing Cluster Bombs: “I Really Should Have Tossed My Weapon and Run Away”

Richard Silverstein September 8, 2006

Hat tip to Sol Salbe for linking to the following distressing Haaretz story by Meron Rapoport. The...

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Israel Attacked Syrian Missile Complex

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Israel Attacked Syrian Missile Complex

Richard Silverstein September 12, 2007

As I said during the Azmi Bishara case a few months back, things just keep getting curiouser...

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Hezbollah Destroys Israeli Iron Dome Battery

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Hezbollah Destroys Israeli Iron Dome Battery

Richard Silverstein June 7, 2024

Hezbollah claims that it destroyed an Iron Dome battery at an army base in northern Israel.  It...

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Israel Ends Lebanon Siege

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Israel Ends Lebanon Siege

Richard Silverstein September 6, 2006

An important milestone in resolving (at least temporarily) the Israeli-Lebanon conflict: Israel has agreed to lift tomorrow...

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Gaza: ‘The Horror’

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Gaza: ‘The Horror’

Richard Silverstein December 28, 2008

He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that...

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BREAKING: In Major Escalation, Israeli Commandos Invaded Lebanon Attacking “High-Value” Hezbollah Target

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BREAKING: In Major Escalation, Israeli Commandos Invaded Lebanon Attacking “High-Value” Hezbollah Target

Richard Silverstein April 19, 2023

הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת לפרסם: 1. צה”ל תקף מן הקרקע בלבנון מטרה של חיזבאללה 2. מפקד יחידת דובדבן...

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Israel Tests New Highly Lethal, Cancer-Causing Tungsten Bomb in Gaza

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Israel Tests New Highly Lethal, Cancer-Causing Tungsten Bomb in Gaza

Richard Silverstein October 10, 2006

Hat tip to Sol Salbe for turning me on to the following story by Haaretz’s Meron Rapoport....

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Former Senior U.S. Diplomats Propose Solution to Iran-American Conflict, Former Mossad Chief Says Toppling Syria Might End Iran Nuke Threat

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Former Senior U.S. Diplomats Propose Solution to Iran-American Conflict, Former Mossad Chief Says Toppling Syria Might End Iran Nuke Threat

Richard Silverstein February 7, 2012

Despite the beating drums of war on its news pages from David Sanger and others, the Times...

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Israel Remotely Detonates Spy Device in Lebanon

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Israel Remotely Detonates Spy Device in Lebanon

Richard Silverstein September 7, 2014

According to news reports and my Israeli source, Hezbollah discovered Israeli surveillance gear planted within its telecommunications...

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BREAKING: Israeli Missile Cruisers Patrol Yemeni Coast as Israel-Hezbollah Exchange Rocket Fire on Border

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BREAKING: Israeli Missile Cruisers Patrol Yemeni Coast as Israel-Hezbollah Exchange Rocket Fire on Border

Richard Silverstein September 2, 2019

DONATE: This post contains two pieces of original reporting you won’t find anywhere else.  It breaks important...

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Israel Admits It Used White Phosphorus in Lebanon

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Israel Admits It Used White Phosphorus in Lebanon

Richard Silverstein October 21, 2006

Not to be outdone by the brutality of the U.S. Marines who used white phosphorus in Fallujah...

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Israeli Deaths Top 100; 5 IDF Soldiers Killed Today in South Lebanon

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Israeli Deaths Top 100; 5 IDF Soldiers Killed Today in South Lebanon

Richard Silverstein August 8, 2006

Israel has reached an inauspicious milestone of sorts. It has crossed the century mark in terms of...

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