Turkey’s Erdogan, Paul Auster Debate Relative Press Freedom in Israel, Turkey Mideast Peace Turkey’s Erdogan, Paul Auster Debate Relative Press Freedom in Israel, Turkey Richard Silverstein February 3, 2012 Over the past day or so, a fierce fight has erupted between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan... Read More Read more about Turkey’s Erdogan, Paul Auster Debate Relative Press Freedom in Israel, Turkey
Whistleblower Anat Kamm Gets Five-Year Sentence Mideast Peace Whistleblower Anat Kamm Gets Five-Year Sentence Richard Silverstein October 30, 2011 In the closing act of a travesty foisted upon Israel by its military-intelligence apparatus and tacitly supported... Read More Read more about Whistleblower Anat Kamm Gets Five-Year Sentence
Seattle Times and Jewish Forward on Tikun Olam and Leibowitz Story Mideast Peace Seattle Times and Jewish Forward on Tikun Olam and Leibowitz Story Richard Silverstein September 13, 2011 More interesting follow-up on the New York Times report about my work on the Leibowitz story. The... Read More Read more about Seattle Times and Jewish Forward on Tikun Olam and Leibowitz Story
Uri Blau: Revenge of the State Mideast Peace Uri Blau: Revenge of the State Richard Silverstein March 27, 2011 Yet another nail in the coffin of Israeli democracy will be hammered by the nation’s attorney general,... Read More Read more about Uri Blau: Revenge of the State
Israeli Rights Activists File Complaint Against IDF Deputy Chief, Accusing Him of ‘Crimes’ and ‘Immorality’ Mideast Peace Israeli Rights Activists File Complaint Against IDF Deputy Chief, Accusing Him of ‘Crimes’ and ‘Immorality’ Richard Silverstein November 30, 2010 Alongside the newly named IDF chief of staff, Yoav Galant, his new deputy chief will be Gen.... Read More Read more about Israeli Rights Activists File Complaint Against IDF Deputy Chief, Accusing Him of ‘Crimes’ and ‘Immorality’
Hey, MSM: What Are We, Chopped Liver? Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Hey, MSM: What Are We, Chopped Liver? Richard Silverstein November 15, 2010 This post is a meditation on the relationship between blogs and the mainstream media in this narrow... Read More Read more about Hey, MSM: What Are We, Chopped Liver?
Uri Blau Returns to Israel for Questioning, Kamm Close to Plea Deal Mideast Peace Uri Blau Returns to Israel for Questioning, Kamm Close to Plea Deal Richard Silverstein October 24, 2010 In a follow-up to a story first exposed here, Haaretz investigative reporter, Uri Blau, and his source... Read More Read more about Uri Blau Returns to Israel for Questioning, Kamm Close to Plea Deal
Barak Appoints IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Who Violated Supreme Court Ruling on Targeted Killings, Advocated Segregating Women on Jerusalem Light Rail Mideast Peace Barak Appoints IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Who Violated Supreme Court Ruling on Targeted Killings, Advocated Segregating Women on Jerusalem Light Rail Richard Silverstein October 4, 2010 Defense Minister Ehud Barak today appointed as new IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen Yair Naveh.... Read More Read more about Barak Appoints IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Who Violated Supreme Court Ruling on Targeted Killings, Advocated Segregating Women on Jerusalem Light Rail
Shin Bet Climbs Down from Espionage Charges Against Kamm, Said; Stands Firm Against Makhoul (So Far) Mideast Peace Shin Bet Climbs Down from Espionage Charges Against Kamm, Said; Stands Firm Against Makhoul (So Far) Richard Silverstein September 13, 2010 Israeli prosecutors are close to offering Anat Kamm a plea deal that would remove the charge of... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Climbs Down from Espionage Charges Against Kamm, Said; Stands Firm Against Makhoul (So Far)
Yossi Melman on Y., Shabak Secrecy and Tikun Olam Mideast Peace Yossi Melman on Y., Shabak Secrecy and Tikun Olam Richard Silverstein August 26, 2010 Today may mark a milestone in this blog’s history–or at least a mini-milestone. Before I identified Yitzhak... Read More Read more about Yossi Melman on Y., Shabak Secrecy and Tikun Olam
Wikileaks’ Afghanistan Trove to Rival Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers? Mideast Peace Wikileaks’ Afghanistan Trove to Rival Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers? Richard Silverstein July 25, 2010 The N.Y. Times today published a summary of tens of thousands of U.S. government cables and other... Read More Read more about Wikileaks’ Afghanistan Trove to Rival Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers?
Seattle Conference: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Mideast Peace Politics & Society Seattle Conference: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Richard Silverstein June 27, 2010 Yesterday night, 200 people joined us for the conference I initiated, Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis: the Failure of... Read More Read more about Seattle Conference: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis