This is the full version of an article published by Middle East Eye. It examines Israel's social media crackdown not just inside Israel, but its attempt to police speech on social media platforms around the world. It also incorporates my personal bout of censorship at the hands of Twitter last month. Over the past week, I also published another article … [Read more...]
Pew Report: Democratic Support for Israel Nose-Dives
NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest story about the Gaza massacre and embassy dedication. Please read and share on social media. It was also republished by CommonDreams. I'm going to say something somewhat radical, but I frankly don't care much about what the new Pew Report says about Republican support for Israel. Although I think that the Democrats … [Read more...]
Hebrew University Recruits Future Shin Bet Torturers and Assassins
There are myriad ways in which Israeli academic institutions promote the Occupation and the national security state. From embedding the IDF in technical high schools from which the army recruits its future cyberwar hackers, to hosting glorified job fairs at which the intelligence agencies recruit their future assassins and torturers. Ilana Hammerman wrote … [Read more...]
Blacklisted: Why I am No Longer Welcome in Israel
One of the most sinister of all Israeli government ministries is Strategic Affairs, run by a Likudist with raging political ambitions, Gilad Erdan. The ministry operates like a quasi-intelligence outfit replete with scores of former Shin Bet and Mossad operatives playing shady, unspecified roles in rooting out 'anti-Israelism' wherever it may be found, and … [Read more...]
