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...]
Father of Breaking the Silence’s Dean Issacharoff is Israel’s Ambassador to Germany
Over the past month, a strange controversy has been brewing in Israel. Breaking the Silence's press spokesperson, Dean Issacharoff, has publicly challenged the State prosecutor to charge him with abuse of a Palestinian prisoner while he served in the IDF in Hebron. The far-right government already has BtS and other domestic human rights NGOs in the … [Read more...]
