The whole Israeli election fiasco creeps ever onward. In the words of Macbeth: ...But a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Today, Benny Gantz, a member of the troika leading the Blue and White coalition, threw in … [Read more...]
Israeli Media Fail in Appeal Against Nir Hefetz-Keren Sidkovsky Gag Order
להורדה: הפרוטוקול החסוי המלא מדיון בית המשפט בפרשת חפץ - סידקובסקי I recently posted about a State witness in the Netanyahu corruption investigation, Nir Hefetz. Israeli police, in pressuring him to testify against his former boss, brought Hefetz' mistress to the police station. It was a shot across the bow, conveying to him that the police would use every … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Israeli Police Use Affair to Pressure Witness Against Netanyahu
חשיפה: הצעירה שנטען כי זומנה לחקירת משטרה רק כדי ללחוץ על ניר חפץ להפוך לעד מדינה היא קרן סידקובסקי Before I begin this post I want to make one thing very clear. I support the corruption investigations against Netanyahu. He is guilty as sin. Further, I realize that the story first reported by on Channel 12 by Amit Segal is designed to damage the police … [Read more...]
Shabak Forced to Release Jordanian-Palestinian Prisoners
UPDATE: Middle East Eye just published my latest piece about the J Street national conference. Though the event garnered glowing media coverage because Bernie Sanders delivered the supposedly radical proposal to siphon off some of the $4-billion in U.S. aid sent to Israel every year in order to offer support to suffering Gaza, not enough attention has been … [Read more...]
