Haaretz reports Israel’s two main intelligence agencies have nearly doubled their budgets in the past twelve years. Both the Mossad and Shabak had budgets of $1.3-billion in 2005. The upcoming budget for 2018 is slated to rise to $2.2-billion. It’s no accident that much of the dramatic rise in budgetary expenditures happened during Bibi Netanyahu’s […]
Have You No Shame, Mr. Trump?
A great American once had the courage to face down Sen. Joe McCarthy in a Senate hearing in an immortal exchange, of which this is an excerpt: You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? … If it were in my power to forgive you […]
KGB Infiltrated Highest Echelons of Israel’s Army, Business, and Political Leadership
NOTE: I originally wrote this piece for Mint Press News. Its editor, Mnar Muhawesh, killed the piece, which caused me to sever my relationship with Mint Press, an outlet I’d contributed to for several years. These are hard blows, but ones independent journalists face regularly (I know I have). Mint Press provided a significant portion […]
Israel Defense Forces Secret Intelligence Commander Named
Donation: This is a story you couldn’t read anywhere else in the media but this blog. Mainstream outlets either cannot or will not publish such stories. If you believe in exposing the national security state; if you believe in transparency; if you believe in democracy; if you believe Israelis need to know the secrets I […]
