Israeli Journalist, Ben Caspit: I’d “Beat the Shit” Out of IDF Refusers if I Could Mideast Peace Israeli Journalist, Ben Caspit: I’d “Beat the Shit” Out of IDF Refusers if I Could Richard Silverstein February 8, 2015 In June 2013, Israeli journalist Ben Caspit, who writes for Maariv and Al Monitor’s Israel Pulse, interviewed... Read More Read more about Israeli Journalist, Ben Caspit: I’d “Beat the Shit” Out of IDF Refusers if I Could
IDF Unit 8200 Officers Refuse to Fight Palestinians Mideast Peace IDF Unit 8200 Officers Refuse to Fight Palestinians Richard Silverstein September 12, 2014 43 reserve members of the IDF’s prestigious intelligence group, Unit 8200, signed a letter (original letter here)... Read More Read more about IDF Unit 8200 Officers Refuse to Fight Palestinians
Bibi Set to Name Amidror National Security Advisor Mideast Peace Bibi Set to Name Amidror National Security Advisor Richard Silverstein March 4, 2011 No sooner did the Bibi-Yvet show give us the public defenestration of Uzi Arad, whose appointment to... Read More Read more about Bibi Set to Name Amidror National Security Advisor
The Fruits of War are Death Mideast Peace Politics & Society The Fruits of War are Death Richard Silverstein November 28, 2009 Tonight, I heard a riveting piece of documentary radio journalism, Boots on the Ground (part 5, Coming... Read More Read more about The Fruits of War are Death
Could Army Have Offered Hassan Way Out Short of Deployment? Mideast Peace Politics & Society Could Army Have Offered Hassan Way Out Short of Deployment? Richard Silverstein November 14, 2009 In my first reporting on the Ft. Hood shooting I noted how counter-productive the Army’s regulations seemed... Read More Read more about Could Army Have Offered Hassan Way Out Short of Deployment?
New Profile Threat to Israeli Militarist Consensus Mideast Peace New Profile Threat to Israeli Militarist Consensus Richard Silverstein May 29, 2009 Recently, I met with an Israeli peace activist here in Seattle who shared with me his perspective... Read More Read more about New Profile Threat to Israeli Militarist Consensus
Jonathan Ben Artzi: Israeli Supreme Court Grants Victory to Draft Resister Mideast Peace Politics & Society Jonathan Ben Artzi: Israeli Supreme Court Grants Victory to Draft Resister Richard Silverstein October 19, 2007 Ben Artzi outside the military court (Matania Ben Artzi) Jonathan’s dad just wrote me some dramatic new... Read More Read more about Jonathan Ben Artzi: Israeli Supreme Court Grants Victory to Draft Resister
Haaretz Insists on No Holds Barred Debate Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, What About U.S. Media? Mideast Peace Haaretz Insists on No Holds Barred Debate Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, What About U.S. Media? Richard Silverstein October 18, 2007 Jonathan Ben Artzi’s parents, who’ve been supporting his ultimately successful campaign for conscientious objector status related to... Read More Read more about Haaretz Insists on No Holds Barred Debate Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, What About U.S. Media?
Jonathan Ben Artzi, Israeli Prisoner of Conscience, Victorious Against IDF Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Jonathan Ben Artzi, Israeli Prisoner of Conscience, Victorious Against IDF Richard Silverstein October 17, 2007 Jonathan Ben Artzi free from army service For eight years, Jonathan Ben Artzi, nephew of Bibi Netanyahu,... Read More Read more about Jonathan Ben Artzi, Israeli Prisoner of Conscience, Victorious Against IDF