Russian Spy Met With Avigdor Lieberman and DC Israel Lobby Figures Mideast Peace Russian Spy Met With Avigdor Lieberman and DC Israel Lobby Figures Richard Silverstein April 1, 2023 The US indictment of Russian spy, Sergey Cherkasov, reveals that Russian intelligence was keenly interested in the... Read More Read more about Russian Spy Met With Avigdor Lieberman and DC Israel Lobby Figures
Bolton is Out as Trump Considers Easing Sanctions in Order to Meet Iran’s Rouhani Mideast Peace Bolton is Out as Trump Considers Easing Sanctions in Order to Meet Iran’s Rouhani Richard Silverstein September 11, 2019 Three of the major news stories of the week are: the firing/resignation of John Bolton, precipitated by... Read More Read more about Bolton is Out as Trump Considers Easing Sanctions in Order to Meet Iran’s Rouhani
Trump Donor, Elliott Broidy, Paid Dennis Ross $10,000 to Publish Pro-Saudi Op-Ed in The Hill Mideast Peace Trump Donor, Elliott Broidy, Paid Dennis Ross $10,000 to Publish Pro-Saudi Op-Ed in The Hill Richard Silverstein August 1, 2019 The Daily Beast reports (paywall) that Trump donor, Elliott Broidy, recruited former Ambassador Dennis Ross to crank... Read More Read more about Trump Donor, Elliott Broidy, Paid Dennis Ross $10,000 to Publish Pro-Saudi Op-Ed in The Hill
On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins Mideast Peace Politics & Society On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins Richard Silverstein October 20, 2018 There is an influential group of pro-Israel think-tank mandarins who ply the Democratic foreign policy circuit. They’re... Read More Read more about On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins
Anti-Iran Lobby Steps Up Its Game Before Deadline for P5+1 Talks Mideast Peace Anti-Iran Lobby Steps Up Its Game Before Deadline for P5+1 Talks Richard Silverstein July 2, 2015 The U.S. and Iranian nuclear negotiators have just announced a one week extension of their nuclear talks. ... Read More Read more about Anti-Iran Lobby Steps Up Its Game Before Deadline for P5+1 Talks
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talk Charade Mideast Peace Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talk Charade Richard Silverstein July 21, 2013 I’ve held off writing about John Kerry’s shuttle diplomacy attempting to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, because... Read More Read more about Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talk Charade
WINEP’s Clawson Advocates U.S. Sinking Iranian Sub to Provoke War Mideast Peace WINEP’s Clawson Advocates U.S. Sinking Iranian Sub to Provoke War Richard Silverstein October 2, 2012 Until today, the notion that Aipac wanted a war against Iran seemed plausible, but there was no... Read More Read more about WINEP’s Clawson Advocates U.S. Sinking Iranian Sub to Provoke War
IDF Chief of Staff Affirms Israeli Responsibility for Iran Covert War, Assassinations Mideast Peace Politics & Society IDF Chief of Staff Affirms Israeli Responsibility for Iran Covert War, Assassinations Richard Silverstein January 11, 2012 Fox News reports that IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz testified in closed session to the Israeli... Read More Read more about IDF Chief of Staff Affirms Israeli Responsibility for Iran Covert War, Assassinations
Dennis Ross Resigns Mideast Peace Dennis Ross Resigns Richard Silverstein November 10, 2011 If I truly thought this meant a major change in Barack Obama’s Middle East approach I’d be... Read More Read more about Dennis Ross Resigns
Middle East Quartet Statement Failed Because U.S. Insisted on Guaranteeing Israel as Jewish State Mideast Peace Middle East Quartet Statement Failed Because U.S. Insisted on Guaranteeing Israel as Jewish State Richard Silverstein September 25, 2011 Reuters is reporting that a recent Quartet statement about moving Israeli-Palestinian negotiations forward which was supposed to... Read More Read more about Middle East Quartet Statement Failed Because U.S. Insisted on Guaranteeing Israel as Jewish State
Bibi at the White House: ‘I am the Leader of a Much Smaller People’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bibi at the White House: ‘I am the Leader of a Much Smaller People’ Richard Silverstein May 21, 2011 I don’t know whether Bibi was trying to tell the American people that Israelis had the pygmy... Read More Read more about Bibi at the White House: ‘I am the Leader of a Much Smaller People’
Dan Shapiro to Be Obama’s New Israel Ambassador Mideast Peace Politics & Society Dan Shapiro to Be Obama’s New Israel Ambassador Richard Silverstein February 22, 2011 In a sign that Pres. Obama is rewarding those who devised the inert policy he’s adopted toward... Read More Read more about Dan Shapiro to Be Obama’s New Israel Ambassador