IDF Violates Trump Abortion Order, Should Forfeit $3.8-Billion Annual U.S. Aid Mideast Peace Politics & Society IDF Violates Trump Abortion Order, Should Forfeit $3.8-Billion Annual U.S. Aid Richard Silverstein January 23, 2017 Pres. Trump reinstated an order barring foreign NGOs from receiving any U.S. foreign assistance if they perform... Read More Read more about IDF Violates Trump Abortion Order, Should Forfeit $3.8-Billion Annual U.S. Aid
America First, Israel First: the Lobby Loves Trump Mideast Peace Politics & Society America First, Israel First: the Lobby Loves Trump Richard Silverstein January 21, 2017 “From this moment on, it’s going to be America First.” –Trump Inaugural speech ♦ Israel loves Trump.... Read More Read more about America First, Israel First: the Lobby Loves Trump
Mossad, British Intelligence Fear Secrets Shared with Trump Will Be Leaked to Moscow Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Mossad, British Intelligence Fear Secrets Shared with Trump Will Be Leaked to Moscow Richard Silverstein January 15, 2017 A flurry of reports from both England and Israel have revealed heightened disquiet among intelligence services about... Read More Read more about Mossad, British Intelligence Fear Secrets Shared with Trump Will Be Leaked to Moscow
Trump-Putin Dossier’s Long-Term Impact Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Trump-Putin Dossier’s Long-Term Impact Richard Silverstein January 11, 2017 I’ve just read the 35-page opposition research dossier compiled during the U.S. presidential campaign by a former... Read More Read more about Trump-Putin Dossier’s Long-Term Impact
Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts Mideast Peace Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts Richard Silverstein December 23, 2016 Oh the rage! The betrayal! The wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth–as the U.S. did as... Read More Read more about Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts
Trump Casts First U.S. Veto in UN–and He’s Not Even President! Mideast Peace Trump Casts First U.S. Veto in UN–and He’s Not Even President! Richard Silverstein December 23, 2016 That headline was too good not to steal. It’s from the NY Post (with a few modifications), which... Read More Read more about Trump Casts First U.S. Veto in UN–and He’s Not Even President!
Trump’s Bankruptcy Lawyer to be New U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Kahanists Now Control U.S.-Israel Relations Mideast Peace Politics & Society Trump’s Bankruptcy Lawyer to be New U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Kahanists Now Control U.S.-Israel Relations Richard Silverstein December 16, 2016 Pres.-elect Trump is rounding out his cabinet nicely. So far, four generals, one multinational CEO, a billionaire... Read More Read more about Trump’s Bankruptcy Lawyer to be New U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Kahanists Now Control U.S.-Israel Relations
Trump and Netanyahu Governments Both Steeped in Ethnic Supremacy, Ultra-Nationalism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Trump and Netanyahu Governments Both Steeped in Ethnic Supremacy, Ultra-Nationalism Richard Silverstein December 12, 2016 NOTE: I was a regular contributor to Mint Press News going back to 2015. After the editor... Read More Read more about Trump and Netanyahu Governments Both Steeped in Ethnic Supremacy, Ultra-Nationalism
Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus Mideast Peace Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus Richard Silverstein November 27, 2016 There are alarming news reports about upcoming Trump cabinet appointments to fill key slots in the national... Read More Read more about Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus
Trump: the Night Hell Froze Mideast Peace Trump: the Night Hell Froze Richard Silverstein November 9, 2016 Tonight, Hell froze over. A day much of America never thought possible. Unfathomable. Unthinkable. But guess what?... Read More Read more about Trump: the Night Hell Froze
Trumps Implores Russian Hackers to Expose Missing Clinton E-Mails Mideast Peace Trumps Implores Russian Hackers to Expose Missing Clinton E-Mails Richard Silverstein July 28, 2016 Just when you thought the Trump campaign couldn’t get any stranger…it did. Russian hackers doing the bidding,... Read More Read more about Trumps Implores Russian Hackers to Expose Missing Clinton E-Mails
Trump-Putin-Lieberman and the Axis of Evil Mideast Peace Trump-Putin-Lieberman and the Axis of Evil Richard Silverstein July 22, 2016 The media has done a decent job eviscerating Trump’s acceptance speech and its panoply of lies. So... Read More Read more about Trump-Putin-Lieberman and the Axis of Evil