Olmert Will Resign If Indicted Mideast Peace Olmert Will Resign If Indicted Richard Silverstein May 8, 2008 Morris Talansky, Olmert’s bag man (?), in Jerusalem Tuesday (Daniel Bar-On /Jini) The end of Ehud Olmert’s... Read More Read more about Olmert Will Resign If Indicted
Bush ‘Just Doesn’t Feel Right’ About Joint Abbas-Olmert Meeting Mideast Peace Bush ‘Just Doesn’t Feel Right’ About Joint Abbas-Olmert Meeting Richard Silverstein May 8, 2008 It’s starting to feel a little like kicking a man when he’s down in making fun of... Read More Read more about Bush ‘Just Doesn’t Feel Right’ About Joint Abbas-Olmert Meeting
Ehud the ‘Gazlan’? Mideast Peace Ehud the ‘Gazlan’? Richard Silverstein May 6, 2008 For those who don’t know, gazlan in Hebrew means ‘robber.’ So did he or didn’t he? Did... Read More Read more about Ehud the ‘Gazlan’?
Après Ehud, Le Deluge Mideast Peace Après Ehud, Le Deluge Richard Silverstein May 5, 2008 Bernard Avishai has written a compelling blog post in which he practically beseeches the heavens to deny... Read More Read more about Après Ehud, Le Deluge
Israel Prepared to Return Golan? Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israel Prepared to Return Golan? Richard Silverstein April 24, 2008 I’ve hesitated in writing about this story reported yesterday in Haaretz since allowing potentially good news to... Read More Read more about Israel Prepared to Return Golan?
Olmert: We’ll Make Peace Some Day, Just Not Right Now Humor Mideast Peace Politics & Society Olmert: We’ll Make Peace Some Day, Just Not Right Now Richard Silverstein March 28, 2008 Sorry for the black humor but this is the Middle East after all. Dueling headlines: Olmert upbeat... Read More Read more about Olmert: We’ll Make Peace Some Day, Just Not Right Now
Lubavitch Rabbi Advocates Gallows for Olmert Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Lubavitch Rabbi Advocates Gallows for Olmert Richard Silverstein March 11, 2008 I just read this blog comment and all I can say is Whoa! Blogger Tzvee Zahavy has... Read More Read more about Lubavitch Rabbi Advocates Gallows for Olmert
Merkaz Harav Students Denounce Minister as ‘Murderer’ Mideast Peace Merkaz Harav Students Denounce Minister as ‘Murderer’ Richard Silverstein March 10, 2008 Before I begin this post I want to make clear that I in no way justify the... Read More Read more about Merkaz Harav Students Denounce Minister as ‘Murderer’
U.S. Heading Off Gaza Invasion? Mideast Peace U.S. Heading Off Gaza Invasion? Richard Silverstein February 21, 2008 An already dark Israeli predicament in Gaza looks even darker by the moment. Israeli hawks are pressing... Read More Read more about U.S. Heading Off Gaza Invasion?
Gideon Levy: Olmert Needs New Governing Coalition for Peace Mideast Peace Gideon Levy: Olmert Needs New Governing Coalition for Peace Richard Silverstein January 15, 2008 You couldn’t find any greater “political dissident” than Gideon Levy in Israeli journalism. And even he has... Read More Read more about Gideon Levy: Olmert Needs New Governing Coalition for Peace
Olmert Talks of ’67 Borders and Sharing Jerusalem, Sort Of Mideast Peace Politics & Society Olmert Talks of ’67 Borders and Sharing Jerusalem, Sort Of Richard Silverstein January 2, 2008 Well, I’ll be. Ehud Olmert may be becoming a realist in his old age (politically speaking that... Read More Read more about Olmert Talks of ’67 Borders and Sharing Jerusalem, Sort Of
Conference of Presidents Swats Olmert Over Jerusalem Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Conference of Presidents Swats Olmert Over Jerusalem Richard Silverstein December 23, 2007 Malcolm Hoenlein must have Tzipi-Condi envy because he arranged for the Conference of Presidents to plot Jerusalem... Read More Read more about Conference of Presidents Swats Olmert Over Jerusalem