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In Contentious Meeting, Abbas Tells Shin Bet Chief: “You and I Can Both Sit Together in a Cell in the Hague!”

April 1, 2021 by Richard Silverstein 8 Comments

NOTE: I’ve published two articles on the Israeli elections. In Middle East Eye, I reported on the triumph of Judeo-supremacist Kahanism in the election results.  I also published my first article in the Cairo Review of Global Affairs, edited by Firas Al-Atraqchi. It suggests ways in which Netanyahu might cobble together a governing coalition with […]

BREAKING: IDF Plans Gaza Invasion in May, Military Censor Squelches Report

March 26, 2019 by Richard Silverstein 12 Comments

.חשיפה: צה”ל מתכונן למלחמה בעזה בחודש מאי. הכתבה צונזרה ע”י הצנזורה הצבאית حصري: الجيش الاسرائيلي يستعد لشن حرب على غزة في شهر مايو Last Saturday, Ynet posted a detailed account of IDF war plans against Gaza, Hamas: the Clock is Ticking (Hebrew).  The article by Ron Ben Yishai, known as a devout military reporter/stenographer, recounts […]

Israel’s Sunni-Shia Divide and Conquer Strategy

December 15, 2017 by Richard Silverstein 4 Comments

Sun Tzu had the Art of War.  Von Clausewitz had On War.  Britain used divide and conquer to maintain control of its colonies.  Now Israel has transformed the strategy into a fine art in its manipulation of its Arab neighbors. Earlier this week, Israel’s intelligence minister, Israel Katz, who has already announced his intention run […]

Divide and Conquer: Israel Learns from the ‘Best’

March 2, 2017 by Richard Silverstein 38 Comments

The concept of divide and conquer has been used successfully by colonial power for centuries, perhaps even millennia.  The British Empire would pick a minority tribe in one of their colonies.  The Crown officials would shower the minority with favors.  It would train and educate them to rule over their countrymen and women.  It purposely […]

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