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When the Media Collude with the IDF to Whitewash Gaza War Crimes

June 12, 2018 by Richard Silverstein 2 Comments

A professor who is a friend sent me an invitation he recently received to participate in a conference in Israel later this month.  He was so shocked by the agenda that he sent me the e-mail.  It’s being organized by the Tel Aviv University think tank, the Institute for National Security Studies.  There is no […]

Chutzpah: Trump’s Middle East Maven Demands Hamas Be Israel’s Poodle

October 19, 2017 by Richard Silverstein 10 Comments

As I’ve been observing the response to the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation process, one aspect of it stood out: the U.S. has attempted to insert itself into the process as if it was a full party to the agreement.  Of course it isn’t.  It is an outsider.  Not even a recognized mediator. In fact, it’s likely that, […]

IDF Exploits Gaza Child Cancer Victims to Score Hasbara Points

April 29, 2016 by Richard Silverstein 21 Comments

Two nights ago, I noticed that COGAT, the IDF unit which administers the Gaza siege, was taking credit in a Facebook post for organizing a “fun day” for 23 Gaza children in Israel.  There were pictures (with the children’s faces pixellated) of them enjoying sun and fun at an Israel environmental center and water park […]

Gaza War, Day 24: 61 IDF Soldiers Killed, 1,458 Palestinians Killed, 9,000 Homes Destroyed, Bibi Lied About West Bank Kidnapping

August 1, 2014 by Richard Silverstein 61 Comments

UPDATE: The ceasefire seems to be collapsing.  Heavy Israeli artillery fire is reported by Yediot in Rafah with eight Palestinians dead.  Looks like Bibi put a nail in the coffin of Kerry’s ceasefire. Today, brings a small respite from mass murder.  Both Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour truce brokered by the UN and […]

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