Israeli Military Censor: On a Fool’s Errand Mideast Peace Israeli Military Censor: On a Fool’s Errand Richard Silverstein April 25, 2016 BREAKING: IDF censor prohibits reporting name of IDF officer in Haaretz who’s already been publicly named in... Read More Read more about Israeli Military Censor: On a Fool’s Errand
Netanyahu Claims Syria ‘Occupies’ Golan, Despite International Recognition of Syrian Sovereignty Mideast Peace Netanyahu Claims Syria ‘Occupies’ Golan, Despite International Recognition of Syrian Sovereignty Richard Silverstein April 19, 2016 Bibi Netanyahu is always one who’s good for a new outrage. No sooner does he lose a... Read More Read more about Netanyahu Claims Syria ‘Occupies’ Golan, Despite International Recognition of Syrian Sovereignty
Syrian Killed in Attack by Golani Druze Was Islamist Fighter, Not Civilian as IDF Claimed Mideast Peace Syrian Killed in Attack by Golani Druze Was Islamist Fighter, Not Civilian as IDF Claimed Richard Silverstein June 26, 2015 This post expands on my original one reporting this incident. Some of the material in it may look familiar... Read More Read more about Syrian Killed in Attack by Golani Druze Was Islamist Fighter, Not Civilian as IDF Claimed
Israel’s Dangerous Game with Syrian Islamists Mideast Peace Israel’s Dangerous Game with Syrian Islamists Richard Silverstein June 25, 2015 Recently, Israeli TV aired an interview (Hebrew, at the 2:00 mark) with a wounded Syrian fighter who was treated... Read More Read more about Israel’s Dangerous Game with Syrian Islamists
ISIS Shells Israeli-Occupied Golan, IDF Holds Fire Mideast Peace ISIS Shells Israeli-Occupied Golan, IDF Holds Fire Richard Silverstein April 30, 2015 Over the past few years of the Syrian civil war, government and rebel forces have regularly fired... Read More Read more about ISIS Shells Israeli-Occupied Golan, IDF Holds Fire
IDF Lies About Its Increasing Syria Intervention Mideast Peace IDF Lies About Its Increasing Syria Intervention Richard Silverstein April 27, 2015 Foreign media reported two separate reports of Israeli attacks against Syrian military targets reported to be SCUD... Read More Read more about IDF Lies About Its Increasing Syria Intervention
Israel Exposes World’s First (Alleged) Facebook Espionage Ring, Claims Golan Druze Spied for Syria Mideast Peace Israel Exposes World’s First (Alleged) Facebook Espionage Ring, Claims Golan Druze Spied for Syria Richard Silverstein April 9, 2015 This is a slightly expanded version of a report that ran in Middle East Eye this past... Read More Read more about Israel Exposes World’s First (Alleged) Facebook Espionage Ring, Claims Golan Druze Spied for Syria
Shin Bet Partially Lifts Gag Order on Golan “Spy” Case Mideast Peace Shin Bet Partially Lifts Gag Order on Golan “Spy” Case Richard Silverstein March 29, 2015 Israel’s Shin Bet has partially lifted the gag order (in English) on the Druze “spy ring” which... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Partially Lifts Gag Order on Golan “Spy” Case
Israeli Secret Police Arrest Another Syrian Druze Under Gag Order Mideast Peace Israeli Secret Police Arrest Another Syrian Druze Under Gag Order Richard Silverstein March 9, 2015 Israel’s Shabak arrested yet another Syrian Druze under gag order. Though his identity and arrest may not... Read More Read more about Israeli Secret Police Arrest Another Syrian Druze Under Gag Order
Iranian Media Reports on IDF-Islamist Collaboration in Golan Mideast Peace Iranian Media Reports on IDF-Islamist Collaboration in Golan Richard Silverstein March 7, 2015 Despite an ironclad gag order within Israel prohibiting publication of even a single detail of the “espionage”... Read More Read more about Iranian Media Reports on IDF-Islamist Collaboration in Golan
Shin Bet Secretly Arrests IDF Druze Soldier Suspected of Exposing Secret Meeting Between Syrian Rebels, IDF Intelligence Mideast Peace Military-Tech-Security Shin Bet Secretly Arrests IDF Druze Soldier Suspected of Exposing Secret Meeting Between Syrian Rebels, IDF Intelligence Richard Silverstein March 3, 2015 If you want a lesson in the ways of the Israeli security apparatus–how it manipulates law and... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Secretly Arrests IDF Druze Soldier Suspected of Exposing Secret Meeting Between Syrian Rebels, IDF Intelligence
Israel Secretly Arrests Golani Druze, Accusing Him of Exposing Rebel-IDF Collaboration Mideast Peace Israel Secretly Arrests Golani Druze, Accusing Him of Exposing Rebel-IDF Collaboration Richard Silverstein February 28, 2015 Israel’s Shin Bet rearrested Golani Druze Sedki al-Maket (age 48). Until his release in 2012 (Hebrew), he’d been... Read More Read more about Israel Secretly Arrests Golani Druze, Accusing Him of Exposing Rebel-IDF Collaboration