iran

BREAKING: Netanyahu Exposes Israeli Intelligence Penetration of Iran to Embarrass Gantz

• Mideast Peace
• Military-Tech-Security

BREAKING: Netanyahu Exposes Israeli Intelligence Penetration of Iran to Embarrass Gantz

Richard Silverstein March 15, 2019 10

If anyone had any doubt whether Bibi Netanyahu’s primary allegiance is to Israel or himself, this incident...

Read More Read more about BREAKING: Netanyahu Exposes Israeli Intelligence Penetration of Iran to Embarrass Gantz

Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran

• Mideast Peace

Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran

Richard Silverstein February 14, 2019 7

In comments delivered to an Israeli TV news reporter at a Warsaw conference designed to unite world...

Read More Read more about Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran

Trump’s State of the Union Fiasco

• Mideast Peace

Trump’s State of the Union Fiasco

Richard Silverstein February 6, 2019 3

Donald Trump presented his second State of the Union speech tonight and it was a phantasmagoria of...

Read More Read more about Trump’s State of the Union Fiasco

Justice Department Releases PressTV News Anchor from Prison

• Mideast Peace

Justice Department Releases PressTV News Anchor from Prison

Richard Silverstein January 23, 2019 7

PressTV news anchor, Marzieh Hashemi, was released after ten days in a federal prison in Washington DC....

Read More Read more about Justice Department Releases PressTV News Anchor from Prison

U.S. Arrests News Anchor, Calls PressTV “Propaganda Outlet,” Demands it Register as Foreign Agent

• Mideast Peace
• Politics & Society

U.S. Arrests News Anchor, Calls PressTV “Propaganda Outlet,” Demands it Register as Foreign Agent

Richard Silverstein January 18, 2019 7

NOTE: Middle East Eye has published my latest piece on the shambles that is the upcoming Israeli...

Read More Read more about U.S. Arrests News Anchor, Calls PressTV “Propaganda Outlet,” Demands it Register as Foreign Agent

Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey

• Mideast Peace

Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey

Richard Silverstein January 10, 2019 7

NOTE: Middle East Eye asked me to contribute to an assessment of what 2019 will  hold in...

Read More Read more about Khashoggi Murder Leads to Fundamental Regional Alignment: Public Enemy Number 1 is Now Turkey

House of Saud, House of Trump: Tale of Two Crime Families

• Mideast Peace

House of Saud, House of Trump: Tale of Two Crime Families

Richard Silverstein December 9, 2018 9

The NY Times today published a blockbuster story about collusion between Jared Kushner and the Saudi crown...

Read More Read more about House of Saud, House of Trump: Tale of Two Crime Families

IDF Chief of Staff: Iran Hasn’t Engaged in First-Strike in 1,400 Years

• Mideast Peace

IDF Chief of Staff: Iran Hasn’t Engaged in First-Strike in 1,400 Years

Richard Silverstein December 5, 2018 15

Last spring, in an interview with Yediot Achronot, IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot offered a frank...

Read More Read more about IDF Chief of Staff: Iran Hasn’t Engaged in First-Strike in 1,400 Years

Who Needs Saudi Arabia?

• Mideast Peace

Who Needs Saudi Arabia?

Richard Silverstein November 2, 2018 11

Apparently, Donald Trump needs the Saudis.  And every U.S. president going back to FDR needed them.  We...

Read More Read more about Who Needs Saudi Arabia?

Netanyahu Disappeared from Israel for an Entire 24 Hours and No One Knew

• Mideast Peace

Netanyahu Disappeared from Israel for an Entire 24 Hours and No One Knew

Richard Silverstein October 29, 2018 23

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears, does it make a sound?  Similarly,...

Read More Read more about Netanyahu Disappeared from Israel for an Entire 24 Hours and No One Knew

On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins

• Mideast Peace
• Politics & Society

On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins

Richard Silverstein October 20, 2018 11

There is an influential group of pro-Israel think-tank mandarins who ply the Democratic foreign policy circuit.  They’re...

Read More Read more about On MBS: the Shamelessness of Pro-Israel Think Tank Mandarins

U.S. Official Calls Netanyahu Report of Secret Iran Atomic Warehouse “Misleading”

• Mideast Peace
• Military-Tech-Security

U.S. Official Calls Netanyahu Report of Secret Iran Atomic Warehouse “Misleading”

Richard Silverstein September 28, 2018 8

Bibi Netanyahu’s annual dog-and-pony show ambled into UN General Assembly today as he made yet another bombastic,...

Read More Read more about U.S. Official Calls Netanyahu Report of Secret Iran Atomic Warehouse “Misleading”