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Likud’s Soft Coup Under Pretext of Pandemic

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Likud’s Soft Coup Under Pretext of Pandemic

Richard Silverstein March 18, 2020 2

The Likud lost the most recent election, yet they continue to cling to power exploiting every dirty...

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Gantz, Pledging to Form “Government of All Israel’s Citizens,” Tapped to Form Ruling Coalition

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Gantz, Pledging to Form “Government of All Israel’s Citizens,” Tapped to Form Ruling Coalition

Richard Silverstein March 16, 2020 4

Israeli ex-General and leader of the Blue and White Coalition, Benny Gantz, has performed something of a...

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Elections: Where Hope Goes to DIe

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Elections: Where Hope Goes to DIe

Richard Silverstein March 10, 2020 22

Developments today in Israeli and U.S. elections combined to make me absolutely miserable.  On top of that...

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Israeli Election: the Day After Offers Hope Netanyahu May Be Toppled

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Israeli Election: the Day After Offers Hope Netanyahu May Be Toppled

Richard Silverstein March 5, 2020 5

NOTE: Middle East Eye published a new post-election piece warning that the so-called Likud victory was nothing...

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Netanyahu Ethnically Cleanses Israeli Palestinian Knesset Vote

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Netanyahu Ethnically Cleanses Israeli Palestinian Knesset Vote

Richard Silverstein March 4, 2020 6

הכרעת העם ברורה: 58 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-ימני ו-47 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-שמאלני. אזרחי ישראל נתנו לי קולות יותר...

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Days Before Election, Likud Engages in Palestinian Voter Suppression

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Days Before Election, Likud Engages in Palestinian Voter Suppression

Richard Silverstein February 28, 2020 1

Tearing a page from the Trump 2016 campaign playbook, the Likud Party is engaged in large-scale voter...

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Likud Exposes Entire Israeli Voter Database to Russian, U. S. Intelligence

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Likud Exposes Entire Israeli Voter Database to Russian, U. S. Intelligence

Richard Silverstein February 11, 2020 5

DONATION: Though the outlines of this story have been reported by Israeli and foreign media, there is...

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Likud Leadership Rival, Gideon Saar, Calls for Netanyahu Resignation, Party Primary Vote

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Likud Leadership Rival, Gideon Saar, Calls for Netanyahu Resignation, Party Primary Vote

Richard Silverstein November 23, 2019 2

DONATE: As Israel faces its potential first change in leadership in over a decade, Tikun Olam will...

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Netanyahu Indicted on Three Corruption Counts

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Netanyahu Indicted on Three Corruption Counts

Richard Silverstein November 21, 2019 3

A few hours ago, Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit filed corruption indictments against Bibi Netanyahu on three of...

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Breaking: Netanyahu Indicted in Three of Four Corruption Cases, But Will It Matter?

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Breaking: Netanyahu Indicted in Three of Four Corruption Cases, But Will It Matter?

Richard Silverstein November 20, 2019 3

BREAKING: Netanyahu charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three of four cases. The whole...

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Netanyahu’s Weaponization of Facebook in Israeli Election Offers Roadmap for Trump 2020

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Netanyahu’s Weaponization of Facebook in Israeli Election Offers Roadmap for Trump 2020

Richard Silverstein October 24, 2019 1

Marc Zuckerberg delivered a shockingly tone-deaf Georgetown speech in which he doubled down on Facebooks’s refusal to...

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Israeli Election, a “Boisterous Democracy,” and Other Liberal Zionist Nostrums

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Israeli Election, a “Boisterous Democracy,” and Other Liberal Zionist Nostrums

Richard Silverstein September 23, 2019 1

Though the results of the Israeli election are known, the composition of the next government is not....

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