Israeli Election Post-Mortem: Rearranging the Deck Chairs Mideast Peace Israeli Election Post-Mortem: Rearranging the Deck Chairs Richard Silverstein March 20, 2015 I use the term “post-mortem” deliberately, because the results of Israel’s election have been a sort of... Read More Read more about Israeli Election Post-Mortem: Rearranging the Deck Chairs
Israeli Election I: Likud Victory Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israeli Election I: Likud Victory Richard Silverstein March 17, 2015 UPDATE: With 95% of the vote counted, Likud’s victory is even more sweeping than reported in this... Read More Read more about Israeli Election I: Likud Victory
Israel’s Election: Bibi and Blood in the Water Mideast Peace Israel’s Election: Bibi and Blood in the Water Richard Silverstein March 17, 2015 Post by Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו. A translation of Bibi’s press conference statement: All day, politicians... Read More Read more about Israel’s Election: Bibi and Blood in the Water
Israeli Elections 2015: Likud Losing, Labor Rallying Mideast Peace Israeli Elections 2015: Likud Losing, Labor Rallying Richard Silverstein March 11, 2015 A curious thing happened in the past few days in the Israeli election race. Something I didn’t... Read More Read more about Israeli Elections 2015: Likud Losing, Labor Rallying
Purim: Till You Can’t Tell the Difference Between Israel and ISIS Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Purim: Till You Can’t Tell the Difference Between Israel and ISIS Richard Silverstein March 9, 2015 Purim, the Jewish holiday that happened a few days ago is a strange one. It’s an amalgam... Read More Read more about Purim: Till You Can’t Tell the Difference Between Israel and ISIS
Bibi’s New Homophobic, Islamophobic Campaign Video Slurs Israeli Workers Mideast Peace Bibi’s New Homophobic, Islamophobic Campaign Video Slurs Israeli Workers Richard Silverstein March 6, 2015 It’s campaign season in Israel. Which means the TV viewing public gets to see a series of... Read More Read more about Bibi’s New Homophobic, Islamophobic Campaign Video Slurs Israeli Workers
Bibi’s Cynical Incitement Against “Leftist” NGOs, Noy Alooshe’s Bibi-Mix Folk & World Music Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bibi’s Cynical Incitement Against “Leftist” NGOs, Noy Alooshe’s Bibi-Mix Richard Silverstein March 6, 2015 Noy Alooshe has produced another one of his magificent satiric hip-hop videos. This one turns Bibi’s Congressional... Read More Read more about Bibi’s Cynical Incitement Against “Leftist” NGOs, Noy Alooshe’s Bibi-Mix
After Gay Activists Assaulted, Naftali Bennett Claims Leftist Conspiracy to Assassinate Him Mideast Peace After Gay Activists Assaulted, Naftali Bennett Claims Leftist Conspiracy to Assassinate Him Richard Silverstein February 20, 2015 Post by זהבה גלאון Zehava Galon. Yesterday, Naftali Bennett’s Bayit Yehudi Party held a festive celebration in... Read More Read more about After Gay Activists Assaulted, Naftali Bennett Claims Leftist Conspiracy to Assassinate Him
Settlers Defend Goebbels-Like Video Incitement Film-TV-Media Mideast Peace Settlers Defend Goebbels-Like Video Incitement Richard Silverstein February 15, 2015 A follow-up on two videos I featured here in yesterday’s posts. Several NGOs have appealed to the... Read More Read more about Settlers Defend Goebbels-Like Video Incitement
Israel: the New Political Apartheid Mideast Peace Israel: the New Political Apartheid Richard Silverstein January 28, 2015 The “A” word is anathema in pro-Israel circles. It’s about as bad as the “N” (Nakba) word... Read More Read more about Israel: the New Political Apartheid
Bayit Yehudi MK, Settlement Leader Questioned in Bribery-Kickback Scandal Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Bayit Yehudi MK, Settlement Leader Questioned in Bribery-Kickback Scandal Richard Silverstein January 26, 2015 Last month, I reported a major scandal engulfing Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu (YB) Party. The allegations centered... Read More Read more about Bayit Yehudi MK, Settlement Leader Questioned in Bribery-Kickback Scandal
Bibi’s Insult to France Mideast Peace Bibi’s Insult to France Richard Silverstein January 11, 2015 Haaretz reports the astonishing news that Francois Hollande, France’s president, asked both Israel and Palestine not to send... Read More Read more about Bibi’s Insult to France