israeli-occupation

Israel’s State of Perpetual War and Death Plans to wipe out 'hundreds' of Gaza families in revenge for Hamas attack

Richard Silverstein November 16, 2023

I normally begin these posts with the latest death toll in order to bring home the horror...

Israel’s Hannibal Directive: Israeli Attack Will Likely Result in 120 Hostage Deaths Defense minister calls Gazans "human animals"

Richard Silverstein October 9, 2023

It just won’t stop. We’re looking at about 1,000 Israelis killed, and over 650 Palestinians killed in...

Netanyahu on UN Security Council Statement: ‘Bellitles Anti-Semitism and Slaughter of Millions’ Israeli prime minister launches unhinged attack on enemies, foreign and domestic

Richard Silverstein February 21, 2023

NOTE: The server hosting the site had some unforeseen issues that forced my web host to restore...

US Buys Off Abbas to Avert UN Anti-Settlement Resolution Blinken deal offers little tangible to Israel or Palestine, in hopes it will avert a bloody Ramadan

Richard Silverstein February 20, 2023

The Palestinian Authority has had relative success in bringing its campaign for national rights to the United...

Fear, Loathing and the Lobby’s Anti-Palestine Racism Smears Rashida Tlaib

Richard Silverstein August 10, 2021

Stunning to hear @RashidaTlaib claim “behind the curtain,” those who prevent a “free Palestine” are the “same...

Pompeo Seeks to Criminalize Human Rights, Calling NGOs “Anti-Semitic”

Richard Silverstein October 27, 2020

Politico reports that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to issue a finding that three of...

BREAKING: Israeli Media Exposes Identity of IDF Commander Whose Unit Kidnaps, Assassinates Palestinians

Richard Silverstein May 27, 2018

חשיפה: מפקד יחידת המסתערבים “דובדבן” הוא סא”ל עמי ביטון Last week, the hated IDF unit, Duvdevan, performed...

Israeli Court Convicts Palestinian Poet of “Incitement” and Membership in a Terror Group, for Writing a Poem

Richard Silverstein May 4, 2018

NOTE: My latest Middle East Eye piece deals with Bibi’s “secret Iranian nuclear archive” and Israel’s latest...

Starbucks Hires Lily-White ADL for Racial Sensitivity Training

Richard Silverstein April 20, 2018

Tamika Mallory, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and bete noir of the Israel Lobby, has called...

Gaza Doctor Accuses Israel of Using Exploding Bullets, Israeli Ambassador Calls Norwegians ‘Nazis’ for Denouncing Gaza Massacre

Richard Silverstein April 2, 2018

Pics from shifa hospital in #Gaza for the explosive bullets used by Israeli snipers and the huge...

Hebrew University Recruits Future Shin Bet Torturers and Assassins

Richard Silverstein March 30, 2018

There are myriad ways in which Israeli academic institutions promote the Occupation and the national security state. ...

After IDF Sniper’s Bullet Rips into Palestinian Boy’s Skull, General Claims He Was Injured in Bike Accident

Richard Silverstein February 28, 2018

When an IDF general stoops to shameless lies to discredit an entire Palestinian family engaged in non-violent...