Israeli Foreign Ministry Threatened Pro-Palestinian Evangelicals, Then It Didn’t, and Then It Did Again, But Not in an Official Capacity Mideast Peace Israeli Foreign Ministry Threatened Pro-Palestinian Evangelicals, Then It Didn’t, and Then It Did Again, But Not in an Official Capacity Richard Silverstein March 12, 2014 Did you follow all that? Let me explain. Yesterday, a pro-Israel shmatteh called Israel Today published a... Read More Read more about Israeli Foreign Ministry Threatened Pro-Palestinian Evangelicals, Then It Didn’t, and Then It Did Again, But Not in an Official Capacity
Catastrophic Dutch State Visit to Israel Mideast Peace Catastrophic Dutch State Visit to Israel Richard Silverstein December 11, 2013 Bibi Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister has displayed a remarkable number of diplomatic gaffes including forcing a... Read More Read more about Catastrophic Dutch State Visit to Israel
Mandela and Lessons for Israel-Palestine: from Armed Struggle to Political Transformation Mideast Peace Mandela and Lessons for Israel-Palestine: from Armed Struggle to Political Transformation Richard Silverstein December 5, 2013 Though parallels and echoes between South Africa and Israel-Palestine seem obvious, over the years I hadn’t given... Read More Read more about Mandela and Lessons for Israel-Palestine: from Armed Struggle to Political Transformation
Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation Richard Silverstein April 9, 2013 On Yom Ha-Shoah, one of the few remaining living survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto, Chavka Fulman-Raban, delivered... Read More Read more about Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation
80 Year-Old Palestinian Shepherd Assaulted, Both Arms Broken by Settlers Mideast Peace 80 Year-Old Palestinian Shepherd Assaulted, Both Arms Broken by Settlers Richard Silverstein April 8, 2013 Ynet reports that two masked settler assailants attacked (Hebrew and English) an elderly Palestinian shepherd, Hassan Barhoush,... Read More Read more about 80 Year-Old Palestinian Shepherd Assaulted, Both Arms Broken by Settlers
Obama to Palestine: “Drop Dead” Mideast Peace Politics & Society Obama to Palestine: “Drop Dead” Richard Silverstein March 21, 2013 Way back in the 1970s, New York City was on the verge of bankruptcy and its leaders... Read More Read more about Obama to Palestine: “Drop Dead”
Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation Jews & Judaism Politics & Society The Arts Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation Richard Silverstein January 31, 2013 Rupert Murdoch has opened up a can of worms by attacking the award-winning cartoonist for his flagship... Read More Read more about Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation
Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights Mideast Peace Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights Richard Silverstein December 26, 2012 A few days ago, Amira Hass wrote a story in Haaretz about a Shabak interrogation of Israeli... Read More Read more about Israel’s Creeping Criminalization of Democratic Rights
Turkey’s Erdogan to Break Gaza Siege Mideast Peace Turkey’s Erdogan to Break Gaza Siege Richard Silverstein November 2, 2012 It’s typical of the NY Times in reporting a story that is injurious to Israel’s Occupation policy... Read More Read more about Turkey’s Erdogan to Break Gaza Siege
Progressive Radio Network Interview on IDF Protest Song Mideast Peace Progressive Radio Network Interview on IDF Protest Song Richard Silverstein November 2, 2012 Burt Cohen of the Progressive Radio Network did an hour-long interview (audio stream) with me this morning... Read More Read more about Progressive Radio Network Interview on IDF Protest Song
Israeli Protest Song Banned from Army Radio Folk & World Music Mideast Peace Israeli Protest Song Banned from Army Radio Richard Silverstein October 15, 2012 There was once a time when Israeli songs like A Matter of Habit were routinely written, aired... Read More Read more about Israeli Protest Song Banned from Army Radio
Rachel Corrie Among First in Long Line of Foreign Rights Activists Murdered, Maimed by IDF Mideast Peace Rachel Corrie Among First in Long Line of Foreign Rights Activists Murdered, Maimed by IDF Richard Silverstein August 28, 2012 The list below was compiled by the Institute for Middle East Understanding and lists foreign peace activists... Read More Read more about Rachel Corrie Among First in Long Line of Foreign Rights Activists Murdered, Maimed by IDF