Israel’s Anti-Government Protest Quashes Display of Palestinian Flags Mideast Peace Israel’s Anti-Government Protest Quashes Display of Palestinian Flags Richard Silverstein January 15, 2023 What is a protest movement worth which uses the same repressive tactics as the government against which... Read More Read more about Israel’s Anti-Government Protest Quashes Display of Palestinian Flags
Gantz to Join Israeli Unity Government, Blue and White Opposition Disintegrates Mideast Peace Gantz to Join Israeli Unity Government, Blue and White Opposition Disintegrates Richard Silverstein March 26, 2020 Former Blue and White coalition leader, Benny Gantz, has single-handedly destroyed the very alliance he founded by... Read More Read more about Gantz to Join Israeli Unity Government, Blue and White Opposition Disintegrates
Aliyah Down from France, U.S.; Social Rifts Widening Within Israel Mideast Peace Aliyah Down from France, U.S.; Social Rifts Widening Within Israel Richard Silverstein April 5, 2017 Haaretz published new figures concerning Israeli immigration which show that in the first three months of 2017,... Read More Read more about Aliyah Down from France, U.S.; Social Rifts Widening Within Israel
Jewish Home MK Candidate Directs Settler Rabbi Group Which Adovcated Genocide Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Jewish Home MK Candidate Directs Settler Rabbi Group Which Adovcated Genocide Richard Silverstein December 26, 2014 In 2011, I posted the graphic accompanying this post. It features an article from in a settler newsletter published... Read More Read more about Jewish Home MK Candidate Directs Settler Rabbi Group Which Adovcated Genocide
Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore” Mideast Peace Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore” Richard Silverstein December 8, 2014 An earlier version of this essay was published by Middle East Eye, whom I thank for offering... Read More Read more about Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore”
Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths Mideast Peace Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths Richard Silverstein July 22, 2014 Israeli defense minister, Bogie Yaalon, has been locked in a major fiscal battle with Finance Minister Yair Lapid over... Read More Read more about Gaza War Day 16: Israel’s Defense Minister Ordered Use of Obsolete Armored Vehicle Leading to 7 Soldier Deaths
New Charges in Rep. Grimm Case, Israeli Police Chief and Former Minister Under Suspicion Mideast Peace Politics & Society New Charges in Rep. Grimm Case, Israeli Police Chief and Former Minister Under Suspicion Richard Silverstein January 15, 2014 I hope you’ll bear with me in this post. I’m going to tie together some disparate characters... Read More Read more about New Charges in Rep. Grimm Case, Israeli Police Chief and Former Minister Under Suspicion
Israel’s New Government of Figureheads and Settlers Mideast Peace Israel’s New Government of Figureheads and Settlers Richard Silverstein March 17, 2013 Today brings the astonishing news that Likud MK Danny Danon as been appointed deputy defense minister. This... Read More Read more about Israel’s New Government of Figureheads and Settlers
Knesset Plans to Raise Election Threshhold, Oust Palestinian Parties Mideast Peace Knesset Plans to Raise Election Threshhold, Oust Palestinian Parties Richard Silverstein March 15, 2013 In the past few days, Haaretz reported that all the major coalition partners in the incoming government... Read More Read more about Knesset Plans to Raise Election Threshhold, Oust Palestinian Parties
Israel’s New Settler Government–Formed Just in Time for Obama Visit Mideast Peace Israel’s New Settler Government–Formed Just in Time for Obama Visit Richard Silverstein March 14, 2013 The new Israeli cabinet announced today is a government of the settlers, by the settlers and for... Read More Read more about Israel’s New Settler Government–Formed Just in Time for Obama Visit
Can Next Israeli Government Be Even More Extremist Than Previous One? Mideast Peace Can Next Israeli Government Be Even More Extremist Than Previous One? Richard Silverstein March 9, 2013 The answer is, to paraphrase the old Obama slogan: “yes, it can.” For starters, instead of appointing... Read More Read more about Can Next Israeli Government Be Even More Extremist Than Previous One?
Corrupt Politics, Israel-Style Mideast Peace Corrupt Politics, Israel-Style Richard Silverstein March 5, 2013 In the comment threads here yesterday, I argued that only the Israeli right (that is, those with... Read More Read more about Corrupt Politics, Israel-Style