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Israel-Jordan Crisis Deepens as Jordan Exposes Identity of Shin Bet Killer, Ziv Moyal

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Israel-Jordan Crisis Deepens as Jordan Exposes Identity of Shin Bet Killer, Ziv Moyal

Richard Silverstein July 30, 2017 16

UPDATE: Ben White tweeted that Reuters published a story a week ago naming Moyal.  But apparently the IDF...

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Al Aqsa Crisis: Despite Backroom Deals, Palestinians Continue to Resist

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Al Aqsa Crisis: Despite Backroom Deals, Palestinians Continue to Resist

Richard Silverstein July 25, 2017 8

Just when Israelis and Jordanians were taking a deep breath at the bullet they both dodged, thinking...

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Official Jordanian Account of Killings by Shin Bet Agent Dramatically Contradicts Israel’s

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Official Jordanian Account of Killings by Shin Bet Agent Dramatically Contradicts Israel’s

Richard Silverstein July 24, 2017 20

Jordan’s police released an account of the killings of two Jordanians by an Israeli Shin Bet agent,...

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Jordan-Israel Deal Permits Evacuation of Israeli Embassy Staff and Killer of Two Jordanians, Defusing al Aqsa Standoff

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Jordan-Israel Deal Permits Evacuation of Israeli Embassy Staff and Killer of Two Jordanians, Defusing al Aqsa Standoff

Richard Silverstein July 24, 2017 3

After high-level phone contacts between Bibi Netanyahu and King Abdullah and Shin Bet chief, Nadav Argaman’s secret...

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BREAKING: Israeli, Jordanian Intelligence Maintain Reciprocal Presences in Each Others’ Countries

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BREAKING: Israeli, Jordanian Intelligence Maintain Reciprocal Presences in Each Others’ Countries

Richard Silverstein June 6, 2017 11

NOTE: Middle East Eye today published my piece on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 War.  I...

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Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot

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Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot

Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 5

Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye...

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BREAKING: Israeli Air Force Attacks Hezbollah Weapons, Syrian SCUD Destroyed by Arrow Interceptors

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BREAKING: Israeli Air Force Attacks Hezbollah Weapons, Syrian SCUD Destroyed by Arrow Interceptors

Richard Silverstein March 16, 2017 2

Syrian air defenses launched Russian-made SA-5 missiles at the Israeli planes.  Even that has happened before (but rarely)....

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Kerry Lobbying Arab Strongmen to Pressure Palestinians to Accept Israel as Jewish State

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Kerry Lobbying Arab Strongmen to Pressure Palestinians to Accept Israel as Jewish State

Richard Silverstein January 8, 2014 32

Tonight’s news is yet another in those series of wacky ‘flyers’ that Israeli-Arab peace negotiators sometimes take...

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Former Mossad Agent Secretly Tried, Convicted of Treason; Israel Secretly Imprisons Palestinian for Years Without Trial

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Former Mossad Agent Secretly Tried, Convicted of Treason; Israel Secretly Imprisons Palestinian for Years Without Trial

Richard Silverstein November 18, 2013 10

Most of you know of the case of Ben Zygier, the Mossad agent who blew up a...

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