Almog, Once Sought for War Crimes, Named Jewish Agency Head Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Almog, Once Sought for War Crimes, Named Jewish Agency Head Richard Silverstein June 17, 2022 After a year of stalemate among Israeli political parties seeking to dole out a plum patronage job... Read More Read more about Almog, Once Sought for War Crimes, Named Jewish Agency Head
Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist? Mideast Peace Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist? Richard Silverstein April 29, 2022 مع انتهاء صلاة الفجر في #الحرم_الشريف بدأ مئات المشاغبين الفلسطينيين القيام بأعمال شغب عنيفة في باحة الحرم... Read More Read more about Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist?
BREAKING: Israel’s Pres. Herzog Does Deals for ‘Special Friends’ Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace BREAKING: Israel’s Pres. Herzog Does Deals for ‘Special Friends’ Richard Silverstein September 28, 2021 NOTE: I’ve just published a new piece, Israel’s “AI Kill” against Iran has no long-term strategic benefit,... Read More Read more about BREAKING: Israel’s Pres. Herzog Does Deals for ‘Special Friends’
Tzipi Hotovely: Campus Hillels are “Liberal Dictatorship,” and U.S. Jews Don’t Understand Israel Because Their Kids Don’t Fight in Afghanistan Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Tzipi Hotovely: Campus Hillels are “Liberal Dictatorship,” and U.S. Jews Don’t Understand Israel Because Their Kids Don’t Fight in Afghanistan Richard Silverstein November 24, 2017 In an Israeli TV interview, the hosts posed some tough questions to Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy foreign... Read More Read more about Tzipi Hotovely: Campus Hillels are “Liberal Dictatorship,” and U.S. Jews Don’t Understand Israel Because Their Kids Don’t Fight in Afghanistan
Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest Mideast Peace Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest Richard Silverstein August 24, 2017 In spite of my muted sympathy for Women of the Wall and the non-Orthodox religious movements in... Read More Read more about Reform Jews Ape Settler Rhetoric in Kotel Protest
Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict Richard Silverstein June 28, 2017 This week, Israel’s far-right government acceded to its ultra-Orthodox coalition partners and torpedoed a compromise years in... Read More Read more about Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict
Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot Military-Tech-Security Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye... Read More Read more about Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot
First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal Mideast Peace First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal Richard Silverstein May 17, 2017 Today, Middle East Eye published an earlier version of this article. After publication, Washington seemed to explode... Read More Read more about First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal
Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts Mideast Peace Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts Richard Silverstein December 23, 2016 Oh the rage! The betrayal! The wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth–as the U.S. did as... Read More Read more about Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts