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Almog, Once Sought for War Crimes, Named Jewish Agency Head IDF Gen. Doron Almog escaped arrest in UK after government authorities warned him of arrest warrant

Almog, Once Sought for War Crimes, Named Jewish Agency Head IDF Gen. Doron Almog escaped arrest in UK after government authorities warned him of arrest warrant

Richard Silverstein June 17, 2022

After a year of stalemate among Israeli political parties seeking to dole out a plum patronage job...

Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist? Hint: It Ain't Muslims

Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist? Hint: It Ain't Muslims

Richard Silverstein April 29, 2022

مع انتهاء صلاة الفجر في #الحرم_الشريف بدأ مئات المشاغبين الفلسطينيين القيام بأعمال شغب عنيفة في باحة الحرم...

BREAKING: Israel’s Pres. Herzog Does Deals for ‘Special Friends’ Herzog Commuted Prison Sentence for Powerful Rabbi's Sister

BREAKING: Israel’s Pres. Herzog Does Deals for ‘Special Friends’ Herzog Commuted Prison Sentence for Powerful Rabbi's Sister

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,...

Tzipi Hotovely: Campus Hillels are “Liberal Dictatorship,” and U.S. Jews Don’t Understand Israel Because Their Kids Don’t Fight in Afghanistan

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...

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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...

Western Wall: Nexus for Gender and Religious-Nationalist Conflict

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...

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

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...

First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal

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...

Obama Abstains, Security Council Denounces Israeli Settlememts

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...