Hamas to Rewrite Charter, Accept Palestinian State in 1967 Borders, Leading to Egyptian Rapprochement Mideast Peace Hamas to Rewrite Charter, Accept Palestinian State in 1967 Borders, Leading to Egyptian Rapprochement Richard Silverstein March 10, 2017 CORRECTION: I mistakenly read the linked article to state that the Hamas proposal accepts an Israeli state... Read More Read more about Hamas to Rewrite Charter, Accept Palestinian State in 1967 Borders, Leading to Egyptian Rapprochement
Israeli TV Ambush Interview with BDS Activist, Ronnie Barkan Mideast Peace Israeli TV Ambush Interview with BDS Activist, Ronnie Barkan Richard Silverstein June 8, 2015 Last week, prominent Israeli BDS activist, Ronnie Barkan, was interviewed on Yediot Achronot’s TV news channel by... Read More Read more about Israeli TV Ambush Interview with BDS Activist, Ronnie Barkan
South African Intelligence Cables Expose Mossad Africa Operations Mideast Peace South African Intelligence Cables Expose Mossad Africa Operations Richard Silverstein March 19, 2015 A condensed version of this post was published at Middle East Eye. Al Jazeera English (AJE) published a... Read More Read more about South African Intelligence Cables Expose Mossad Africa Operations
Shin Bet Arrests Palestinian Journalist Returning from Egypt Mideast Peace Shin Bet Arrests Palestinian Journalist Returning from Egypt Richard Silverstein November 9, 2013 Israel’s security services arrested Palestinian journalist, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, after he returned from a reporting trip to... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Arrests Palestinian Journalist Returning from Egypt
Israel and Egypt’s Junta, Birds of a Feather Mideast Peace Israel and Egypt’s Junta, Birds of a Feather Richard Silverstein October 9, 2013 The NY Times published a strange story today. It recounts that Israel expressed dismay at Obama’s cut-off... Read More Read more about Israel and Egypt’s Junta, Birds of a Feather
Israel Encouraged Egypt’s Junta to Smash Islamists Mideast Peace Israel Encouraged Egypt’s Junta to Smash Islamists Richard Silverstein August 18, 2013 The NY Times reveals that among the parties urging Egypt’s military leaders to stand fast against both... Read More Read more about Israel Encouraged Egypt’s Junta to Smash Islamists
Israel and Arab Spring: “Do Not Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls for Thee” Mideast Peace Israel and Arab Spring: “Do Not Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls for Thee” Richard Silverstein July 2, 2013 Several reporters have written lately about the rightist Israeli government’s misapprehension of the Arab Spring. They note... Read More Read more about Israel and Arab Spring: “Do Not Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls for Thee”
Israel at “Highest State of Readiness” for Gaza Ground Invasion Mideast Peace Israel at “Highest State of Readiness” for Gaza Ground Invasion Richard Silverstein November 17, 2012 Sheera Frenkel reports in the Times of London that a senior IDF officer told her the army... Read More Read more about Israel at “Highest State of Readiness” for Gaza Ground Invasion
Sinai Islamists Attack Egyptian Border Outpost and Israeli Border Crossing, 16 Egyptian Police Dead, 7 Attackers Mideast Peace Sinai Islamists Attack Egyptian Border Outpost and Israeli Border Crossing, 16 Egyptian Police Dead, 7 Attackers Richard Silverstein August 6, 2012 Today, something unprecedented happened along the Egypt-Israel border. A group of Sinai Islamists, possibly including local Bedouins... Read More Read more about Sinai Islamists Attack Egyptian Border Outpost and Israeli Border Crossing, 16 Egyptian Police Dead, 7 Attackers
Egyptian Military Out to Embarrass New President? Mideast Peace Egyptian Military Out to Embarrass New President? Richard Silverstein August 1, 2012 Israel’s president, Shimon Peres publicized a letter purportedly written to him by Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi,... Read More Read more about Egyptian Military Out to Embarrass New President?
Hamas Turns Against Syria’s Regime Mideast Peace Hamas Turns Against Syria’s Regime Richard Silverstein February 25, 2012 Hamas, which made its home in Syria for well over a decade, has finally turned on its... Read More Read more about Hamas Turns Against Syria’s Regime
Washington Post’s Israel Correspondent Sees ‘New Hamas Pragmatism’ in Light of Arab Spring Mideast Peace Washington Post’s Israel Correspondent Sees ‘New Hamas Pragmatism’ in Light of Arab Spring Richard Silverstein December 21, 2011 I just read a story by the Washington Post’s Israel correspondent, Joel Greenberg which makes me retain... Read More Read more about Washington Post’s Israel Correspondent Sees ‘New Hamas Pragmatism’ in Light of Arab Spring