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Breaking: Senior IDF Officer Sacked for Media Leaks Identified

April 18, 2015 by Richard Silverstein

There are Israeli reports that the new IDF chief of staff, Gadi Eisenkrot, has sacked a senior officer (Hebrew) for repeatedly leaking sensitive military information over a long period of time to the media.  I can’t say why these reports refused to name the officer.  But I will: he is Lt. Col. Eitan Ben Gad, the […]

Gaza: Of the Making of Many Ceasefires There is No End

August 4, 2014 by Richard Silverstein

That’s a Biblical allusion to Ecclesiastes: “Of the making of many books there is no end.”  But it’s a fitting statement for tonight’s announcement that Israel has declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire concocted with the help of the Likud’s best pal in the Arab world, Egypt.  There is word that Hamas too has agreed to […]

IDF Appoints New Commander of Shayetet 13, Commando Unit Responsible for Mavi Marmara Massacre

July 4, 2014 by Richard Silverstein

Israel, the land of smoke and mirrors, named a new commander for its elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit eight months ago.  Shayetet 13 is the equivalent of SEAL Team 6, which assassinated Osama bin Laden.  The Israeli force was responsible for the murder of nine Turkish activists on the Mavi Marmara. Out of fear of […]

Israel Appoints Accused War Criminal as Special Forces Commander

November 4, 2013 by Richard Silverstein

The IDF has just appointed (Hebrew) Lt. Col. Gur Schreibman as commander of the notorious Shayetet 13, the IDF equivalent of U.S. Navy SEALS.  Shayetet 13 was the unit which perpetrated the Mavi Marmara massacre and indeed, Schreibman was a commander who participated in that killing field operation.  Forensic review of the evidence and Turkish […]

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