Seattle Mayor Resigns After New Sexual Abuse Victim Comes Forward Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Seattle Mayor Resigns After New Sexual Abuse Victim Comes Forward Richard Silverstein September 13, 2017 NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest contribution, a report on the not-so-secret visit of a... Read More Read more about Seattle Mayor Resigns After New Sexual Abuse Victim Comes Forward
Seattle Mayor, Accused of Buying Teen Sex, to Pinkwash for StandWithUs Mideast Peace Politics & Society Seattle Seattle Mayor, Accused of Buying Teen Sex, to Pinkwash for StandWithUs Richard Silverstein April 6, 2017 Today, the Seattle Times reported that Seattle Mayor Ed Murray stands accused of buying sex from teenage gay prostitutes... Read More Read more about Seattle Mayor, Accused of Buying Teen Sex, to Pinkwash for StandWithUs
Seattle LGBT Commission Pinkwashes…Again! Mideast Peace Seattle Seattle LGBT Commission Pinkwashes…Again! Richard Silverstein March 31, 2017 Back in 2012, StandWithUs and another pinkwashing NGO, A Wider Bridge, brought a group of gay Israelis,... Read More Read more about Seattle LGBT Commission Pinkwashes…Again!
The Yawning Chasm Between Zionism and Women’s Rights Mideast Peace The Yawning Chasm Between Zionism and Women’s Rights Richard Silverstein March 14, 2017 For the past few weeks, a storm has been brewing between women who call themselves “Zionist feminists”... Read More Read more about The Yawning Chasm Between Zionism and Women’s Rights
Bring the Family: Israeli Air Force Pinkwashing Children & Family Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bring the Family: Israeli Air Force Pinkwashing Richard Silverstein February 27, 2017 In very few western countries are the armed forces used to promote the nation to the outside... Read More Read more about Bring the Family: Israeli Air Force Pinkwashing
Seattle Mayor Murray’s Adventures in Pinkwashing Continues Mideast Peace Seattle Seattle Mayor Murray’s Adventures in Pinkwashing Continues Richard Silverstein June 15, 2015 Seattle’s Mayor Ed Murray, one of the first “out” gay mayor’s of a major American city, has... Read More Read more about Seattle Mayor Murray’s Adventures in Pinkwashing Continues
Israeli Pride as Pinkwashing Mideast Peace Israeli Pride as Pinkwashing Richard Silverstein June 14, 2015 The following is an op-ed written by Yediot Achronot reporter, Shai Zamir. To my knowledge, it has... Read More Read more about Israeli Pride as Pinkwashing
Israeli Foreign Ministry Subsidizes Seattle Mayor’s Arab Middle East Vacation Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israeli Foreign Ministry Subsidizes Seattle Mayor’s Arab Middle East Vacation Richard Silverstein June 7, 2015 This is an expanded version of the op-ed I published in the Seattle Times several days ago,... Read More Read more about Israeli Foreign Ministry Subsidizes Seattle Mayor’s Arab Middle East Vacation
Shmuley Boteach’s Multi-Million-Dollar Hasbara Ad Campaign in U.S. National Media Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Shmuley Boteach’s Multi-Million-Dollar Hasbara Ad Campaign in U.S. National Media Richard Silverstein December 25, 2014 “Rabbi” Shmuley Boteach’s multi-million dollar hasbara ad campaign financed by Sheldon Adelson continues with a new series... Read More Read more about Shmuley Boteach’s Multi-Million-Dollar Hasbara Ad Campaign in U.S. National Media
Tel Aviv Youth Center Killings Were Anti-Gay Hate Crime Mideast Peace Tel Aviv Youth Center Killings Were Anti-Gay Hate Crime Richard Silverstein June 6, 2013 It’s taken four years, thousands of hours of police work, and the most expensive investigation in the... Read More Read more about Tel Aviv Youth Center Killings Were Anti-Gay Hate Crime
Arafat’s Death by Polonium, More on Israeli Pinkwashing Mideast Peace Arafat’s Death by Polonium, More on Israeli Pinkwashing Richard Silverstein July 4, 2012 I’ve published two new pieces today, one at Antiwar.com on Yasser Arafat’s likely murder by polonium in... Read More Read more about Arafat’s Death by Polonium, More on Israeli Pinkwashing
Seattle American Jewish Committee as Talent Booker, “Force Multiplier” for Michael Oren Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Seattle Seattle American Jewish Committee as Talent Booker, “Force Multiplier” for Michael Oren Richard Silverstein June 9, 2012 American Jews are extremely sensitive to the charge of dual loyalty. That is, that they might see... Read More Read more about Seattle American Jewish Committee as Talent Booker, “Force Multiplier” for Michael Oren