NOTE: I just published a new piece at Middle East Eye on Israel's military intervention in the Libyan civil war. I hope you'll give it a read. As part of Bibi Netanyahu's ongoing campaign to turn Israel into an authoritarian regime like those of his fellow Sunni Arab strongmen, he declared last week he would close Al Jazeera's offices and end its … [Read more...]
Google Censors Tikun Olam Based on Secret Israeli Court Order
גוגל צינזרה מתוצאות החיפוש בישראל את הפוסט שלי על פרופ’ צבי איזיקוביץ, שהואשם כי הוא מטריד מיני סדרתי Yesterday, I received a notice from Google (see screenshot) saying that it was removing a blog post I wrote from all search results for google.co.il, the company's Israel-based search engine. This means that any Israeli using the Israeli Google will not … [Read more...]
Apartheid Israel: Public Broadcasting Suspends, Demotes Palestinian News Anchor for “Terror Retweet”
Last week, the IDF murdered a wanted Palestinian militant. Israeli authorities claim the suspect, Basel Al-Arej, was responsible for attacks against Israelis. Of course, he was never charged for any of these alleged crimes. That doesn't matter to his killers or Israeli media. He was an Arab killer. A terrorist. Human scum. … [Read more...]
Israeli Supreme Court Sides with Security Apparatus, Corporate Elite–Shields Former Soviet Spy
פרשת בוריס קרסני הלוביסט והסוכן הכפול: בג"ץ (שוב) שימש חותמת גומי של השב"כ Last year, the Israeli business publication, Globes, published a story based on my reporting the not-so-secret identity of former Soviet agent-turned Shabak spy, Boris Krasny. Since Krasny was instrumental in exposing one of the Soviet's most valuable Israeli spies, Marcus … [Read more...]