I've reported in past years on the Israel Democracy Institute's annual poll on the health (or illness) of Israeli democracy. The results are usually quite dispiriting if you ever believed in such a concept. But they are always instructive. Given the IDI is a liberal Zionist organization intent on maintaining what little remains of Israeli democracy, many … [Read more...]
Bryan Singer Must Have the Busiest Lawyer in Hollywood
I don't usually write about Hollywood "affairs" unless they relate to Israel. But I am always intrigued by censorship and the cold, brutal hand of the censor, where they're in Israel or Hollywood. And tonight director Bryan Singer's lawyers are working overtime rooting out all online/media evidence of the latest charges against him involving molestation of … [Read more...]
Israel to Shutter Al Jazeera, Join Ranks of Arab Authoritarian Regimes Suppressing Press Freedom
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...]
