Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus Mideast Peace Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus Richard Silverstein November 27, 2016 There are alarming news reports about upcoming Trump cabinet appointments to fill key slots in the national... Read More Read more about Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast Consensus
UN Report Confirms Staggering Cost of Occupation to Palestinian Economy Mideast Peace UN Report Confirms Staggering Cost of Occupation to Palestinian Economy Richard Silverstein September 12, 2016 The UN Conference on Trade and Development has issued a detailed report (full report here) on the... Read More Read more about UN Report Confirms Staggering Cost of Occupation to Palestinian Economy
Bibi’s New Faux Peace Initiative Mideast Peace Bibi’s New Faux Peace Initiative Richard Silverstein June 1, 2016 I would call Bibi’s and Yvet’s latest quasi peace initiative an act of political theater, except that... Read More Read more about Bibi’s New Faux Peace Initiative
Hillary Clinton Back-Pedals on Two-States Mideast Peace Hillary Clinton Back-Pedals on Two-States Richard Silverstein April 22, 2016 In reading the transcript of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s remarks during the recent Democratic debate, I... Read More Read more about Hillary Clinton Back-Pedals on Two-States
Bernie Finally Addresses Israel-Palestine Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bernie Finally Addresses Israel-Palestine Richard Silverstein March 22, 2016 Bernie Sanders offered to address Aipac’s national conference via live video feed as almost every Israeli prime... Read More Read more about Bernie Finally Addresses Israel-Palestine
Terror Rabbis and the Triumph of the Judean Will Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Terror Rabbis and the Triumph of the Judean Will Richard Silverstein August 7, 2015 A few days ago Amir Oren wrote a persuasive essay arguing that Israeli intelligence’s portrayal of Meir... Read More Read more about Terror Rabbis and the Triumph of the Judean Will
Israel’s New Government: the Power of One Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israel’s New Government: the Power of One Richard Silverstein May 7, 2015 Israeli politics is damn screwy. During the campaign everyone believed Labor was going to win. Then Bibi... Read More Read more about Israel’s New Government: the Power of One
Australia Two-State Debate Invites, then Disinvites, then Reinvites Palestinian BDS Activist Mideast Peace Australia Two-State Debate Invites, then Disinvites, then Reinvites Palestinian BDS Activist Richard Silverstein May 21, 2014 Peter Beinart and Dahlia Scheindlin, both known for their liberal Zionist views and support for a two... Read More Read more about Australia Two-State Debate Invites, then Disinvites, then Reinvites Palestinian BDS Activist
Americans Favor One-State Solution if Peace Talks Fail Mideast Peace Politics & Society Americans Favor One-State Solution if Peace Talks Fail Richard Silverstein March 4, 2014 Shibley Telhami has produced a new poll which questions Americans about their views should the current round of... Read More Read more about Americans Favor One-State Solution if Peace Talks Fail
As BDS Rises, Anti-BDS Rhetoric Falters Mideast Peace As BDS Rises, Anti-BDS Rhetoric Falters Richard Silverstein February 1, 2014 In the fallout from the Scarlett Johansson imbroglio, there are lessons to be learned. First, that money... Read More Read more about As BDS Rises, Anti-BDS Rhetoric Falters
Kerry’s Israel-Palestine “Framework” is DOA Mideast Peace Kerry’s Israel-Palestine “Framework” is DOA Richard Silverstein January 30, 2014 I can’t think of anything more dry and boring than talking about a diplomatic “framework.” It’s enough... Read More Read more about Kerry’s Israel-Palestine “Framework” is DOA
Senior Israeli Minister Endorses Arab League Initiative on Behalf of Government–Whoops! Mideast Peace Senior Israeli Minister Endorses Arab League Initiative on Behalf of Government–Whoops! Richard Silverstein June 21, 2013 Former Shabak chief and current Israeli minister, Yaakov Peri, visiting the IAEA offiices in Vienna endorsed the... Read More Read more about Senior Israeli Minister Endorses Arab League Initiative on Behalf of Government–Whoops!