Rightist Philosophy Lecturer Dismissed by Hebrew University Mideast Peace Rightist Philosophy Lecturer Dismissed by Hebrew University Richard Silverstein July 24, 2010 The Philosophy department at the Hebrew University recently dismissed Ran Baratz, a lecturer on Greek philosophy. And... Read More Read more about Rightist Philosophy Lecturer Dismissed by Hebrew University
Israeli Interior Ministry Denies Chomsky West Bank Entry Mideast Peace Israeli Interior Ministry Denies Chomsky West Bank Entry Richard Silverstein May 16, 2010 Oops, it was all a big misunderstanding claims Eli Yishai’s Interior Ministry. That’s what Al Jazeera claims... Read More Read more about Israeli Interior Ministry Denies Chomsky West Bank Entry
Mark ‘Muntasir’ Halawa, Pimping the Pro-Israel Lecture Circuit Mideast Peace Mark ‘Muntasir’ Halawa, Pimping the Pro-Israel Lecture Circuit Richard Silverstein April 29, 2010 A few months ago I wrote an expose of a “Mark” Halawa, who’d been adopted by the... Read More Read more about Mark ‘Muntasir’ Halawa, Pimping the Pro-Israel Lecture Circuit
Israel-Iran War Game Scenario Predicts Disaster Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israel-Iran War Game Scenario Predicts Disaster Richard Silverstein March 10, 2010 Israel’s leading columnist, Nahum Barnea, published a column this week about an academic war game exercise conducted... Read More Read more about Israel-Iran War Game Scenario Predicts Disaster
Size Doesn’t Matter: Israel’s Porno Tourism Promotion Film-TV-Media Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Size Doesn’t Matter: Israel’s Porno Tourism Promotion Richard Silverstein February 24, 2010 Israel’s hasbara and tourism promotions are the gift that keeps on giving as far as this blogger... Read More Read more about Size Doesn’t Matter: Israel’s Porno Tourism Promotion
Stand With Us Tours IDF Boosters to Counter Gaza War Criticism Mideast Peace Stand With Us Tours IDF Boosters to Counter Gaza War Criticism Richard Silverstein February 22, 2010 Stand With Us just began a national hasbara speaking tour of IDF boosters whose appearances are designed... Read More Read more about Stand With Us Tours IDF Boosters to Counter Gaza War Criticism
English Pro-Israel Cyberbullying Alive and Well Mideast Peace English Pro-Israel Cyberbullying Alive and Well Richard Silverstein January 26, 2010 Sometimes we think the Israel blogging flame wars are confined to the U.S. or perhaps Israel. But... Read More Read more about English Pro-Israel Cyberbullying Alive and Well
Hebrew University: If One Wall is Good, Two Are Better Mideast Peace Hebrew University: If One Wall is Good, Two Are Better Richard Silverstein January 4, 2010 “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out,... Read More Read more about Hebrew University: If One Wall is Good, Two Are Better
Yeshiva University, Producing Settlers of Tomorrow Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Yeshiva University, Producing Settlers of Tomorrow Richard Silverstein December 30, 2009 In the recent past, Phil Weiss, Didi Remez and I have been documenting American Jewish support for... Read More Read more about Yeshiva University, Producing Settlers of Tomorrow
Religion vs. Politics in Middle East Mideast Peace Politics & Society Religion vs. Politics in Middle East Richard Silverstein November 16, 2009 Tonight, Dean Peter Awn spoke to the Columbia University alumni chapter in Seattle. I attended Columbia’s School... Read More Read more about Religion vs. Politics in Middle East
Israeli College Cancels Academic Offering Due to Too Many Arab Enrollees Mideast Peace Israeli College Cancels Academic Offering Due to Too Many Arab Enrollees Richard Silverstein September 25, 2009 During the recent controversy regarding Neve Gordon’s L.A. Times op-ed supporting the BDS movement, one of the... Read More Read more about Israeli College Cancels Academic Offering Due to Too Many Arab Enrollees
McCain: ‘If I Were a Neo-Nazi’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society McCain: ‘If I Were a Neo-Nazi’ Richard Silverstein October 30, 2008 By now, no one has any doubt that John McCain’s campaign is in direst of straits. If... Read More Read more about McCain: ‘If I Were a Neo-Nazi’