During Lebanon War, Naftali Bennett Led His IDF Unit into Ambush and Israeli War Crime Mideast Peace During Lebanon War, Naftali Bennett Led His IDF Unit into Ambush and Israeli War Crime Richard Silverstein January 6, 2015 Israeli journalist Yigal Sarna, writing in Yediot, has unearthed a troubling scandal from Naftali Bennett’s past service... Read More Read more about During Lebanon War, Naftali Bennett Led His IDF Unit into Ambush and Israeli War Crime
Netanyahu Promotes Dahiya Doctrine Author to IDF Chief of Staff Mideast Peace Netanyahu Promotes Dahiya Doctrine Author to IDF Chief of Staff Richard Silverstein November 29, 2014 Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot was named today as the next IDF chief of staff. Since virtually every such... Read More Read more about Netanyahu Promotes Dahiya Doctrine Author to IDF Chief of Staff
Hannibal Directive Focus of War Crimes Inquiry Mideast Peace Hannibal Directive Focus of War Crimes Inquiry Richard Silverstein September 1, 2014 The Israeli attorney general and military prosecutor have begun investigations of numerous incidents during Operation Protective Edge... Read More Read more about Hannibal Directive Focus of War Crimes Inquiry
Israeli Police Open Murder Investigations into Civilian Deaths from Gaza Rockets Mideast Peace Israeli Police Open Murder Investigations into Civilian Deaths from Gaza Rockets Richard Silverstein August 29, 2014 During Operation Protective Edge, seven Israeli civilians were killed as a result of rockets fired from Gaza. ... Read More Read more about Israeli Police Open Murder Investigations into Civilian Deaths from Gaza Rockets
IDF Col. Ofer Winter: Butcher of Khuza’a Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace IDF Col. Ofer Winter: Butcher of Khuza’a Richard Silverstein August 14, 2014 What goes around comes around. The circle of tragedy that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come full circle... Read More Read more about IDF Col. Ofer Winter: Butcher of Khuza’a
Hannibal is an IDF ‘Putsch’ Against the State Mideast Peace Hannibal is an IDF ‘Putsch’ Against the State Richard Silverstein August 12, 2014 Tonight will be the third critical Haaretz article about the Hannibal Directive which the paper hasn’t chosen... Read More Read more about Hannibal is an IDF ‘Putsch’ Against the State
IDF Col. Ofer Winter’s Holy War Against Latter-Day Philistines Mideast Peace IDF Col. Ofer Winter’s Holy War Against Latter-Day Philistines Richard Silverstein August 10, 2014 I’ve recounted in several posts here, the exploits of IDF Col. Ofer Winter, commander of the Givati... Read More Read more about IDF Col. Ofer Winter’s Holy War Against Latter-Day Philistines
IDF Command Levels from the Lord of Hosts on Down Humor Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace IDF Command Levels from the Lord of Hosts on Down Richard Silverstein August 9, 2014 Satire from today’s Haaretz concerning the Commander of the Givati Brigade, Col. Ofer Winter. Note which command... Read More Read more about IDF Command Levels from the Lord of Hosts on Down
Col. Ofer Winter: Poster Boy for IDF’s New Dirty 200, Ceasefire Dies (Again) Mideast Peace Col. Ofer Winter: Poster Boy for IDF’s New Dirty 200, Ceasefire Dies (Again) Richard Silverstein August 7, 2014 After Operation Cast Lead, peace activists prepared a list of 200 IDF officers who played major roles... Read More Read more about Col. Ofer Winter: Poster Boy for IDF’s New Dirty 200, Ceasefire Dies (Again)
A Nightmare Called Hannibal Mideast Peace A Nightmare Called Hannibal Richard Silverstein August 7, 2014 Despite the pall of military censorship, the Israel and foreign media are beginning, tentatively to air the... Read More Read more about A Nightmare Called Hannibal
IDF-Embedded Reporter Says It Fired Guided Missile at UNWRA School, Killing 15 Civilians Mideast Peace IDF-Embedded Reporter Says It Fired Guided Missile at UNWRA School, Killing 15 Civilians Richard Silverstein August 5, 2014 An Israeli reporter for Maariv, Aviram Zino, has been embedded with an IDF unit during the current... Read More Read more about IDF-Embedded Reporter Says It Fired Guided Missile at UNWRA School, Killing 15 Civilians
Gaza War, Day 22: 10 IDF Soldiers Killed Today, 1,100 Palestinians Killed Overall Mideast Peace Gaza War, Day 22: 10 IDF Soldiers Killed Today, 1,100 Palestinians Killed Overall Richard Silverstein July 28, 2014 Today brings the second-highest number of IDF deaths during all of Operation Protective Edge. Ten soldiers were killed... Read More Read more about Gaza War, Day 22: 10 IDF Soldiers Killed Today, 1,100 Palestinians Killed Overall