Richard Silverstein

The U.S. and Egypt: Backing The Wrong Horse?

The U.S. and Egypt: Backing The Wrong Horse?

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: We’re betting on the forces of the past over the forces of the future. We’d rather be on the side of the strong (for now) than on the side of the right.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel’s Connection to the NSA Surveillance Scandal

Israel’s Connection to the NSA Surveillance Scandal

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Israeli companies have consistently led the way in internet monitoring and surveillance technology.

 Richard Silverstein

In China Or Israel: ‘Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall’

In China Or Israel: ‘Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall’

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Benjamin Netanyahu waxed enthusiastic about the inspiration that the Great Wall of China has provided for him.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel Falls to 112th in Press Freedom Index

Israel Falls to 112th in Press Freedom Index

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Israel has fallen 20 places in the Press Freedom Index. It now ranks below both Qatar and Kuwait. But is its ranking low enough?

 Richard Silverstein

Scarfe’s Cartoon Is Grotesque. So Is the Occupation

Scarfe’s Cartoon Is Grotesque. So Is the Occupation

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The work of Gerald Scarfe has always evoked strong views but he has surpassed himself with his Netanyahu cartoon.

 Richard Silverstein

Ex-Shin Bet Directors ‘Stick It’ To Netanyahu in Movie

Ex-Shin Bet Directors ‘Stick It’ To Netanyahu in Movie

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: When in office they’re ramrod straight security hawks but once they leave they suddenly become ‘seers’. But the criticism is unusual in its vehemence

 Richard Silverstein

Photo of the Year: One Tender Moment in Gaza

Photo of the Year: One Tender Moment in Gaza

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Time Magazine has chosen its ‘Photo of the Year’ and it is a moment of great sadness during the recent onslaught on Gaza

 Richard Silverstein

What Meshal’s Visit Really Means for the Future

What Meshal’s Visit Really Means for the Future

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The words were predictably fiery and pugnacious but Meshal’s visit points to a new direction for Palestine.

 Richard Silverstein

“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: Ceasefire Offer

“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: Ceasefire Offer

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Netanyahu’s negotiating position is calculated for one reaction – instant rejection. So what is his gameplan?

 Richard Silverstein

Erdogan to Gaza: The Siege Begins to Lift, Slowly

Erdogan to Gaza: The Siege Begins to Lift, Slowly

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Hard on the heels of Qatar’s high profile visit and investment in Gaza comes news that regional super-power Turkey plans a visit.

 Richard Silverstein

58% of Israeli Jews Label Their State ‘Apartheid’

58% of Israeli Jews Label Their State ‘Apartheid’

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Yet another indication of the racism that infects not just the Israeli poor or uneducated, but the media elite and virtually every (Jewish) strata as well.

 Richard Silverstein

Western Liberals and their ‘Problem’ with “Muslim Rage”

Western Liberals and their ‘Problem’ with “Muslim Rage”

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: We’re [Christians and Jews] above that sort of blood-letting. We solve our differences civilly through debate and the free exchange of ideas. As if…

 Richard Silverstein

Israel Master, U.S. the Poodle: How did this Happen?

Israel Master, U.S. the Poodle: How did this Happen?

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Previous presidents would make sure, for the sake of their own prestige and stature, that they put such chutzpah in its place. Not this president.

 Richard Silverstein

Settlements Strangle Hope For Two State Solution

Settlements Strangle Hope For Two State Solution

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: You can begin to see the battleground before you. One state, the question is whether this will be democratic, semi-democratic, or a Jewish-dominated theocracy.

 Richard Silverstein

Rachel Corrie – Not the First, Probably Not the Last

Rachel Corrie – Not the First, Probably Not the Last

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The IDF (and Border Police) are murderers. They kill civilians. Unarmed civilians. Who protest for justice and human rights. This is no defensive army.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel’s Insatiable Military: Billions Demanded for ‘Arab Spring Threat’

Israel’s Insatiable Military: Billions Demanded for ‘Arab Spring Threat’

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The treasury is proposing $12-billion, while Defense $15-billion. According to Haaretz, Netanyahu is expected to go with the Defense Ministry

 Richard Silverstein

Israel Facing a Harsher, Less Predictable World

Israel Facing a Harsher, Less Predictable World

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: There are forces out there seeking to capitalize on the Arab Spring: It’s s a different world Israel is facing. A harsher world, one more difficult to control.

 Richard Silverstein

Israel’s Lack of Respect for the US Equals Disaster

Israel’s Lack of Respect for the US Equals Disaster

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: An Israeli leader who neither respects nor fears an American president is a recipe for disaster both for Israel and America. Obama has yet to find that out.

 Richard Silverstein

Crossing the Line: Level of Settlement Spend Revealed

Crossing the Line: Level of Settlement Spend Revealed

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The document, prepared for the U.S. government (which deducts from foreign aid expenditures monies spent by Israel on settlements), has so far been kept a secret…

 Richard Silverstein

Legal Creep Threatening Web Site, Journalist Freedoms

Legal Creep Threatening Web Site, Journalist Freedoms

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: “…Extraditing a UK citizen to the U.S. to prosecute him for this? For linking? Where do they plan to put him when they get him: Guantanamo?”

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