Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.
Israel Minister: Cyber Attacks are “An Act of War”
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Ayalon mischaracterized U.S. cyberpolicy, but then why let facts get in the way when you’re fighting a jihad against Israel’s delegitimization, right?
Israeli Police Target Prominent Blogger for ‘Incitement’
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: There’s a new environment in Israel 2.0, which many of us have come to detest. It’s characterized by fear, intimidation, hatred…
Israel’s ‘Hannibal Procedure’: ‘Unfriendly’ Fire?
JONATHAN COOK: It looks like the Israeli military have revived a notorious policy to ensure that there is no repetition of a prolonged kidnap drama.
Larry David & The ‘Palestinian Chicken’ Affair
JESSE BENJAMIN, MONDOWEISS: When Larry David turned his attention to the Palestinian issue it provoked a veritable fire-storm.
The Gaza Flotilla – Now It’s Become a ‘Flytilla’
IRA GLUNTS, MONDOWEISS: Facing a battery of impediments the Gaza flotilla participants have resorted to typically ingenious methods to get their message across.
An Inconvenient Truth: Ehud Barak Off Message
MONDOWEISS: If Iran ever acquired nuclear weapons would it launch an attack on Israel? “Not on us and not on any neighbor.” The speaker? Ehud Barak…
Global Unpopularity Wearing Down Israel
JONATHAN COOK: Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers conceded last week that the Israeli prime minister is more downcast than they have ever seen him.
Arab Revolutions Throw Spanner Into Israeli Propaganda Machine
RAMZY BAROUD: The Arab people who have taken to the streets to demand democracy are not playing to Israeli caricatures.
Egypt to Usher in Brave New World the U.S. will find harder to Control
PHYLLIS BENNIS, MONDOWEISS: Do the principles on which the U.S. was founded apply to more than 300 million Arabs?
Lebanon at Stake: Turkey Must Reveal Its Cards
RAMZY BAROUD: Promises Turkey will no longer stand idle as children and women are killed no longer suffice. Israel seems unmoved by words…
Publish it Not – Israel and the Sultans of Spin
JONATHAN COOK: Most freelancers forced into this position would either have learned to tailor their reporting to what was expected by the news desks or have headed off to another conflict zone. I stayed…
