Richard Silverstein writes the Tikun Olam blog and is a freelance journalist specializing in exposing secrets of the Israeli national security state. He campaigns against opacity and the negative impact of Israeli military censorship.
Israel's dystopian weapons industry poses a threat to humanity, with the Hezbollah pager attacks setting a dangerous precedent, says Richard Silverstein.
Netanyahu's speech to Congress was met with a hysterical display of bootlicking. But can Kamala Harris break from Bibi and Biden, asks Richard Silverstein.
Bowman's defeat is a preview of AIPAC's new strategy: to unseat pro-Palestine, grassroots candidates before they reach Congress, writes Richard Silverstein.
Biden's failure to reign in Israel is costing him votes as he faces Trump. Richard Silverstein asks: could his foreign policy in Gaza decide the election?
As public support falters, those criticising Israel's war on Gaza face extreme repression, arrest, and are even labelled traitors, writes Richard Silverstein.
With growing protest in Israel over his judicial coup, Netanyahu went on a US tour in a bid to both silence criticism & strengthen Israel normalisation. Unfortunately, he faced little accountability along the way, writes Richard Silverstein.
The reports that X, formerly known as Twitter, may use an Israeli cyber-security company’s digital ID product should cause alarm, writes Richard Silverstein. Many of these technologies are used to surveil & target Palestinians.
Biden is pushing for a US-brokered Saudi-Israel deal, and Riyadh has taken the opportunity to make some big demands. But if previous normalisations teach us anything, it is that Palestinians are the ones that lose out, writes Richard Silverstein.
The reach and economic impact of the protests continue to propel the movement against Netanyahu's far-right government, but the elephant in the room remains: for Palestinians, there is no democracy to save, writes Richard Silverstein.
After killing Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Israeli forces followed and old playbook: confuse the public, obscure the truth, and absolve themselves of accountability. But this time, they may have gone too far, writes Richard Silverstein.
