Richard Silverstein is an author, journalist and blogger, with articles appearing in Haaretz, the Jewish Forward, Los Angeles Times, the Guardian’s Comment Is Free, Al Jazeera English, and Alternet. His work has also been in the Seattle Times, American Conservative Magazine, Beliefnet and Tikkun Magazine, where he is on the advisory board. Check out Silverstein's blog at Tikun Olam, one of the earliest liberal Jewish blogs, which he has maintained since February, 2003.

Website: http://www.richardsilverstein.com/

Articles by Richard Silverstein :

Gallup Poll Finds 85% Of Israelis Believe Economic System Corrupt, Ranking It 18th In World – OpEd

A Gallup poll ranked Israel 18th most corrupt nation in the world (Haaretz coverage here) in the eyes of its

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State Of Israel Dispossesses Negev Bedouin – OpEd

Not content with dispossessing nearly 1 million Israeli Palestinians during the Nakba through exile and theft of their land, Israel

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IDF Closes Book On Al-Samouni Killings, Whitewashes Massacre – OpEd

Yesterday, the IDF informed B’Tselem that it intended to close the investigation of the massacre death of 21 members of

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Big Brother, Israeli Censor, To Monitor Journalists’ Social Media Accounts – OpEd

The IDF military censor will be assuming even more ominous Big Brother-like prerogatives as it begins monitoring the social media

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Meir Dagan Defends Diskin’s Attack On Netanyahu At–Of All Places–Jerusalem Post Conference – OpEd

The Jerusalem Post held its endlessly-flacked pro-Israel conference in New York, this weekend, and attendees got much more than they

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Former Shin Bet Chief, Diskin Loses Confidence In Netanyahu, Barak Leadership – OpEd

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Former Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin told an Israeli audience that he had no confidence in the leadership of Bibi

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IDF Chief Calls Iran “Rational,” Barak Disagrees – OpEd

Israel continued its self-portrait as a government in disarray as its military chief, Benny Gantz called Iran “rational” and said

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David Horowitz And The Pornography Of The Holocaust – OpEd

Jews suffered from a crime unique in the history of Europe.   The Holocaust is seared into the identity of

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Israeli Navy Kidnaps Beethoven – OpEd

No, not the composer, but the ship.  Though I have little doubt had Beethoven lived today he’d be writing a

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