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 :

Petition Campaign Against Iran War – OpEd

A local activist friend, Aram Falsafi, has created a new petition campaign against an Israeli attack on Iran.  He asks

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Leading Settler Rabbi Tells Barak, Bibi: ‘No To Iran War’ – OpEd

It’s not every day you read an article like this (Hebrew) in the Israeli press.  Leading settler Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, one of

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Terror And The Murder Of The Good – OpEd

The series of terror attacks in Toulouse over the past two weeks have proven several truths. First, that terror is

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Iran War Game Predicts Dire Consequences For US Forces After Israeli Attack – OpEd

The NY Times reports that a U.S. military war game simulation found that an Israeli attack on Iran drew a

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Maariv Reports Cabinet Favors Iran Attack, US Delivers Iran ‘Final’ Ultimatum – OpEd

Just when you thought it was safe to come out from your air raid shelter after Bibi returned from his

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Opinion 

Israel: The Permanent-War State – OpEd

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It’s no accident that as soon as Bibi Netanyahu returned from Washington DC, where he apparently was rebuffed yet again

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Dirar Abusisi: First Kidnapped By Mossad, Now Abused In Israeli Prison – OpEd

Dirar Abusisi, who just marked the second anniversary of his kidnapping by Israeli and Ukrainian intelligence agents, is literally wasting

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Iran: Israel’s Concocted World Threat – OpEd

Scott Peterson recently published a comprehensive timeline for Iran’s nuclear program that charted not so much the actual progress of

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Obama Plays Dangerous Game, Offers Israel Bunker Busters Needed For Iran Attack – OpEd

Barack Obama is playing a very dangerous game regarding Iran.  He speaks to Israeli leaders like Bibi Netanyahu and his

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Bibi’s Declaration of War (On Iran) – OpEd

After reading Bibi Netanyahu’s profoundly delusional and mendacious Aipac speech from earlier today, I’m left with two impressions: the most

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