Richardsilverstein - richardsilverstein.com - Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם
General Information:
Latest News:
German Report That Israel’s NSA Affirms Syria Government Responsibility for Chemical Attacks 27 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
Yediot report that Unit 8200 provided U.S. communications intercepts which showed Assad planned gas attacks I am as skeptical as the next guy about reports like this for obvious reasons. But that do...
IDF Failures in Lebanon Continue 25 Aug 2013 | 12:42 pm
There have been two recent incidents involving IDF assaults on Lebanese targets which ended in failure. Given the even greater failures of the 2006 Lebanon war in which Israel lost over 100 civilian ...
Prospect for U.S. Military Intervention in Syria Increases 24 Aug 2013 | 01:12 pm
Pres. Obama and his advisors have begun speaking publicly, albeit in muted terms so far, of the prospect for a Kosovo-style military intervention in Syria to punish Bashir Assad’s government for alleg...
Iron Dome Fails to Intercept Rockets Fired from Lebanon into Northern Israel 23 Aug 2013 | 09:56 am
Israeli police officer guards home damaged by Lebanese rocket attack. (AP/Jinipix) Yesterday, Lebanese militants fired four rockets from south of Tyre into northern Israel. One landed in Lebanon. Of ...
Amidror Out as National Security Advisor, Mossad Deputy Director to Take Over 22 Aug 2013 | 11:03 am
Bibi Netanyahu’s national security advisor, IDF general and avowed settlerist, Yaakov Amirdror is resigning his position next month. He had a falling out with Netanyahu’s minister for strategic affai...
Israel Encouraged Egypt’s Junta to Smash Islamists 18 Aug 2013 | 03:19 pm
(Roni Gordon/Maariv) The NY Times reveals that among the parties urging Egypt’s military leaders to stand fast against both the Muslim Brotherhood and western interlocutors attempting to negotiate a ...
Israeli Attorney Exposes “Parallel” Legal System for Embarrassing Security Cases 16 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm
An interesting drama is unfolding in Israel as I write this. On July 9th, Amir Oren published a blockbuster story. In the findings of a judicial inquiry into the death of failed Mossad spy, Ben Zygier...
Protest Egyptian Bloodbath, End U.S. Aid, Sever Relations With Military Junta 15 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
Protesters murdered by Egyptian security forces. These are corpses in one room of a three room morgue. Yesterday’s bloodbath in Cairo in which hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood protesters were mown down...
Lange Lies, Again 14 Aug 2013 | 11:23 am
(L. to R.): Avi Mayer, Brian Thomas and Barak Raz, the three hasbarateers. David Lange and his Israellycool partner in crime, Brian Thomas, have been cooking with gas lately. Not content merely to s...
Israel Violates Egyptian Sovereignty, Kills Four Alledged Sinai Militants 10 Aug 2013 | 12:28 pm
Today, the IDF continued its serial violations of the territorial sovereignty of frontline Arab states as it has for decades. An IAF drone attacked a group of alleged militants preparing to launch mis...
