Richard Silverstein

2 weeks ago | richardsilverstein.com | Richard Silverstein

חשיפה: שושנה סטרוק, בתו של חברת הכנסת מהימין הקיצוני אורית סטרוק, מאשימה אותה בהתעללות מינית ופורנוגרפית ילדיםIsraeli courts and/or police have slapped a gag order on accusations by Shoshana Strock, the 38-year-old daughter of far-right Orthodox MK, Orit Strock, charging the latter with sexual abuse. She alleges that her both parents filmed the sexual abuse and posted it on social media, exploiting her and offering the videos as child pornography.

2 weeks ago | richardsilverstein.com | Richard Silverstein

The most recent Pew Research poll on American attitudes toward Israel, tracking views of Trump policy concerning the war, and overall views of the war, reveal that support is cratering. It confirms major decreases in support on these issues.

2 weeks ago | richardsilverstein.com | Richard Silverstein

Trump: If you take the Palestinians, and move them around to different countries and you have plenty of countries that will do that, and you have a freedom zone… I don’t understand why Israel ever gave it up. Israel owned it. They took ocean front property pic.twitter.com/aY3fwMHcWG— Acyn (@Acyn) April 7, 2025Yesterday, Bibi Netanyahu was treated to a brofest with Donald Trump at the White House. The president droned on like an imbecile about Gaza (see video).

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Jonathan Cook |Richard Silverstein

The United States under President Donald Trump is a five-alarm fire. Fascism is ascendant. Education, art, culture, science, social welfare, humanitarian and healthcare systems are being dismantled. An entire national infrastructure nurtured for 250 years is dissolving before our eyes. No one appears capable of stopping it. Resistance, such as it is, seems futile. Democratic leaders like Senator Chuck Schumer are rolling over and playing dead in the face of Trump’s legislative agenda.

2 weeks ago | richardsilverstein.com | Richard Silverstein

It’s February, 1941. Pres. Charles Lindbergh has been in office one month, after defeating Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. Known for his isolationist, America First foreign policy, he’s moved from advocating neutrality in the conflict raging in Europe, to a more decidedly pro-German stance. In fact, he’s invited the Nazi leader, Adolph Hitler to the White House to discuss a role the new president might play in negotiating a truce between the parties to the conflict.