Eric Silver

Eric Silver reported from Israel for three decades for (among other publications) the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent and the Jewish Chronicle.

Lebanon: who won the war?

Two months after the ceasefire on 14 August 2006 that brought an end to the devastating Lebanon war, Israelis are still scourging themselves for failing to achieve what they thought

By Eric Silver

/ 16 Oct 2006

Israels bleak post-mortem

Ehud Olmert is betting his political future on the shaky foundations of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, which brought about the 14 August 2006 ceasefire in Israel's

By Eric Silver

/ 17 Aug 2006

A united, worried Israel

In summer 1982, more than 100,000 Israelis gathered in a Tel Aviv square to demand an end to the first Lebanon war. Dissenters picketed the Jerusalem residence of the

By Eric Silver

/ 20 Jul 2006

Israels political map is redrawn

In the five years since the Palestinians launched their second, more deadly, intifada, the pragmatic Israeli right has grudgingly acknowledged that the dream of a Greater Israel stretching from the

By Eric Silver

/ 25 Nov 2005

Eric Silver

Lebanon: who won the war?

Israel&#146;s bleak post-mortem

A united, worried Israel

Israel&#146;s political map is redrawn

Israels bleak post-mortem

Israels political map is redrawn