Richard Silverstein is a blogger and freelance writer who began his Israeli-Palestinian peace blog, Tikun Olam, in February 2003. He wrote a chapter for the Independent Jewish Voices essay collection, A Time to Speak Out, to be published by Verso Books in October, and he contributes to the Guardian's Comment Is Free, The Seminal, and blogs at Huffington Post.
A mission to Gaza motivated by human misery broke the Israeli siege and raised Nobel hopes for a group of dedicated activists.


