Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
Should Gaza Be the Palestinian State?
Proponents of a two-state solution foresee a future Palestinian state in most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to...
Hamas Anniversary Is Reminder of Terror Group’s Agenda
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of the covenant of the "Islamic Resistance Movement," better known as Hamas. The document is worth...
Don’t Believe the Hysterics on Canceling the Iran Nuclear Deal
A great hue and cry went up throughout Europe and from former Obama administration officials and various foreign policy experts when President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal (JCPOA). Critics...
When Will IfNotNow Get Its Facts Right?
IfNotNow, which claims to be a group of peace-loving Jews who want to educate their peers about the “occupation,” shares a number of characteristics with...
How UC Berkeley Went From Anti-Israel Bastion to Israel Studies Powerhouse
Last month, the University of California at Berkeley hosted the annual conference of the Association of Israel Studies. The fact that the professional meeting of...
An Eye-Opening Trip Through Samaria
I traveled to Samaria (Shomron in Hebrew) recently. Wikipedia tells us Samaria “is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient...
JFK and the US Defense of Israel
The uproar over the US decision to move our embassy to Jerusalem was based in part on the outdated and specious Arabist argument that American...
Not All US Allies Opposed Withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal
Most of the coverage of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the flawed nuclear deal with Iran focused on the dismay of European signatories to the agreement -- while ignoring the...
Why Iran Believes Time Is on Its Side
Now that President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Iran deal, supporters and opponents of the agreement want to know what happens next....
Germany’s Refusal to Attack Syria Shows Moral Failure
After repeated chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime on its own citizens, the United States, the UK, and Francefinally took military action to punish Bashar Assad. But one ally was...
The Ongoing Myth of BDS Success
Anytime that a student government votes to divest from Israel or a celebrity chooses not to perform in Israel, a cry goes out throughout the...
Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Sham
President Donald Trump is considering whether to pull out of the nuclear deal signed with Iran by his predecessor Barack Obama. The agreement’s supporters are painting apocalyptic scenarios of Iran resuming its...
The US Is Now Supporting Israel in Both Word and Deed
It seems that every day another story appears claiming that support for Israel is eroding in the United States. These reports are often based primarily...
US Support for Israel Is at a Record High
When Pew released a study on American attitudes toward the Middle East, the focus was on the partisan divide and the suggestion that Democrats were...
