Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
John Kerry Rants, While Heading Towards Oblivion
John Kerry may go down as one of America’s worst secretaries of state, perhaps surpassed only by his predecessor, Hillary Clinton. Together they have carried...
Facts vs. Hysteria: The Truth About Campus Antisemitism
Earlier this year, the AMCHA Initiative produced a study about campus antisemitism that provoked hysterical headlines and articles about skyrocketing antisemitism at US universities. A closer look...
Middle East Studies Professors Back Antisemitic BDS Campaign
The renowned Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis once observed that Middle East Studies programs have been distorted by “a degree of thought control and limitations...
Examining the Jewish Vote
According to exit polls, 71% of American Jews voted for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, while only 24% backed her Republican opponent Donald Trump. Though Haaretz described the...
Where in the World Was President Obama?
On September 30, President Barack Obama attended the funeral of Shimon Peres. At 8 a.m., the White House posted the official transcript of the president’s remarks, which it...
Bipartisan Support for Israel Is Stronger Than Ever
After researching and writing about US-Israel relations for more than 30 years, I have come to the conclusion that most people who pontificate on the subject...
Eight Years Later, Obama Has Learned Nothing About the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute
President Obama’s failure to learn anything in the last eight years about the Palestinian-Israeli dispute was evident in his final speech to the UN General Assembly....
2016 Election Presents Jews With Hobson’s Choice
As we move into the serious part of the 2016 election campaign, many Jews will be debating which candidate is best not only for America, but for...
Amid BDS Activism, Divestment Falters on College Campuses (Part 2)
Note: Part one of this article was originally published here. As I have repeatedly argued, the real anti-Israel menace on campus comes from faculty. On that front,...
Amid BDS Activism, Divestment Falters on College Campuses
It has become a summer ritual to predict that college campuses will erupt in anti-Israel activity, and, after 2014-15’s record number of antisemitic divestment resolutions,...
