Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
The Murder of American Jewish Soldiers
Approximately 600,000 Jews served in the United States armed forces in World War II. More than 35,000 were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. Approximately 8,000...
Why Can’t Violent Settlers Be Held Accountable?
Last month, Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, created a firestorm when he said that he planned to increase the number of police in Judea...
Biden, the Saudis, and Arms and Human Rights
Headlines hailed the participation of countries from around the world in a climate summit aimed at achieving international consensus on steps to “save the planet”...
Biden’s Policy on Israel: So Far, So Good
During the 2020 campaign and since he became president, conservatives have attempted to paint Joe Biden (and the entire Democratic Party) as hostile to Israel....
When Critics of Israel Lose, It’s ‘the Jews’ Fault’
JNS.org - One of the elders of the domestic Arab lobby is James Zogby, who has been propagandizing against Israel and the pro-Israel lobby for...
Settlements Are Not the Obstacle to Peace, Just a Two-State Solution
Shany Mor wrote a useful if not very original article in Mosaic on the history and failure of peace processors and the implications for their...
BDS Continues to Fizzle Out
The antisemitic BDS movement never had a serious impact on Israel; it had no impact whatsoever on Israeli policy, and has failed to accomplish its...
Can Iran Be Stopped?
Over the last eight years, two tactics have been employed to minimize or eliminate the Iranian threat -- the Obama maximum appeasement approach and Trump’s...
Why Isn’t Antisemitism Treated Like Other Forms of Bigotry?
I’ve been binging on The West Wing, and there was an episode where the president’s assistant gives him the gift of a map of Palestine...
Universities Compromise Values for Arab Money
Universities have largely escaped government scrutiny -- at least until recently -- for their fundraising in Arab countries. It may seem paradoxical that institutions widely...
A Middle East Policy Guide for President-Elect Biden
As I wrote last week, Joe Biden will enter the White House with more experience in Middle East affairs than any of his predecessors; nevertheless,...
Myths and Facts About Biden for His Critics
After the last four Orwellian years, it should come as no surprise that some Biden critics are unhinged. To get an idea, I saw one...
An Arabist Admits Mistakes — and Makes More
Aaron David Miller had a long and distinguished career in the US State Department -- distinguished that is by failure to achieve the objective of...
Why Can’t Universities Define Antisemitism?
Aren’t academics supposed to be able to define a word? How is it then that university professors and administrators are incapable of defining “antisemitism?” They...
