Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
Can Jews Influence the 2020 Election?
We’re coming down to the wire, with less than three weeks to go until election day. National polls indicate Joe Biden has a substantial lead...
Who First Said Anti-Zionism Isn’t Antisemitism?
The answer to the question posed in the title to this article is -- I’m not sure. I don’t know if anyone has the answer,...
The Arab League Boycott Remains in Force
While the ineffectual BDS movement has gotten all the headlines in recent years, the original boycott initiated by the Arab League in 1945 remains in force. Like BDS, the Arab League...
Kerry Personifies the History of State Department Failures in the Middle East
It was no surprise that most of the Arabists and famous peace processors were silent following the landmark peace agreements signed between Israel, Bahrain, and...
How Low Can Universities Go?
Michelle Obama famously said, “When they go low, we go high.” When it comes to Israel on campus, universities seem to believe “if they go...
Harvard Reaches a New Low
The standards of academia continue to slide, as “academic freedom” and tenure have increasingly been used to shield faculty from accountability. The result has been...
The Campus in Historical Context
I have written many articles on the campus climate, and some have raised hackles because my articles have relied on empirical data and observation to...
Whither the BDS Movement?
The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates may be one of the biggest and final nails in the coffin of the...
Carter, Trump and Peacemaking
When I heard the news about the Israel-UAE agreement, my first thought was that this was a great diplomatic coup and a potentially game-changing event...
Comparing Biden and Trump on Iran
Given Joe Biden’s role in the Obama administration’s decision to sign a nuclear deal with Iran, it should not be surprising that he would advocate...
Is the Democratic Platform Anti-Israel? Not as Republicans Would Have You Believe
Republicans desperate to tar the Democrats as anti-Israel are now promoting the idea that the party platform is hostile to Israel. While I could write a...
Putin Has Outplayed Trump — and the US and Israel Have Suffered
In 2009, I wrote that Russians are the world's best chess players, and that Vladimir Putin pursues foreign policy like a chess whiz who can...
What to Expect From ‘Palestine’
The love affair that so many politicians, peace processors, and pundits have with the creation of a Palestinian state never ceases to astonish. Advocates constantly...
Israel Should Implement Trump Plan Now
The question of whether Israel would be applying sovereignty or annexing territory in Judea, Samaria, and other areas is -- from a practical and political...
