Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard
Newly Declassified Documents on the CIA, the Partition of Palestine, and the Creation of Israel
In The Arab Lobby, I documented the efforts of Arabists in the State Department to prevent the partition of Palestine primarily because of concern that...
Would UMinn Host a KKK Conference?
In a statement, the UMinn president justified allowing an upcoming KKK conference on campus: “The First Amendment protects even the most heinous speech and while...
After Trump’s Syria Betrayal, Can Jews or Anyone Really Trust Him?
For many American Jews, a candidate’s attitude and policy positions on Israel are important, and for some, it is the one issue that determines their...
The Answer to Iranian Aggression? Appeasement
Two of the United States' vital interests in the Middle East are ensuring the security of oil supplies and the survival of Israel. The Europeans...
Focus on White Supremacists Should Not Obscure Threat of Islamism
Right-wing extremism is on the rise around the world, and we have seen the deadly consequences far too often in the United States. Here, especially,...
J Street’s Alternative Universe Tour
Birthright Israel has been criticized by some people, including Jews, for failing to take participants to the West Bank and not spending more time on...
Decades After the Holocaust, We Still Live in the Twilight Zone
A popular show on Netflix is Black Mirror, which is often compared to The Twilight Zone, which ran from 1959 to 1964. Those of us...
An Israeli Liberal Says That Palestinians Killed Oslo and the Hope for Peace
One of the two original architects of the Oslo Accords, Yair Hirschfeld, performed a fascinating autopsy in Fathom to explain the failure of the agreements....
The Iran Deal Hoax
The Iran nuclear deal was predicated on the ability of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify Iran’s compliance with the terms of the...
A Little Good News From Campus
It's been another academic year, and another year in the endless campus war against Israel. Its enemies are relentless and undeterred by facts, law, or...
The Roots of the Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Lobby
I have been going through the archives of the pro-peace, pro-Jewish state (later Israel) lobby, and I've found some interesting fundraising letters that offer insight...
Trump’s Saudi Arms Sale Is About Politics and Economics, Not Security
President Trump wants to use his emergency powers to sell billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia on national security grounds. Congress wants...
Intellectual Freedom Redefined
Susan Shapiro described the environment at NYU in The Wall Street Journal: Jewish students were assaulted at an Israeli Independence Day celebration last year in Washington Square...
Antisemites, Israel Critics Adopt a New Propaganda Ploy
The campaign to demonize Israel and the Jewish people is not new. And to give credit where it is due, the detractors of Israel and...
