Posts Tagged: Mitchell Bard Israel
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...
J Street’s Twisted Passover Haggadah
Like others who faced the challenge of holding a seder this year, my family resorted to Zoom to bring together my parents in Boca Raton,...
Jewish Voters and the Criteria for a Pro-Israel President
In 2016, I broke Jewish voters into five categories and suggested nine criteria for a pro-Israel president. Joe Biden has replaced Hillary Clinton on the...
AIPAC Confounds the Critics
You know the old saw that there are only two certainties in life -- death and taxes. Well, let me add a third. Every year,...
Olmert’s Joke: Abbas Is a Man of Peace
In one of the more bizarre scenes in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, disgraced and formerly jailed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared with...
For BDS Supporters, Stupid Is as Stupid Does
Forrest Gump perfectly described BDS supporters and antisemitic hysterics, who are also liars and hypocrites. This is exemplified by their constant whining about alleged efforts...
How to Understand the US Failure in the Middle East
I've written about the malevolent influence of Arabists in the US government. After leaving public service, many seek to influence policy and public opinion. One...
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,...
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....
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...
How Obama Blew the Chance for Economic Peace
In 2009, Barack Obama had an unprecedented opportunity to advance the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. For the first time, the Palestinians had...
Germans Get It, Why Don’t Pro-BDS Democrats?
On May 17, the German Parliament passed a resolution that designates the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as antisemitic, and said that...
American Jews Should Stay Out of Israeli Elections
American Jews have long touted Israel as the lone democracy in the Middle East, and noted that it shares the same values and interests as...
