Posts Tagged: Mitchell Bard
You Might Be an Antisemite if…
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy has a signature routine of “You might be a redneck” jokes, such as “You might be a redneck if you get pulled...
Palestinians Don’t Honor or Respect Human Rights
Human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International regularly attack Israel for alleged abuses, and their reports frequently generate headlines in...
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...
Trump’s Impossibly Pragmatic Peace Plan
The peace plan released by the president is the most sensible ever devised -- and, simultaneously, the least sensible. Jared Kushner was right about two...
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...
Losing the Semantic War on ‘Palestine’
I have written before about the importance of semantics in the discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how frustrated many people are about losing various...
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...
2020: Trump, Clinton, Obama 2.0, or Worse
The US presidential election is still a year away, and the race to determine the Democratic candidate for president remains wide open, though polls suggest...
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,...
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...
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...
