Posts Tagged: Mitchell Bard
The New York Times Trashes Israel Yet Again
Reading New York Times stories and op-eds about Jews and Israel reminds me of Ronald Reagan’s classic debate response to Jimmy Carter: “There you go again.”...
Not All Parents Love Their Children Equally
I am always hesitant to make comparisons between current events and Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Still, we can sometimes find echoes of the past...
Ending University Tolerance of Antisemitism
“The one place in America where antisemitism is still considered acceptable is in the university.” I wrote in 2005. Sadly, nothing has changed. One need look no...
UCLA Shamefully Condones Students for Justice in Palestine
Imagine if the KKK asked to hold a conference at UCLA. Does anyone seriously believe that the administration would allow it to take place, or...
After Khashoggi, Will US Continue Faustian Bargain With the Saudis?
For decades, many in the United States looked the other way as the Saudis undermined US values and interests. Then the Saudis committed an unpardonable sin that merited the...
George Marshall Foresaw Holocaust Deniers After Liberating the First Camp
Long before “fake news” became a popular term, the fakiest of news, as Stephen Colbert might say, was the denial of the Holocaust. Despite its absurdity, Holocaust denial...
The Palestinian Victimhood Narrative No Longer Sells
After decades of accepting the idea that Palestinians deserve American financial assistance without offering anything in return, President Trump has finally said, "Enough." Fed up with their...
Oslo at 25: What Might Have Been
September 13 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Oslo agreement. Most commentators see it as something between a well-intentioned failure and a catastrophe that...
Don’t Believe the Hysterics on Canceling the Iran Nuclear Deal
A great hue and cry went up throughout Europe and from former Obama administration officials and various foreign policy experts when President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal (JCPOA). Critics...
How UC Berkeley Went From Anti-Israel Bastion to Israel Studies Powerhouse
Last month, the University of California at Berkeley hosted the annual conference of the Association of Israel Studies. The fact that the professional meeting of...
An Eye-Opening Trip Through Samaria
I traveled to Samaria (Shomron in Hebrew) recently. Wikipedia tells us Samaria “is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient...
Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Sham
President Donald Trump is considering whether to pull out of the nuclear deal signed with Iran by his predecessor Barack Obama. The agreement’s supporters are painting apocalyptic scenarios of Iran resuming its...
US Support for Israel Is at a Record High
When Pew released a study on American attitudes toward the Middle East, the focus was on the partisan divide and the suggestion that Democrats were...
Will the State Department Sabotage Trump’s Israel Policy?
President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, was opposed by most of the US foreign policy establishment,...
