Mitchell Bard
ARTICLES BY: Mitchell Bard

Bibi and the Golden Calf
One of the disturbing things about watching the judiciary food fight in Israel is that the supporters of the most extreme reform proposals act as...

Jews who Defend Antisemites
JNS.org – It seems that every Jewish organization claims it is fighting antisemitism. Yet, it is clear that they are failing. Many reasons account for...

Israel’s Critics Are the Ones Attacking the Jerusalem Status Quo
JNS.org - Given that the new Israeli government was being pilloried from all sides before it had even been sworn in, it was not surprising...

For The New York Times and The Washington Post, Even the World Cup Is About the Palestinians
JNS.org - The anti-Israel online magazine +972 has hailed “The First Palestinian World Cup.” The New York Times called the Palestinians “the World Cup’s Unofficial...

The Humanities and Social Sciences, Where the Antisemites Live
JNS.org - One of the reasons that descriptions of college and university campuses as universally antisemitic or hostile to Israel are so inaccurate is that...

Don’t Get Hysterical Over Israel’s Election
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has predictably described the results of Israel’s Nov. 1 election in apocalyptic terms. Of course, any government that does...

The UN’s Intolerance of Truth
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Chaim Herzog, once noted this about the organization’s Alice In Wonderland perspective on Israel: “In the UN building ... she...

The Murder of American Jewish Soldiers
Approximately 600,000 Jews served in the United States armed forces in World War II. More than 35,000 were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. Approximately 8,000...

Why Can’t Violent Settlers Be Held Accountable?
Last month, Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, created a firestorm when he said that he planned to increase the number of police in Judea...

Biden, the Saudis, and Arms and Human Rights
Headlines hailed the participation of countries from around the world in a climate summit aimed at achieving international consensus on steps to “save the planet”...

Biden’s Policy on Israel: So Far, So Good
During the 2020 campaign and since he became president, conservatives have attempted to paint Joe Biden (and the entire Democratic Party) as hostile to Israel....

When Critics of Israel Lose, It’s ‘the Jews’ Fault’
JNS.org - One of the elders of the domestic Arab lobby is James Zogby, who has been propagandizing against Israel and the pro-Israel lobby for...

Settlements Are Not the Obstacle to Peace, Just a Two-State Solution
Shany Mor wrote a useful if not very original article in Mosaic on the history and failure of peace processors and the implications for their...

BDS Continues to Fizzle Out
The antisemitic BDS movement never had a serious impact on Israel; it had no impact whatsoever on Israeli policy, and has failed to accomplish its...