Petra Marquardt-Bigman
ARTICLES BY: Petra Marquardt-Bigman

The Myth of a Progressive Palestine
Ridding the world of its one Jewish state to create a state of Palestine "from the river to the sea" is a supposedly “progressive” ambition...

Rashida Tlaib Endorses Prominent Antisemite — and No One Cares
It is rather shocking to contemplate the implications of US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)’s recent decision to declare her unequivocal support for Zahra Billoo. When the...

Linda Sarsour — It’s You and Not Bari Weiss Who Is on the Wrong Side of History
Bernie Sanders has been famously reluctant to mention his Jewishness on the campaign trail, but Linda Sarsour obviously feels that it serves her own purposes...

Cary Nelson Makes the Progressive Case Against BDS
For academics who support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Cary Nelson’s recently published book -- Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Faculty Campaign...

AIPAC and the Company that Rashida Tlaib Keeps
The annual AIPAC Policy Conference always draws protests by anti-Israel activists who have contempt for the well-documented fact that a majority of Americans strongly support...

Guardian Op-Ed Amplifies Rhetoric of Antisemitic Campaign Against ADL
After two African-Americans were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks because they didn’t order anything while waiting for a friend, the company tried to calm the ensuing...

Max Blumenthal Unwittingly Exposes the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Blind Spot on Antisemitism
Over the past few years, Max Blumenthal has made a name for himself as a dedicated anti-Zionist who fervently believes that the world’s only Jewish...

Dear Sarah Silverman: Amnesty Is Lying About the Tamimis
Dear Sarah Silverman -- it seems that you have been taken in by Amnesty International’s cynical campaign for Ahed Tamimi. A few days ago, you linked to...

The Deceptive Campaign for Ahed Tamimi
Ahed Tamimi is not yet 18, but the blonde girl from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh has been a celebrity of sorts for years. In...

Salon Mainstreams the Vile Antisemitism of Max Blumenthal and Joseph Massad
There is a German expression about framing something odious -- like antisemitism -- in a way that would make it “salonfähig,” i.e. fit for the living rooms...

Wake Forest Professor Barry Trachtenberg’s Defense of Antisemitic Comparisons Between Israel And Nazi Germany Reflects His Anti-Israel Activism
Barry Trachtenberg is a professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was appointed to the Michael H. and Deborah K. Rubin...

The Cultural Appropriation That Linda Sarsour Doesn’t Care About
Omar Suleiman is an immensely popular Palestinian-American imam -- and he counts Linda Sarsour among his many ardent admirers. But as I have recently documented, Suleiman has expressed...

Best Friends: Linda Sarsour and Muslim Brotherhood Supporter Omar Suleiman
In late August 2014, Linda Sarsour declared that Imam Omar Suleiman made her “more proud to be a Muslim and a Palestinian.” One year later, she praised...

How ‘Woke’ Are Feminist Farrakhan Fans Like Linda Sarsour?
When Essence recently presented “Woke 100 Women,” three of the leading organizers of the Women’s March -- Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez -- were among the “socially...