Petra Marquardt-Bigman
ARTICLES BY: Petra Marquardt-Bigman
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...
Yes, Marc Lamont Hill Is an Antisemite
Marc Lamont Hill has an impressive biography, and a record of achievements as an academic, activist and TV personality. On his own website, he describes himself as “one of...
Amnesty International Defends Palestinian Who Uses His Children to Provoke Israeli Soldiers
How would you like your children being taught about human rights by a veteran Palestinian activist who has pushed his own children for years to...
No Truth in Advertising: Max Blumenthal’s New Book on Gaza
With his last book Goliath published in fall 2013, Max Blumenthal hoped to popularize the antisemitic comparison between Israel and Nazi Germany. But he and...
Guardian Promotes Anti-Israeli Pundit Max Blumenthal to ‘Israel Affairs Specialist’
A recent Guardian article celebrating reports that Tony Blair was about to "step back from his role as a peace envoy for the Middle East" referred to...
Rafi Eitan, Legendary Spy Who Captured Adolf Eichmann, Dies at 92
Israeli PM Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Political Rivals for Libel
New Zealand Reopens Mosques That Were Attacked; Many ‘March for Love’
Islamic State ‘Caliphate’ Defeated, Yet Threat Persists