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Mitchell Bard

Mitchell Bard

Mitchell Bard is a foreign-policy analyst and an authority on U.S.-Israel relations. He has written and edited 22 books, including The Arab Lobby, Death to the Infidels: Radical Islam’s War Against the Jews; After Anatevka: Tevye in Palestine; and Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler’s Camps.

Nova Memorial Site in Re'im
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Israel’s 53% victory in Gaza
Since the October ceasefire, Hamas has been said to have revived its tax system, expanded revenues and redirected funds to rebuild military infrastructure, including tunnels.
Jan. 14, 2026
Mitchell Bard
Israel Parade NY
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Shake off the frustration, and go do something!
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Donate your time, contribute your energy and urge others to follow suit.
Jan. 7, 2026
Mitchell Bard
Trump Netanyahu
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Netanyahu can’t escape responsibility for Oct. 7
Israel’s enemies have been weakened, but none has been decisively defeated. The prime minister, for all his rhetoric, settled for something less—primarily to accommodate U.S. President Donald Trump.
Jan. 1, 2026
Mitchell Bard
Students, faculty and others dance and rally at a tent encampment erected on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., during the height of the anti-Israel protest movement following the on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, April 25, 2024. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.
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Northwestern compromises journalism program’s integrity for Qatari cash
Over the years, the elite school in the northern Chicago suburbs has become a litmus test for the authoritarian state’s propaganda machine.
Dec. 24, 2025
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Trump MBS Saudi Arabia
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The Saudis have mastered the art of manipulation
They have wanted the benefits of normalization without normalization itself.
Dec. 17, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Nuremberg Film
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The unsung American hero of the Mauthausen video in ‘Nuremberg’
Lt. Jack Taylor of the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the CIA) is one of many victims of the Holocaust whose story is largely unknown.
Dec. 10, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Sign at the building entrance to CAIR headquarters. Credit: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.
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CAIR’s ‘pay-for-Jew-hatred’ policy
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a “Champions of Justice Fund” that pays $1,000 “educational grants” to students disciplined for anti-Israel actions.
Dec. 3, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Damage in Sderot From Gaza Rocket
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The big picture
While the Islamists were set back, Israeli arms cannot defeat their ideology. Their demise will only come when Islam reforms itself and the West musters the courage to confront extremists.
Nov. 26, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Kibbutz Malkia, Drone, Border Security
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A resilient but traumatized nation
Rebuilding national confidence demands a sober accounting of what went wrong—the gaps in coordination, the breakdowns in emergency response and the complacency that left communities exposed.
Nov. 19, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Trump Netanyahu Herzog Israel
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The price of dependence: US-Israel relations
Israel survived the war, but is now tethered to an unpredictable ally whose support comes with conditions and whose electorate is steadily losing interest in maintaining the bond.
Nov. 12, 2025
Mitchell Bard
IDF in Judea, Samaria
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Not in Judea and Samaria
While Israel remains mired in Gaza, it has quietly transformed the security landscape of the West Bank—crushing terror networks, dismantling Iranian proxies and re-establishing control over territory.
Nov. 5, 2025
Mitchell Bard
A panoramic view from the Byzantine Castle of Mystras to Sparta in Mystras, Greece, on Aug. 9, 2020. Situated on Mount Taygetos, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries. Reconquered by the Byzantines, and then occupied by the Turks and the Venetians, the city of Mystras was abandoned in 1832. The castle is an old town surrounded by Byzantine walls and with an imposing palace on top of the hill. Most of all, this place is famous for its Byzantine churches with the impressive frescoes inside. In 1989, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Monument. Photo by Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images.
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Israel must not be Sparta
The degree of isolation, anti-Israel demonstrations and breadth of boycotts is unprecedented, with polls showing damage to the image of the Jewish state.
Oct. 29, 2025
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