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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.

IDF in Gaza
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Breaking the IDF
The military must undertake a critical introspection to implement sweeping reforms, including minimizing dependence on foreign weapons, boosting mental-health services and drafting the Haredim.
Oct. 22, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Freed Hostages Posters
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The tragedy of the hostages
Their captivity corroded Israelis’ faith in their leaders and fractured the social contract between citizen and state. Even now, a lingering sense of abandonment persists.
Oct. 16, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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A ravaged economy
The backbone of financial mechanisms and industrial sectors in Israel has not collapsed, but it has been battered, bruised and burdened.
Oct. 1, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Syria
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Unexpected consequences in Syria
If the new regime abandons its radical Islamic roots and joins the Abraham Accords, then Israel may achieve the unimaginable: turning its longest-standing foe into a partner.
Sep. 10, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Yemen Iran Houthis
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Houthis keep the rockets coming
The Iranian-backed terror group in Yemen gave early proof that they have staying power against Israel and ships at sea.
Sep. 3, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Lebanon Border
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Israel bloodied Hezbollah, but only Lebanon can defeat it
Ironically, the decisive blow against the terrorist group may come not from the Israel Defense Forces, but from Beirut.
Aug. 27, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Hostage Families Rally in Israel
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Gaza and the illusion of victory
Though critics pretend otherwise, Jerusalem has exercised restraint that no other military would. It has bent over backward to protect civilians—at enormous strategic and political cost.
Aug. 20, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Gaza Disengagement, Gush Katif
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The insane nostalgia for occupying Gaza
In addition to the human cost, the occupation of the coastal enclave contributed to Israel’s public-relations problems, which started long before Oct. 7, 2023.
Aug. 13, 2025
Mitchell Bard
IDF Near Lebanon
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The Jewish epitaph: We were more moral than our enemies
Every moment spent “consulting” or waiting for the next round of negotiations is a death sentence. Hamas knows this.
Aug. 6, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Hostages
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Dealing with ‘bad’ Israel
The facts no longer matter. This is a moment of political faith, not of reason.
Jul. 30, 2025
Mitchell Bard
People walk past a mural drawn by the “Grafitiyul” graffiti art group depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on July 22, 2025. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images.
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Iran: Mission not accomplished
Its goals have not changed: acquire nuclear weapons, destroy Israel, dominate the Middle East and spread Islamism worldwide. American and Israel just slowed that down for now.
Jul. 23, 2025
Mitchell Bard
Omer Bartov
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‘The New York Times’ gas-lighting crusade against Israel
Think about it: If Israelis wanted to eradicate Palestinian Arabs, why did they agree to coexist beside such an entity on at least 10 separate occasions from 1937 to the present?
Jul. 17, 2025
Mitchell Bard
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