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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.

A familiar dilemma exists: to reoccupy Southern Lebanon, which might push Hezbollah north of the Litani River. But that doesn’t remove the terror group’s long-range capabilities or prevent its rebuilding.
Neutrality carries its own risks: If they remain on the sidelines and the Iranian regime endures, they may be permanently vulnerable—reliant on a U.S. security guarantee that is itself limited by domestic resistance to foreign entanglements.
The U.S. president demanded Iran’s unconditional surrender. Yet if current reports are accurate, it is America and not Iran that is preparing to capitulate.
The attack on a Reform temple in Michigan demanded an address to the American people about what the administration has been doing to make Jewish citizens feel safer.
Beyond five academic institutions with campuses in Doha, the case for direct influence across the 62 others receiving support from Qatar, the largest giver of funds, remains unestablished.
History has rendered its verdict. Regional instability stemmed not from Jerusalem but from revolutionary regimes, sectarian rivalries, Iranian expansionism, jihadism and Palestinian
Imagine teaching mathematics without martyrdom, history without erasure, religion without demonization. Imagine classrooms where maps prepare children for coexistence rather than “liberation.”
Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran: As the region veers toward war and opportunities are lost, chaos is starting to run the bases.
Has there been a single major rally demanding that the Palestinian Authority protect freedom of speech, religion, assembly, women’s rights or gay rights under its own rule?
Feigning interest in peace with Jerusalem has long been a tactic for extracting concessions from Washington and diverting attention from Riyadh’s extremism.
For too long, universal causes have overshadowed Jewish priorities, which need focused communal resources.
Why propose giving up what is, in effect, heavily subsidized access to the world’s best weapons and integration with the U.S. defense ecosystem?