Mitchell Bard

Contributing Writer at Algemeiner Journal

Director American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Creator of Jewish Virtual Library, Expert on US-Israel relations, Lecturer, Author/Ed of 23 books

Articles

Et tu, Rubio?

3 weeks ago | jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com | Mitchell Bard

Even among his most ardent Jewish supporters, President Donald Trump is becoming harder to defend. The man once hailed as the “most pro-Israel president in history” is now acting more like Joe Biden with a MAGA hat. Trump’s betrayals of Israel — once unthinkable to his loyal base — are piling up, leaving some MAGA Jews struggling to justify their support.
Time to stop playing chicken with Iran’s nuclear threat

3 weeks ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(June 4, 2025 / JNS)Two disturbing pieces of news. First, reports have emerged that the United States is now prepared to allow Iran to enrich low levels of uranium on its soil. U.S. President Donald Trump is unable to set a clear red line and stick to it. While he denied the story and insisted that the United States will not permit enrichment, his administration’s signals have been maddeningly inconsistent from the start of talks.
Et tu, Rubio?

1 month ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(May 28, 2025 / JNS)Even among his most ardent Jewish supporters, U.S. President Donald Trump is becoming harder to defend. The man once hailed as the “most pro-Israel president in history” is now acting more like Joe Biden with a MAGA hat. Trump’s betrayals of Israel—once unthinkable to his loyal base—are piling up, leaving some MAGA Jews struggling to justify their support.
Is Trump pulling an Obama on Iranian nukes?

1 month ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(May 21, 2025 / JNS)One analyst compared U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiating prowess to the “Peanuts” comic-strip character Charlie Brown repeatedly trying to kick a football, only to have Lucy pull it away. We’ve seen this hapless pattern in negotiations with North Korea, China, Russia, and now Iran. But when it comes to Iran, the stakes are exponentially higher—nothing short of existential for Israel and deeply consequential for U.S. national security.
Trump joins US colleges in selling out to Qatar - The Jewish Star

1 month ago | thejewishstar.com | Mitchell Bard

Editor’s note: With the president planning to accept a 400-million-dollar gift and uncounted hundreds of millions in business benefits from Qatar, it’s useful to consider Qatar’s gift-bought influence in American higher education. If you ever doubted that universities care more about money than principles, look no further than their willingness to accept donations from Qatar.
Universities Are Selling Out to Qatar, and Selling Off Their Integrity

1 month ago | algemeiner.com | Mitchell Bard

Universities Are Selling Out to Qatar, and Selling Off Their Integrity [contact-form-7 404 "Not Found"] JNS.org – If you ever doubted that universities care more about money than principles, look no further than their willingness to accept donations from Qatar. For those unaware, Qatar is a hereditary autocracy that bans political parties, criminalizes dissent, censors the press and has a long record of human-rights abuses, including labor exploitation and human trafficking. Its state-run...
Universities are selling out to Qatar, and selling off their integrity

1 month ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(May 14, 2025 / JNS)If you ever doubted that universities care more about money than principles, look no further than their willingness to accept donations from Qatar. For those unaware, Qatar is a hereditary autocracy that bans political parties, criminalizes dissent, censors the press and has a long record of human-rights abuses, including labor exploitation and human trafficking. Its state-run media network, Al Jazeera, is the principal media source of anti-Israel propaganda in the Middle East.
Trump’s Schizophrenic Middle East Policy After 100 days

1 month ago | algemeiner.com | Mitchell Bard

Trump’s Schizophrenic Middle East Policy After 100 days [contact-form-7 404 "Not Found"] JNS.org – For decades, political observers have judged American presidents by their first 100 days—a somewhat arbitrary marker that can still offer insights into the administration’s priorities and governing style. Trump has done more during this time than any other president. His decisions have been good, questionable or awful, depending on your partisanship. That is true of his policy toward the Middle...
Trump’s schizophrenic Middle East policy after 100 days

1 month ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(April 30, 2025 / JNS)For decades, political observers have judged American presidents by their first 100 days—a somewhat arbitrary marker that can still offer insights into the administration’s priorities and governing style. Trump has done more during this time than any other president. His decisions have been good, questionable or awful, depending on your partisanship. That is true of his policy toward the Middle East and Israel specifically.
Harvard deserves neither pity nor praise

2 months ago | jns.org | Mitchell Bard

(April 23, 2025 / JNS)Harvard University, that bastion of privilege with its $53 billion endowment, would like you to believe that it’s a victim, persecuted by the Trump administration. Yes, you can dislike Trump’s methods, but absent federal intervention, Harvard would have continued turning a blind eye to the rampant antisemitism festering on its campus. And the wave of university presidents rushing to defend the Ivy League school? They got the message, too. It’s no longer open season on Jews.