To Combat BDS, You Need to Understand Intersectionality
(Previously published in Forward) Over the last few years I have been asked countless times to explain why supporters of women’s and gay rights ally with an intolerant Palestinian Arab…
What Will the U.S. Do if Hamas Wins the Upcoming Palestinian Elections?
A Hamas victory could destabilize the entire region. This October will mark the first Palestinian election in over a decade. The previous election, 10 years ago, was a parliamentary election…
The Obama Administration’s Faulty Reasoning and Analysis
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Obama’s conviction borders on delusion as he ignores the dangers of nuclear weapons in the hands of an apocalyptical revolutionary theocracy.” The Joint Comprehensive…
America Needs Unbiased Middle East Reporting for the 2016 Election
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) The American electorate has been ill served by politically skewed foreign news coverage that markets political advocacy as news. Unbiased Middle East news coverage…
America, Turkey and a Misguided Foreign Policy
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) It should be remembered that until recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Islamic State (ISIS) against Syria’s Bashar Assad, before it turned against…
The State of Anti-Semitism on Campus
A disturbing report was published this week on the rise of anti-Semitic activity at American universities in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The…
A Year Later, Failure of Iran Nuclear Deal is Clearer Than Ever
(Previously published on Forward.com) Dr. Eric R. Mandel is the director of MEPIN™. He regularly briefs Congress on issues related to the Middle East and is a columnist for the…
Is America Complicit in the Syrian Genocide?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Until President Barack Obama, American foreign policy interests were aligned with the Sunni fundamentalists of the Arabian Gulf, who share nothing in common with…
Is Path Forward a Revised Arab Peace Initiative?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) In 2002 Saudi Arabia proposed the Arab Peace Initiative (API), which seemed at first to promise an end to the Arab world’s rejection of…
Can a ‘Pro-Israel’ Progressive Still Ignore SJP’s True Agenda?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) How does the anti-Zionist Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) that traffics in anti-Semitic boycott advocacy, become so popular on US college campuses? Until…