Bruce Ticker

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Bruce Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Haley Stevens did the right thing by bit endorsing Abdul el-Sayed

Schumer and many of his fellow Democrats were so desperate to retake the majority of the Senate that they passionately stood behind Abdul el-Sayed, arguably the creepiest candidate to ever run as the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat. The Michigan senator-elect has played the religion card when critics assailed him for anti-Israel statements. He even got caught advising donors that to stop a pro-Israel critic, namely Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, to “put one ogre on a pike.” (Bruce S. Ticker)

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Israel should permit voting by mail for expatriates

More than a half-million expats are believed to live in America, a great many of them residing in New York and California. Both states have grown more liberal and Democratic in recent decades. If Israeli expats could vote by absentee ballot, wanna bet how that would have affected Tuesday’s election? [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Shanda: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers, American photographer, European diplomats

On Friday, a 63-year-old Boston-born woman who is a  Washington Post photographer was severely beaten by settlers. The next day, settlers assaulted two Arabs in another village in front of diplomats visiting from France, Poland, and Belgium. (Bruce S. Tocker)

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Philadelphia media ignores Jewish counterprotests to Oct. 7 celebration by anti-Israel forces

“The media, including The Inquirer, often cite the large number of deaths in Gaza without mentioning the genocidal Hamas’ refusal to disarm there,” they continued. “Antisemitism in this country and abroad swells while the media ignores the struggle of Israelis to maintain the only democratic Jewish state in the world.” (Bruce S. Ticker)

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Anti-Israel forces take over New York City schools

Natalya Murakhver of the Upper East Side took her two children from a public school in 2024 and said, “Things have progressed very quickly. The language changes, the caliber of the venom. I think we’re entering a new phase. Back then, I think they were at least trying to pretend it was just about Israel. And now it’s pretty clear to those for whom it wasn’t clear before that anti-Zionism is Jew hate and antisemitism as we know it.” (Bruce S. Ticker)

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Drugs made his client slam into gate of Brisbane synagogue, lawyer claims

Prosecutors initially filed aggravated charges of what they described as serious vilification or a hate crime, but they decided that religious animosity was not a motivating factor, according to a news report in Australia’s J-Wire over the weekend. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University for ‘deliberate indifference’

The anti-Israel mob concocted a novel legal strategy on Monday when former Columbia University students sued their alma mater: the defendant mobilized a pattern of “deliberate indifference.” (Bruce S. Ticker)

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Columnist says Israel can’t take ‘yes’ for an answer

“One sign Hamas might be serious about giving up its weapons is that…it and other armed groups have apparently not fired a rocket at Israel since the original cease-fire took effect in October,” Shehada states. “This unusual holding back could very well indicate that Hamas has no better cards left to play. Armed resistance in Gaza has reached its limit and has exhausted the rationales that sustained it.” [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Glitches in a New York Times political column

‘Progressive’ is a huge category,” Cohn writes. “Over half of congressional Democrats support Medicare for all; nearly half are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; nearly half voted to cut off aid to Israel.” Glitch numero uno: What makes aid to Israel a “progressive” issue? Half of that half of House Democrats voted for aid to Israel in the past. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Democrats eye flipping the U.S. Senate

I want Democrats to retake the Senate majority, but not at the expense of electing a troublemaker who contributes to the dangerous environment facing Jews worldwide.  President Trump and his Republican majorities in Congress will surely lose the House of Representatives majority and the careers of at least half dozen GOP Senate candidates are threatened. They can thank in part the severe damage to the economy and for waging an unwinnable war with Iran. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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El-Sayed shouldn’t have threatened Fetterman metaphorically or in reality

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania proved this week that an advocate for Israel can confront an Israel-basher, shake him up and still stand firm and unyielding. Or stand tall, as John Wayne or Ronald Reagan might word it. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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