Bruce Ticker

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

Trump’s Gaza Plan Roils the Middle East

President Trump’s vision of an eastern Mediterranean resort to rival the Riviera exposed the scope of the dangers in Gaza. He would have been better off letting his concept stay in Vegas, or Palm Beach. The very act of talking about it during a news conference last week, on Tuesday, could trigger greater hazards. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Identifying Antisemitic Foreign Students May Be Problematic for Trump’s Administration

An associate professor here who questions how authorities will acquire information to deport anti-Israel foreign students may well be right. Therein lies the main rub with President Trump’s executive order to crush antisemitic activity when and where possible. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Progress After Middle East Ceasefire May Be Elusive

Slightly past 9 p.m. Israeli time on Sunday in Ramat Gan. I am smiling at television footage of Emily Damari’s friends jumping up and down to cheer her arrival at Sheba Hospital. Then I stiffen up as I think of the pain and anguish she must have endured for the past 15 months. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Media Often Slants Its Coverage of Israel and Gaza

The Times and other publications frequently ignore important stories out of Israel or possible antisemitic acts in America. That leaves readers in various coverage areas ignorant of events. We are talking about regions with large Jewish populations that care about these matters. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Israeli ‘Settlements’ Convenient Targets for Arab Extremists

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders might have prevented Monday’s tragedy – as well as many similar tragedies over the years – had they barred the construction of communities (a.k.a. settlements) in Israel’s territories in Gaza and the West Bank. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

OpEd: Israel’s New PR Effort Hampered by Fact Netanyahu is Still PM

It is crucial to influence the public about Jews and Israel. Americans and other people worldwide have regularly bashed Israel, and that must be changed to diminish antisemitic actions. However, the Jewish people face steep obstacles to this end. I can run down a series of steps along different tracks that can help us, but no amount of money is going to boost Israel’s standing so long as the present government remains in power. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Manger Display Unacceptably Portrays War in Gaza as a Religious One

How cute. We find Baby Jesus in a new environment: swaddled by a black-and-white keffiyeh, emblem of the Palestinian struggle. Not to rest in a manger but to lie amid a pile of rocks that symbolize the rocks left over from bombed-out buildings in Gaza. Thus, the label “Christ in the Rubble.” [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Anti-Israel Outrages Throughout the English-Speaking World

I understand that protesters approach the issue with various motives. Many of them have genuine concerns that Israel’s attacks killed thousands of Gaza civilians in its response to the Oct. 7, 2023, slaughter in southern Israel. However, anyone who states that antisemitism has “no connection” to divestment is a liar or dreadfully ill-informed. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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OpEd: Incoming Trump Administration to Fight Antisemitism and Illegal Activities against Israel

Pam Bondi is off to a promising start as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designated nominee for attorney general. The former Florida attorney general urged the expulsion of noncitizens who support Hamas and other terrorist groups. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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OpEd: Senator Jon Ossoff Has Just Put His Reelection in Jeopardy

Advocates for the Palestinians, especially in battleground state Michigan, predicted their faction would vote for neither Trump nor Harris to punish Democrats on grounds that President Biden did too little to restrain Israel’s military response to Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Israelis. Another faction that was expected to undermine Harris were racial minorities who accused Democrats of taking their votes for granted. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Antisemitic Progressives May Have Tipped Jewish Votes to Trump

I have come to believe that the progressive movement, however anyone defines it, sabotaged the election because of how they sought to achieve their goals. They antagonized many voters and gifted Republicans with lots of grist for the mill. The progressives’ approach was not the only cause of the outcome, but Harris would be measuring the drapes right now if not for the progressives’ mangling of the process. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA