Bruce Ticker

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

OpEd: House Republicans Stunned by Suozzi’s Victory in Long Island

Suozzi’s victory inspired confidence that Democrats can prevail next Nov. 5 in the presidential and congressional elections, and Fitzpatrick’s legislation appears to be a sign that many Republicans feel so vulnerable that they are terrified. Most of Fitzpatrick’s seven co-sponsors, like himself, represent swing districts. Fitzpatrick’s district, mostly Bucks County, borders Northeast Philadelphia, which is one mile north of my residence. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Senate Filibusters Imperil Overseas Lives

Observing portions of the proceedings affirmed for me why the filibuster is a waste of time. I watched the senators take three cloture votes. A version of the bill combining border security with foreign aid failed the first cloture vote. Cloture votes for two subsequent versions passed after border security was dropped from the bill. [Bruce Ticker]

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

OpEd: A Rhetorical War in the Midwest over a Ceasefire in the Middle East

There appears to be as much political animosity in America over Israel and Gaza as there is live warfare 6,000 miles from Chicago and Minneapolis. Three midwestern mayors got mixed up with the war in recent days, giving them a respite from resolving concerns over education, gun violence, housing needs and other local trifles. The mayors of Chicago and Minneapolis voted on cease-fire resolutions and the mayor of Dearborn, Mich., ranted about Israeli apartheid and imaginary hostages held by Israel. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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

Pennsylvania’s Electoral College Votes May Turn on Support for Israel in its War with Gaza

Pennsylvania native David McCormick now guarantees that the Israel-Gaza war will command attention until November as he attempts to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Robert Casey. Both are their parties’ presumptive nominees in the coming Pennsylvania Senate race. {Bruce S. Ticker]

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

Nettlesome Billboard Erected in Predominantly Jewish Area of Philadelphia

It is stomach-churning enough to follow events in Gaza and southern Israel, and it is nearly as difficult to learn of the highway blockades and harassment of Jewish college students taking place in my city. Moving the rhetoric to Northeast Philadelphia is kind of like rubbing my nose in the muck of this war. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Disrupters Should Be Prosecuted to the Full Extent of the Law

Those who blocked the Brooklyn Bridge would have prevented ambulances getting through to the hospital on an already congested highway. A motorist waiting there could have a heart attack. In Pennsylvania, a suspect could be charged with reckless endangerment.
[Bruce S. Ticker]

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

OpEd: Important Differences Between African-American Cause and Goals of Hamas

Many Palestinians are determined to destroy Israel, and there has been no similar conspiracy among African-Americans. Black leaders have sought to expand their place at the table, Palestinians have refused to speak with Israel or consider its peace proposals. Black protesters during the civil rights era did not whine about going to jail, but the anti-Israel bunch balks when they are arrested for more serious offenses. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Anti-Israel Protesters Stir Rage of Motorists, Airline Passengers

If motorists and airline passengers – especially those who missed their flights – can ever organize, these protesters will be in deep trouble. Any one of us knows how it feels to be stuck in traffic or fear missing a flight. Here, road rage and flight rage combine. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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

Opinion: Clamor for a Gaza Ceasefire Is Disingenuous

Activists on the street as well as members of the United Nations insist on a cease-fire, but they do not say how it should work or how it will help anyone besides Hamas. Does the cease-fire mean that Hamas can hold 120-plus Israelis hostage while Israel suspends military action? [Bruce S. Ticker]

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

When Antisemitism Finally Hits Home

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — I was as shocked!…shocked! as actor Claude Rains’ French police chief when he learned that gambling was going on at Rick’s Café in “Casablanca.” Antisemitism struck within walking distance of home in Philadelphia’s Somerton section on Wednesday morning. City police responded to reports of swastikas in white spray paint

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Bruce Ticker, California, Israel, Opinion, USA

Flouting the Law Should Not Free ‘Palestine’ Defenders of Consequences

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Even harsh critics of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik were stunned when she trumped “legal scholar” and University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill over university policies that can translate into routine criminal laws. Stefanik herself missed a more compelling element that amounts to a serious criminal offense – “terroristic threats.” That

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA