Bruce Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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]
OpEd: Progress After Middle East Ceasefire May Be Elusive Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe 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]
OpEd: Media Often Slants Its Coverage of Israel and Gaza Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USANetanyahu 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]
OpEd: Israeli ‘Settlements’ Convenient Targets for Arab Extremists Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsIt 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]
OpEd: Israel’s New PR Effort Hampered by Fact Netanyahu is Still PM Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAJews were willing to meet with local advocates for Arabs and Muslims, but instead they confronted brazen hostility or stiff defensiveness from the Arab side. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Palestinian Advocates Refusing to Debate with Jews Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAHow 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]
OpEd: Manger Display Unacceptably Portrays War in Gaza as a Religious One Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAI 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]
OpEd: Anti-Israel Outrages Throughout the English-Speaking World Read More »
Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Opinion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsPam 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]
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]
OpEd: Senator Jon Ossoff Has Just Put His Reelection in Jeopardy Read More »
Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAI long have been baffled as to how we should respond if Israel is proven wrong in some circumstances. I changed my mind in the past few weeks after Israel emerged as a significant issue in the presidential race. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Sanders is Wrong that U.S. Needs to Halt Weapons Shipments to Israel Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAI 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]
OpEd: Antisemitic Progressives May Have Tipped Jewish Votes to Trump Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAFormer MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan and Columbia Law School professor Katherine Franke, both supporters of the Palestinian cause, experienced their own how-does-it-feel moments. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Anti-Arab Slur, Legal Dispute Mar Jewish Response to Antisemitism Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAIf the Jewish version of BDS takes flight, then fans of Vice President Kamala Harris must shun Hymie’s Deli in Bala Cynwyd forever. Not to mention the McDonald’s in Feasterville, Bucks County, where former President Donald J. Trump dropped in for a photo shoot. Meanwhile, in Philly’s Queen Village, Trumpsters must now evade the Famous 4th Street Deli. [Bruce S. Tickere]
Some Jews in Philadelphia are Boycotting Certain Restaurants over Politics Read More »
Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USASome believe that Israel and Arabs who reside in Gaza and the West Bank could live in peace and partner together to build prosperity for all parties. That is doubtful. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Death of Sinwar Brings Lasting Peace Between Israel and Gaza No Closer Read More »
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