Bruce Ticker

Bruce S. Ticker

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

A Palestinian Peace Pact Blown to Pieces?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “I believe that a real path towards a genuine peace with our Palestinian neighbors can finally be achieved,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will not accept any concessions to the Palestinians,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir will probably never

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion

Seeking Peace With a Dysfunctional ‘Family’

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Their offense was to shake hands with the devil. After literally shaking hands with a foreign athlete during an international competition last month, an Iranian weightlifter was barred for life from entering his nation’s sports facilities. A state senator from Dearborn, Mich., apologized to her Arab and Muslim constituents

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

The Potential Fall of Congresswoman Summer Lee, the Squad Member From Pittsburgh

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — After seven months on the job, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee set herself up for the winter of Summer, to borrow from “The summer of George” title of a Seinfeld segment. Earlier this month, she traded barbs with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which criticized her decision to boycott

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Jews in Giuliani’s Space

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “This is an affront to American democracy and does permanent, irrevocable harm to our justice system,” says America’s Mayor. Rudy Giuliani was not referring to accusations that he conspired to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. He was slamming the fact that a county prosecutor — a Black woman

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

Tripwires in the Tree of Life Trial…Er, That’s Trials

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It was a paradoxical week for American Jews, as much as it was historic. The sentencing of Tree of Life synagogue killer Robert Bowers raises disturbing questions about antisemitism’s link to mental illness, the deterrence value of the death penalty and the merits of hate-crime laws. What does Bowers’

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

What Will Happen to the Refuge That is Israel?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It is a cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler. “They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re so worried that their freedom of movement will be curtailed,” Shay Obazanek told The

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Censure Rep. Jayapal Over Dig Against Israel?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “There is nothing progressive about racism,” said. U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas. It was a shit-hits-the-fan moment  last week when the U.S. House of Representatives reacted to Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Wash.) “racist state” dig against Israel. It was an empty resolution, officially having nothing to do with Jayapal. For

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Palestinian Chef Levels Tasteless Accusations Against Israel. Is She Full of Hummus?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — In The Philadelphia Inquirer’s food section, a Palestinian chef opened up a whole new front…quite an unappetizing one…in the propaganda wars over Israel. I missed a story about Anan Jardali Zahr a native of Acre, Israel, when it first appeared in the July 6 Inquirer. Zahr’s family moved to

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

From Pittsburgh to Parkland: Gun Violence and its Unintended Consequences

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The gunman’s six words, as alleged during his trial, were both dreadful and predictable: “All these Jews need to die.” This comment, if believed by the jury, could be sufficient to tip the scales toward Robert Bowers’s punishment – the death penalty. The legal tussling over whether he should

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA