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Feb 15, 2026, 2:56 PM

The Tucker Carlson effect

Supporters cheer as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson during a Tucker Carlson Live Tour show at Desert Diamond Arena, Thursday, October 31, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Almost half of young Republicans surveyed see Jews as a threat to the American way of life. That’s not the biggest problem facing pro-Israel candidates

Aug 10, 2025, 3:04 PM

Is that pro-Palestinian protester an antisemite? Maybe not

Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Try seeing what happens when they are confronted with facts that test their views on Jews, history and the slogans they're chanting

Jul 24, 2024, 4:16 PM

The duping of America

Psychological ploys by Iran and its proxies to recast terrorists as the underdogs have made strange bedfellows of radical Islamists and the progressive left

Dec 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

Their pandemic response defied Jewish values…and common sense

Ultra orthodox jewish man attend the funeral of late Rabbi Aharon David Hadash, spiritual leader of the Mir Yeshiva, on December 3, 2020, in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

They acted as if there was no disease, or if there was, it was not all that serious. Put simply, ultra-Orthodox Haredi leaders failed

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About Me

Irwin J. (Yitzchak) Mansdorf, PhD is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs specializing in political psychology.