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Douglas Bloomfield

Douglas M. Bloomfield is a syndicated columnist, Washington lobbyist and consultant.  He spent nine years as the legislative director and chief lobbyist for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In this position, he was responsible for developing and guiding strategy on Capitol Hill to secure military and economic aid for Israel and strengthen US-Israel relations. As the World Jewish Congress representative in Washington, he helped coordinate the Swiss banks and Nazi gold investigations and US government support for restitution of Jewish properties seized by former Nazi and Communist regimes. He is a Capitol Hill veteran who served as a senior advisor to Congressman Benjamin S. Rosenthal of New York and a legislative assistant for Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.  Prior to that, he was a member of the editorial staff for Ohio's The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bloomfield has taught college journalism, and is a former president of the Greater Washington Jewish Community Relations Council.
PEOPLE GATHER in Tehran to mourn the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israel Air Force strike in Lebanon, in September. The IAF also destroyed much of the missile arsenal of the Lebanon-based Iranian proxy, the writer notes.

Unintended consequences of success: Palestinian statehood - opinion

Most Israelis would support Palestinian statehood if they were confident it would bring security. Benjamin Netanyahu's actions have unwittingly supported the argument for statehood.

JUNE 5, 2025
THE STATUE of Liberty in New York Harbor: The tired, the poor, the ‘huddled masses yearning to breathe free’ are no longer welcome here, except for a handful of preferred white people, the writer argues.

Take back your tired, your poor - opinion

The United States is again denying asylum to refugees and sending them back to places where they face persecution, economic hardship, discrimination, and even death.

MAY 29, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office last month.

Ending foreign aid, military assistance could re-orient US-Israel relationship - opinion

WASHINGTON WATCH | Slashing military financing will elevate Israel to a “true strategic partnership” with the US, thinks the Heritage Foundation.

MAY 5, 2025

Trump betrays Netanyahu with shifting Saudi, Iran priorities - opinion

Netanyahu's Washington trip got a surprise gut punch when Trump revealed the United States and Iran were about to begin negotiations on a nuclear agreement without Israel.

APRIL 17, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress in 2015.

Trump’s weaponization of pro-Israel antisemitism puts US Jews at risk - opinion

The GOP and MAGA have a Jewish problem. All their declarations of love for Israel and opposition to antisemitism are not enough to overcome the discomfort many Jews feel.

MARCH 31, 2025
A PERSON wearing a MAGA hat stands outside Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, in March 2025.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump want to kill Social Security. Here's how it can be saved from DOGE -opinion

Elon Musk, under the authority of DOGE granted by Donald Trump, has it out for US Social Security. Here are the facts and what can be done about it.

MARCH 20, 2025
US President Donald Trump talks to the media next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with a Tesla car in the background, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 11, 2025.

Is Trump making a deal with the devil in his Ukraine-Russia strategy? - opinion

Many believe Putin may have some leverage over the American president, or it could just be a matter of Trump’s desire to impress him.

MARCH 13, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attend a joint news conference in Helsinki, in 2018. ‘Trump said he believed the Russian dictator more than the US intelligence community,’ the writer recalls.

The art of the raw deal: How Zelensky failed to learn how to deal with Trump's ego - opinion

US President Donald Trump gives his Ukrainain counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum: 'You’re either going to make a deal, or you’re out.'

MARCH 6, 2025
US President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in late February, 2025.

Ignoring Russian aggression, Trump has decided to throw Ukraine under the bus - opinion

In the give-and-take of negotiations, Trump expects Zelensky to do all the giving and Putin and Trump the taking.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with US President Donald Trump by phone, earlier this month. In his first weeks in office, Trump dramatically reversed US policy on Ukraine, even falsely accusing Zelensky of starting the war with Russia, the writer notes.

Mike Johnson: The weakest speaker, Trump’s puppet, and Musk’s doormat - opinion

WASHINGTON WATCH: House Speaker Mike Johnson has surrendered Congress’s power to Trump and Musk, raising concerns about his weak leadership and the future of US democracy.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025
PRESIDENT Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson shake hands during a House Republican members conference in Miami last month. Johnson may go down as the worst speaker in history, acting more like a White House junior staffer than the second in line to the presidency, the writer charges.

The wall Trump wants to tear down isn’t on the border: The fight over church and state - opinion

The president wants to round up, remove, and wall off those who, for the most part, are not White and don’t practice his approved brand of Christianity.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump takes the oath of office at the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington on January 20. In his inauguration speech, Trump declared: ‘My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker.’

The real threat to American Jewry is politicians, not activists - opinion

While most Jewish organizations found Musk’s salute offensive, they seemed anxious to move back to their usual agenda of Israel, Hamas, hostages, campus antisemitism, and Iran.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office last week.

The system betrayed our female surveillance soldiers - opinion

Eternal vigilance may be the price of liberty, but it doesn’t work unless someone is listening to the vigilant.

JANUARY 30, 2025
Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, Liri Albag and Karina Ariev.