To help Israel's supporters become better informed, AICE has published the 2012 edition of "The Pro-Israel Advocate's Bible" -- Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. This comprehensive edition features new and updated information that will help any advocate of Israel better respond to the myths that have been propagated from recent events such as the Second Lebanon War, Operation Cast Lead and the Arab Spring. The 2012 edition also highlights answers to timeworn accusations against Israel and contains factual responses for combating the campaign to delegitimize Israel. "Too many people are unfamiliar with the basic history of the Arab-Israeli conflict or simply don't have concise, fact-based replies to falsehoods propagated about Middle East issues," say author Dr. Mitchell Bard, one of the country's leading experts on U.S. Middle East policy. "This book offers documented historical facts about all aspects of the conflict and has been updated to include the latest information about Israel's security situation, the wars with Hezbollah and Hamas and the continued delegitimization of Israel on university campuses." The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) is grateful for the generous support of our sponsors for the 2012 edition of "Myths & Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict" - The Herbert Bearman Foundation, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) and Evelyn and Dr. Shmuel Katz (Bal-Harbour, Florida) who donated in loving memory of the AUSCH and KATZ family members who perished during the Holocaust in Europe. May their greatness be an inspiration to all people of good will.


About the author:
 Mitchell Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and a foreign policy analyst who lectures frequently on U.S.-Middle East policy. Dr. Bard is also the director of the Jewish Virtual Library, the world's most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture. Dr. Bard's work has appeared in academic journals, magazines and major newspapers. He is the author of 17 books, including 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know About Israel (with Moshe Schwartz), The Water's Edge And Beyond: Defining the Limits to Domestic Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy, Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler's Camps, The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict, The Complete History of the Holocaust, and The Nuremberg Trials. Bard holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and a master's degree in public policy from Berkeley. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara