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.
SYRIA’S PRESIDENT Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a news conference in Ankara earlier this year. Israel, the US, and Turkey are key players in setting the fate of Syria and regional stability, the writer maintains.

Turkey under Erdogan: Friend or foe to US and Israel? - opinion

While relations between Washington and Ankara may be warming, there is no sign that Erdogan is cooling his anti-Israel rhetoric.

JULY 31, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump at the White House this week: On Sunday, he declared that his first six months back in office have been ‘the most successful’ such period for any president in history, the writer notes.

Trump, a president of many talents, and not much humility or honesty - opinion

Humility and truthfulness are not among the president's qualities.

JULY 24, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attend a G20 summit in Buenos Aires in 2018. Putin probably isn’t losing sleep over Trump’s recent deadline to make peace with Ukraine, says the writer.

Threatening Putin: Will Trump chicken out? - opinion

Presidential threats of severe tariffs and new sanctions may be empty if Donald Trump fails to carry through.

JULY 17, 2025

Why is Trump hurting red states? - opinion

The burden imposed by the $3.3-trillion Big Beautiful Bill primarily hurts Donald Trump's voting base in red states, and Republicans could pay the price at the polls.

JULY 10, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump uses a gavel after signing the sweeping spending and tax legislation known as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act,’ at the White House last week.

Israel-Iran peace: Trump's motivation for holding ceasefire is a Nobel Prize legacy - opinion

The ceasefire can make or break Trump’s legacy. It got off to a shaky start with the president castigating both sides for early violations.

JUNE 29, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump leaves the White House last Tuesday to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague.

Trump's truths: What you hear ain’t what you get - opinion

US President Donald Trump has said many things about what he would do, but the reality differs.

JUNE 17, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump arrives to attend a G7 summit on Sunday at the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. What Trump says is often meant to distract attention from what he’s actually doing, according to the writer.

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
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.

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
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.

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

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.