Mitchell Bard is the executive director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and one of the leading authorities on US-Middle East policy. He is the creator and director of the Jewish Virtual Library, the world s most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture. He has written and edited 22 books, including "Will Israel Survive?", "The Arab Lobby, "and the novel "After Anatevka: Tevye in Palestine".