Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
UK Jewish Leaders Condemn Terrorist Attack on London Subway Train
Jewish groups in the United Kingdom were united in their condemnation of a terrorist attack on a subway train in southwest London on Friday morning, in...
Strengthened Ties With Israel ‘Necessary and Welcome,’ Says Colombian Congressman as Netanyahu Continues Latin American Tour
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Mexico City on Thursday, on the third leg of a Latin American tour hailed by one Colombian legislator as a...
Israeli Expert: Rockefeller Brothers Fund ‘Stained’ by Financial Support for New BDS Initiatives
One of the world's most well-known human rights organizations has launched a new BDS initiative with financial support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund -- now the most...
New Report From UK Jewish Think Tank Shows Strong Correlation Between Antisemitism and ‘Anti-Israelism’
"Levels of antisemitism" in Britain are among the lowest in the world, a new report from London think-tank the Institute of Jewish Policy Research (JPR)...
Outrage Over Hamas Fuels Opposition to Planned Meetings Between Qatar Ruling Family and US Jewish Groups
Opposition is mounting within the US Jewish community to a series of planned meetings over the coming week between American Jewish leaders and senior Qatari representatives reported to include the...
Top Iranian Official Denounces UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Yukiya Amano, Confirms Tehran Will Not Open Military Sites to International Inspection
A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader has fiercely denounced Yukiya Amano – the head of the UN's nuclear monitoring body, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – for...
Swedish Jews Protest Violent Neo-Nazi Group’s Plan to Rally Near Gothenburg Synagogue on Yom Kippur
Swedish Jewish leaders are appealing to police in Gothenburg to reroute a neo-Nazi march that will pass close to the city's synagogue on September 30...
Sixteen Years After 9/11 Attacks, Giuliani’s Co-Author Reflects on Lessons Learned
In early 2001, author Ken Kurson began working with the then mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, on what was to become a best-selling book entitled simply...
‘They Threatened to Kill Us’: French Jewish Family Recounts Ordeal at Hands of Antisemitic Gang Near Paris
The Jewish family subjected to a vicious assault and robbery by an antisemitic gang near Paris last week recounted their ordeal in interviews with French media outlets...
Latin America Visit Is ‘Crowning Moment’ of Netanyahu Foreign Policy, But Iranian Threat Still Looms Large, Expert Says
Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in Latin America for the historic first visit by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister represents "a crowning moment for his foreign policy strategy," a leading...
Netanyahu Flies to Latin America on Historic First Visit by Serving Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed on Sunday night from Tel Aviv for a ten-day long visit to Latin America, a historic first by a...
French Interior Minister Denounces ‘Cowardly, Odious’ Assault on Sephardic Leader and His Family by Antisemitic Gang
France's Interior Minister strongly condemned a vicious antisemitic hate crime in Paris that occurred last Thursday, in which three members of a Jewish family were...
Israel Reportedly Steps up Campaign Against UN Refugee Agency Devoted to Palestinians
Israel is reportedly scaling up its campaign against the politicization of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which exclusively serves Palestinian refugees and their descendants. According...
Human Rights Watch Chief Blasted for Silence on Israeli Strike on Deadly Syrian Chemical Weapons Facility
A prominent international human rights lawyer has strongly criticized Kenneth Roth -- the head of arguably the world's most influential human rights organization, Human Rights...
