Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Major Jewish Group Names Former Homeland Security Official to Head Anti-Extremism Efforts
A former US government official who served across three administrations was announced on Monday as the new head of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism...
In Meeting With Kushner, Abbas Defiantly Vows to Continue PA Terror Payments Policy, Palestinian Newspaper Reports
A leading Palestinian newspaper published an account on Monday of a tense encounter between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Donald Trump's senior adviser...
Trump Administration Reportedly Confirms $300 Million Annual US Funding of Palestinian Refugee Agency Will Continue
Three months after indefinitely delaying the potential move of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump has retained another...
New JDC Head David Schizer Casts Hopeful Eye on Jewish Future East of Danube River
The last eight months have left a deep impression on David Schizer. The Brooklyn-born former Dean of Columbia Law School took over the helm of America's...
Anti-Israel Extremists Target ADL in New Online Campaign Equating Zionism With Racism
The Anti-Defamation League's current counter-offensive against the US far-right is facing a coordinated campaign of online "trolling" from BDS activists pushing the message that Zionism...
Iran Protests to UN Nuclear Agency as US Ambassador Haley Presses for Extra Scrutiny of Nuclear-Related Activities
The shaky nuclear deal agreed between Iran and six world powers in July 2015 endured another jab on Thursday, as Iran threatened to renege on its...
Amnesty International Blasts PA and Hamas for Persecution of Journalists
Amnesty International has accused both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas of "presiding over a chilling campaign designed to silence dissent, intimidate journalists and breach the...
Freeze on Funding to West Bank Center Named After Terrorist Signifies Growing European Awareness of Palestinian Incitement, Israeli Watchdog Says
An international aid agency operated by four European governments has decided to freeze funding to a Palestinian NGO that named a women's center in the West...
What’s in a Translation? Atlanta School Reflects on ‘Mein Kampf’ Controversy
Students at a prestigious independent school in Atlanta are reaching the end of a hot summer embroiled in a controversy around Mein Kampf -- the rambling...
Syrian Dictator Assad Secretly Hosted Argentine and Iranian Foreign Ministers in AMIA Bombing Coverup, Ex-Ambassador Testifies
News outlets in Argentina were abuzz on Wednesday with speculation that the country's former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and her foreign minister, Hector Timerman,...
Shia Imam in Southern California Restates Belief That Israel ‘Finances, Arms, Trains’ ISIS Terrorists
A prominent Shia Muslim imam in California is sticking defiantly with his allegation that Israel finances and arms ISIS -- the Sunni Muslim terrorist group...
Iranian Threats on Uranium Enrichment Highlight Critical Weakness of Nuclear Deal, Prominent Advocate Says
The president of the leading US advocacy group countering Iranian nuclear ambitions has charged that recent inflammatory statements by the head of the Tehran regime's...
Kushner Team Heads to Middle East as Arab Leaders Emphasize ‘No Peace’ Without Palestinian State
As a high-level negotiating team headed by US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner heads to the Middle East this week, Palestinian and Arab leaders...
Putin Unlikely to Allay Netanyahu’s Concerns Over Iranian Presence in Syria at Upcoming Sochi Parley, Expert Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin this week for the first time since the Russia-US deal on a ceasefire in southwestern Syria...
