Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Palestinians Launch Fresh UNESCO Bid to Deny Jewish Ties to Hebron Holy Sites
Palestinian representatives at the global cultural and heritage organization UNESCO are campaigning for the Cave of the Patriarchs and the Old City in the West...
Hezbollah Flags Fly at ‘Al Quds Day’ March in London as Islamist Agitators Blame Grenfell Tower Tragedy on ‘Zionists’
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters marched through the streets of central London on Sunday on the annual "Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day" demonstration convened by the Islamic...
US Jewish Leaders Welcome Bipartisan Resolve After Senate’s Passage of New Iran Sanctions
Jewish leaders are warmly welcoming the overwhelming bipartisan consensus on Iran, following Thursday's passage in the Senate of a new bill meant to counter Iranian and Russian...
British Muslim Organization Encourages Supporters to Carry Hezbollah Flags at ‘Al Quds’ Day March in London
Less than two weeks after a devastating Islamist terrorist attack in London that took the lives of eight people, a prominent British Muslim organization is encouraging...
Jewish Human Rights Group Calls on European Parliament to Screen Antisemitism Documentary Rejected by French-German Broadcaster Arte
The international affairs director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) has called on the European Parliament to host a special screening of the documentary film, “Chosen and...
Obama Administration Rejected Arab Pleas to Bomb Iran, Kerry Reveals
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry revealed at a public forum in Norway this week that the Obama administration resisted Arab entreaties to "bomb"...
Israeli Officials Urge UN Chief Gutteres to Withdraw New ESCWA Report Accusing IDF of ‘Extrajudicial Executions’ of Palestinians
Israeli officials reacted furiously on Thursday to a new UN report issued through the office of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that accused the Jewish state of...
Hezbollah Arrests in New York and Michigan Should Prompt Heightened Security Vigilance Among US Jews, Expert Says
The charges recently brought against two US citizens for allegedly assisting the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah should prompt increased vigilance at American Jewish institutions, an international security...
Tillerson Still Hopeful on End to Palestinian Terror Payments Despite PA Denial of Policy Change
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered a clarification on Wednesday of comments he made the previous day concerning an end to the so-called "martyr...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Lauds Swiss, Dutch Moves Against Funding of Extremist Palestinian NGOs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded the leaders of Switzerland and the Netherlands on Wednesday following their decisions to halt funding for Palestinian NGOs involved in...
Victim of Tel Aviv Terror Attack Offers Words of Encouragement to Virginia Shooting Survivors
A former IDF combat veteran who survived a shooting attack in Tel Aviv in January 2016 had words of encouragement for the survivors of Wednesday morning's...
Leading GOP Israel Ally Steve Scalise Among the Wounded in Virginia Shooting Incident
Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a top Capitol Hill ally of Israel, was among several people wounded on Wednesday morning in a shooting at a baseball...
Amid Deadly ISIS Terror Wave, London Mayor Sadiq Khan Seeks Israeli Expertise on Security
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told a UK Jewish newspaper that his office has been in contact "with not only Tel Aviv but other places...
Squeezed Between Gaza Electricity Crisis and Qatar Showdown, Hamas Said to Be Facing ‘a Perilous Time’
As it simultaneously confronts a domestic crisis in Gaza and an international one over Qatar, Hamas is living in "a perilous time," a leading expert on...
