Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
After Latest Mass Shootings, ‘Threat to the US Is Greatest From Extreme Right,’ Former ADL Chief Abe Foxman Says
US President Donald Trump's condemnation of white supremacy on Monday was "absolutely necessary, but it was just an opening salvo and certainly not enough," a...
Swiss Funding Freeze in Wake of UNRWA Corruption Allegations Piles On Palestinian Refugee Agency’s Woes
Switzerland confirmed on Tuesday that it was temporarily freezing funding for UNRWA -- the United Nations agency dedicated solely to Palestinian refugees and their descendants...
‘My Experience Hardly an Isolated Case,’ Victim of Antisemitic Attack in German City of Potsdam Says
The 25-year-old Jewish man verbally assaulted and spat on by two Syrian refugees who spotted his kippah in the German city of Potsdam on Saturday...
Former SS Soldier and Unrepentant Nazi Karl Munter Faces Trial in Germany for Holocaust Denial
A former Nazi SS war criminal who has lived in freedom in Germany since the end of World War Two was charged on Wednesday under...
Ignoring, Excusing, Enabling: Sorbonne Scholar Probes French Media’s Attitude on Rising Antisemitism
In the week that has passed since the judicial announcement that the murderer of Sarah Halimi -- the 65-year-old Jewish woman beaten to death in...
Parents of US Girl Killed in 2001 Jerusalem Bombing Call for Congressional Investigation Into Fugitive Hamas Terrorist Living Freely in Jordan
The parents of an American victim of a devastating Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem in 2001 are calling on the US Congress to investigate why...
French Jews Vow to Appeal Paris Court’s Ruling That Antisemitic Murderer of Sarah Halimi Is ‘Unfit’ for Criminal Trial
Lawyers acting for the family of a French Jewish widow murdered in her own home during a frenzied antisemitic assault have vowed to appeal the...
Supporter of UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Slams Antisemitism Whistleblowers as ‘Bunch of Wimps’ During BBC Interview
The schism within the British Labour Party over antisemitism deepened on Thursday, as supporters and detractors of the party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn furiously...
‘It Was Fantastic’: South Africa’s Jewish Soccer Star Dean Furman Reflects on Shock Win Over Egypt in African Cup
Three days after South Africa stunned the world of international soccer by knocking hosts Egypt out of the 2019 African Cup of Nations, the sound...
Fury as Cartoonist Behind ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Image Receives Invite to White House Social Media Summit
One of the invited guests to a White House social media summit scheduled for Thursday is a cartoonist renowned for graphic attacks on political opponents...
Rabid French Antisemite Dieudonné Sentenced by Paris Court for Money Laundering, Tax Evasion
The rabidly antisemitic French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala was sentenced to two years in prison by the Paris Criminal Court on Friday, which convicted him...
Spanish Nominee for Top EU Foreign Policy Post Is Firm Backer of Iranian Regime
A Spanish socialist politician strongly tipped to become the next European Union High Representative for foreign policy is raising hackles in the US, Israel and...
Top German Protestant Leader Urges Creation of Church Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism
The head of one of Germany's leading Evangelical churches has called on his fellow Protestant clerics to appoint a special representative to challenge rising antisemitism...
UK Labour Leader Corbyn Under Pressure Over Readmission of MP Who Dismissed Antisemitism Concerns
The civil war in the British Labour Party over the readmission of a leading ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn intensified on Friday, as more...
