Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
New Pew Poll Reveals Republican Embrace, Democratic Ambivalence, in American Public’s Support of Israel
Support for Israel among US Republicans is at its highest level in four decades, while Democrats are becoming more indifferent toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with sympathies for...
UK Jewish Leaders Call for Ousting of Senior London Coroner in Bitter Row Over Burial Delays
The UK's representative Jewish body, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, issued an angry call on Monday for the removal of a senior London...
Amid Growing Unease With Israeli Plan to Deport African Migrants, Three El Al Pilots Say They Won’t Participate
Citing "Zionist values" and examples of persecution from Jewish history, at least three pilots with Israel's national airline, El Al, have announced their refusal to...
French Jewish Representatives Demand ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Antisemitism, as Attacks Multiply During January
The representative body of Jews in France has called on the government to take "all necessary measures" to deter further antisemitic attacks, following a spate of...
New Orleans City Councillors Dismayed by Pro-BDS Implications of Recently-Passed Human Rights Resolution
American advocates of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel suffered a significant setback on Friday, as dismayed city councillors in New Orleans belatedly...
‘A Crime Against Humanity:’ Three Years Later, Relatives and Friends Reflect on AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s Murder
Argentina solemnly marked the third anniversary of the murder of Alberto Nisman on Thursday, with relatives and colleagues of the late federal prosecutor -- who spent...
Arrests on Capitol Hill as Jewish Activists Protest Trump Administration’s Plan to End DACA Program
Police on Capitol Hill arrested a group of Jewish civil rights activists on Wednesday at the height of a protest against President Donald Trump's plans...
Austrian Jews to Withdraw From International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremonies Over Far-Right Party’s Participation
In a deeply embarrassing setback for Austria's right-wing coalition government, the country's Jewish community has announced that it will withdraw from official events marking International...
‘You’re Not Going to Jew Us Down?’: US Reality TV Host’s Antisemitic Outburst Sparks Anger
The presenter of a top-rated US reality TV show is in the spotlight for using an antisemitic epithet during a scene in which a guest was challenged...
US Jewish Groups Urge Israeli Government to Scrap African Migrant Deportation Plan
Two prominent American Jewish groups urged the Israeli government on Tuesday to abandon a controversial plan to deport African migrants and asylum-seekers. In a letter to...
Palestinian Leader Abbas’ Attack on Zionism Cites Late Egyptian Intellectual’s Denial of Jewish Peoplehood
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's angry speech on Sunday castigating the US and Israel drew on the work of an Egyptian academic who dedicated his career to...
Travel Giant Bans Uruguayan Eco-Hotel for ‘Discrimination’ Against Israeli Couple
A hostel in Uruguay that refused to honor the booking of an Israeli couple because of its owners' objection "to the policy of your country"...
‘This Was a King Who Betrayed His Country:’ President of Italian Jewish Community Speaks Out on Victor Emmanuel III Reburial Controversy
Seventy-three years after the end of the Second World War, the gallery of European leaders who proudly collaborated with the Nazi German regime remains firmly established....
Turkish Jews Denounce Antisemitic Tabloid’s Claim That ‘Jewish Businessmen’ Manipulated Financial Markets Ahead of Failed 2016 Coup
A mass-circulation, pro-government newspaper in Turkey has been roundly condemned by the country's Jewish community after it accused "Jewish businessmen" of engaging in suspicious transactions on Turkish...
