Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Prominent French Socialist Faces Potential Legal Action Over Antisemitic Tweet Depicting Macron as Agent of Jewish Conspiracy
A leading French Socialist Party (PS) politician was on Monday facing expulsion and possible legal proceedings following a crudely antisemitic tweet which displayed France's president,...
Top English Soccer Club Manchester United Shows ‘Red Card’ to Antisemitic Conspiracy Theorist
A show by one of the most outlandish antisemitic conspiracy theorists in Europe at the stadium of leading English soccer team Manchester United was abruptly...
Top US Civil Rights Group Denounces Antisemitic Smears of Prominent Argentine Jews
The Anti-Defamation League expressed solidarity with Argentina's Jewish community on Thursday, following two incidents in the South American country over the last week in which...
South Korean Candidate Defeats Iranian Frontrunner in Key UNESCO Election Contest
South Korea's ambassador to UNESCO -- the cultural, scientific and educational agency of the United Nations -- was elected on Thursday as chairman of the...
Kurdish Authorities Detail Serial Human Rights Outrages by Iran-Backed Militias in Northern Iraq
An Iranian-backed Shia militia deliberately drove thousands of Kurdish civilians out of northern Iraq during last month's military offensive "in order to change the demography...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Highlights ‘Mounting Evidence of Genocide’ of Rohingya Muslims in Burma
The official museum commemorating the Nazi Holocaust in the United States has issued a report drawing attention to "mounting evidence of genocide" against the Muslim...
Countering Iranian Expansion ‘Must Be Bipartisan Priority,’ Says Democratic Congressman
The Democratic congressman who initiated a letter signed by 42 of his colleagues to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson protesting Iranian interference in Syria...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Passage of Taylor Force Act Will ‘Force PA to Choose’ Between US Assistance or Terror Payments
US legislators and Jewish organizations hailed the passage by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday of a bill that conditions American aid to the...
Democratic Congresswoman Accused of ‘Exploiting’ Palestinian Children With Proposed Anti-Israel Legislation
A Minnesota congresswoman has been accused of "exploiting Palestinian children" in order to demonize Israel after she introduced legislation this week to "prevent United States tax...
‘Bernie Bernstein’ Robocall Backfires on Beleaguered Roy Moore Senate Campaign in Alabama, as Critics Charge Antisemitism
Beleaguered Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore of Alabama braced for further political blows on Wednesday as news broke of a "robocall" on behalf of his campaign...
Halamish Attack Survivor Declares Support for Taylor Force Act During Washington Visit
The Israeli mother who lost her husband and two close relatives in a brutal Palestinian terrorist attack in July was visiting Washington, DC on Tuesday in...
Russian Foreign Minister Says Iranian Military Presence in Syria Is ‘Legitimate,’ Despite US Demand for Withdrawal of Foreign Forces
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov seemingly dashed American hopes that Moscow will put pressure on Iran to withdraw its forces from Syria, in a statement...
Polish Official Tolerance of Far-Right Extremists ‘Deeply Troubling,’ Jewish Group Says Following Antisemitic and Racist March in Warsaw
The "apparent tolerance" of some senior Polish government ministers for the growing brazenness of the country's nationalist far-right is "deeply troubling," a prominent Jewish official in Warsaw said on...
Israel Unhappy With Extended Russia-US Deal in Syria, Will ‘Stand Firm’ in Opposing Iranian Military Presence
Israel has signaled its unease with the extension of the ceasefire deal in southwestern Syria brokered by Russia and the US, making clear it reserves...
