Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
New Memorial Plaque to Murdered French Jew Ilan Halimi Unveiled Amid Fresh Concern Over Antisemitic Violence
More than 100 people joined Jewish community leaders and local officials for the dedication of a new memorial plaque to Ilan Halimi – the 23...
Antisemitism Campaigners Urge Prince Charles to Repudiate 1986 Letter Decrying US ‘Jewish Lobby’
Britain's Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) added its voice to the chorus of condemnation of the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, after a 1986...
Swedes ‘Shocked and Bewildered’ by Public TV’s Refusal to Air Major Antisemitism Documentary, Director Says
Audiences in Israel are currently flocking to see a Swedish film about the relationship between terrorism and antisemitism that Swedish national TV, which partly financed...
Taylor Force Act Ending US Funding for PA Terror Payments Set for Congressional Markup
A signature piece of US anti-terrorism legislation is scheduled to be "marked up" by the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Wednesday, after several months of...
Iranian Control of Strategic Kurdish Mountain Poses Serious Threat to Israel, Top Security Official Says
Iranian control of a strategically significant Kurdish area near the border between Iraq and Syria represents a grave security threat to Israel, a senior Kurdish...
Argentine Prosecutor Calls for Death of AMIA Bombing Investigator Alberto Nisman to Be Officially Classified as Homicide
The Argentine official probing the death of Alberto Nisman -- the federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in...
Kicked Out of Film Festival Over Israel Links, Top French-Arab Movie Producer Denounces Arab World’s ‘Antisemitic Majority’
A prominent Tunisian-born French movie producer has issued a frank denunciation of antisemitism in the Arab world after being compelled to pull out of North Africa's most...
French Authorities Deliberate on Whether Arson Attack on Jewish Family Home Was ‘Antisemitic in Nature’
French authorities are hesitating over whether to treat an arson attack on the home of a Jewish family near Paris last Friday night as an...
Western Powers Must Protect Kurds, Urges Iraqi Jew Escorted to Freedom by Masoud Barzani
For the last forty-seven years, Jamil "Jimmy" Ezra has marked a special, deeply private anniversary on September 1 with a ray of hope in his heart....
Iranian Foreign Minister Slams Washington Think Tank Over Revelations of Tehran’s Backing of Al Qaeda
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has lashed out at a Washington, DC-based think tank for its ongoing revelations about the cooperation between the Tehran regime and...
Anti-Defamation League ‘Astonished and Horrified’ by Two-Thirds Increase in Antisemitic Incidents in 2017
The head of the Anti-Defamation League declared his organization was "astonished and horrified" by a recent steep rise in antisemitic incidents in the US, as...
Palestinians Express Rage on Balfour Declaration Centenary as Israeli PM Netanyahu Urges Final Acceptance of Jewish State
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marked Thursday's centenary of the Balfour Declaration by renewing his call on the Palestinians to "finally accept a Jewish national...
Turkish Hackers Loyal to President Erdogan Deface Israeli News Website in Balfour Declaration Protest
In a gesture to protest the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration on Thursday, an experienced group of Turkish hackers took over the entire website...
Iraqi Parliament Bans Display of Israeli Flag, ‘Zionist’ Symbols, Following Conquest of Kurdish Territories
Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to "criminalize" the display of what it called "Zionist symbols," including the Israeli flag, across Iraq. In a condemnatory reference to...
