Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
Reviving Call for US Embassy Move to Jerusalem, Top Democratic Senator Criticizes Trump’s ‘Indecisiveness’ on Issue
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) renewed on Tuesday his call for the United States to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to...
Qatari Candidate Tainted by Antisemitism Leading in Election Race for Next UNESCO Chief
Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, the Qatari candidate for the next director-general of UNESCO -- the UN's educational, scientific and cultural organization -- has emerged as...
Leading New York City Jewish Historical Center Nixes Events Co-Sponsored by Anti-Zionist Group
The New York City-based American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) has announced the cancellation of two upcoming events that were to have been staged in partnership...
Argentine Judge Summons Ex-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Ongoing Probe of Cover-up of Iran’s Responsibility for 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish Center Bombing
The Argentine federal judge investigating the allegation that ex-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration conspired with Iran to hide Tehran's culpability for the deadly 1994...
Bernard-Henri Lévy Slams Turkish President Erdogan for Pushing ‘Crudest, Worst’ Antisemitic Campaign in Wake of Kurdish Independence Vote
Leading French-Jewish intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy on Monday slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for orchestrating "the crudest, the worst" antisemitic campaign against him over his support...
Ex-Qatari Minister, Who Wrote Preface to Antisemitic Book, Among Leading Candidates in Election Contest for New UNESCO Chief
A Qatari official with a questionable record on antisemitism is among the leading candidates standing for election this week for the post of the next director-general of...
With Onset of Yom Kippur, Authorities Move to Protect Jewish Communities in Denmark and Sweden
Danish Jews attending Yom Kippur services in Copenhagen's Great Synagogue on Friday night and Saturday will do so protected by their country's army, following the...
US Jewish Leaders Express Support, Empathy for Kurds in Wake of Independence Vote
Several American Jewish leaders and organizations have expressed their affinity with Kurdish aspirations following Monday's independence referendum in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, in...
American UN Envoy Nikki Haley Says Russia Shielding Iran From IAEA, Warns Nuclear Deal Without Inspections Is an ‘Empty Promise’
American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took sharp aim on Thursday at Russia's insistence that the International Atomic Energy Agency had no mandate to inspect Iranian nuclear...
Head of UN Watchdog Highlights Serious Gap in Iran Nuclear Deal Verification
As US President Donald Trump deliberates over whether to re-certify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in two weeks time, new concerns about verification expressed by...
New York Senator Charles Schumer Calls on Trump Administration to Back Independent Kurdistan
US Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) issued a powerful appeal to President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday to recognize Kurdistan as an independent state, following...
US Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Call Pre-Yom Kippur Demonstration at Qatari Embassy in DC, Demand Release of IDF Soldier Remains Held by Hamas
Jewish and Israel advocacy groups are calling a demonstration outside the Embassy of Qatar in Washington, DC on Thursday to demand that the Gulf emirate lean...
Amid New UK Labour Party Antisemitism Row, Ex-London Mayor Claims Offensive Comments About Jews Are ‘Not Antisemitic’
The former Labour Party mayor of London, Ken Livingstone -- long the bête noire of UK Jews for his association with Islamists and his constant allegations that...
Turkish, Iranian and Iraqi Leaders Decry Kurdish Independence Vote as Creation of ‘Second Israel,’ Warn ‘Waving Israeli Flags Won’t Save You’
The anti-Kurdish alliance of Turkey, Iran and Iraq has stepped up its accusation that Monday's referendum on independence -- in which more than 90 percent...
