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ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
The Case of Hungary: Antisemitism Without Violence
JNS.org - Is it possible for a country to be the locus of widespread antipathy towards Jews while simultaneously maintaining relatively low levels of antisemitic...
Chile: Antisemitism and the Peril of Daniel Jadue
JNS.org - The anti-Zionist activist Roger Waters, who also doubles up as the former bassist of veteran rockers Pink Floyd, gave a ringing endorsement last...
After Latest Legislation on Stolen Jewish Property, It’s Time to Cut Ties With Poland’s Government
JNS.org - Poland is awash in antisemitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in...
Iran’s Election Farce Raises ‘Regime Change’ Debate Once More
JNS.org - The people of Iran were again subjected last Friday to the farce that befalls them every four years, when the Islamist regime calls...
The Antisemitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
JNS.org - In the first round of the French presidential election in 2017, nearly one in five voters marked their ballots for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the...
What Does ‘Justice for Sarah Halimi’ Mean?
JNS.org - There was a particularly nasty incident that was reported in the crime sections of the French press this week. It caught my eye...
The Return of the Anti-Jewish Mob
JNS.org - The left-wing French parliamentarian Danièle Obono stormed out of a live debate on May 13 about the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities hosted...
For Palestinians, the Past Remains the Future
JNS.org - Judging by the present pattern, the next conflagration over Gaza — and by extension, the still-unresolved Palestinian question — will occur in 2028...
‘They Own the Media’: Coronavirus Antisemitism Remains Lethal
JNS.org - Another one of my musical heroes, sadly, outed himself this week as an antisemite. On this occasion, it was the turn of Van...
Is the Truth a Casualty of the Abraham Accords?
JNS.org - There’s an old adage of disputed authorship that has traveled down the centuries: In times of war, truth is the first casualty. As...
In France, Antisemitism Is Systemic
JNS.org - In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi occupation of France, the celebrated French writer and resistance figure...
America Has Made a Serious Mistake on UNRWA
JNS.org - The Biden administration’s regressive decision to include $150 million for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as part of its restoration of...
Global Freedom on the Decline
JNS.org - Passover is a celebration of freedom, but its underlying story is a salutary reminder that freedom is a fragile thing and that achieving...
Yet Another Attempt to Sanitize Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Another week, another solemn definition of what does and doesn’t constitute antisemitism, another quixotic attempt to slow the growing adoption of the International...
