Ben Cohen / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
Iran’s War, and America’s Shame, in Kurdistan
JNS.org - Prior to the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan on September 25, the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq all foretold of the coming of a...
Year Zero: The Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
JNS.org - For the Palestinians, the year zero is not 1948, when the State of Israel came into being, but 1917, when Great Britain issued, in...
Iranian Nuclear Revelations From Argentina
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon made a good point at a Security Council meeting on the Middle East this week when...
Harvey Weinstein’s Disgrace Produces Another Nasty Caricature
JNS.org - Walking through central London last week, and with a spare half hour on my hands, I decided to pay a quick visit to the National...
Trump Betrays Kurdistan
JNS.org - It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the...
On Becoming an American
JNS.org – This week, I became an American citizen. As I intently studied my naturalization certificate after the oath-taking ceremony, it struck me how fortunate I am...
Talking to Qatar Should Not Mean Blessing Qatar
JNS.org - Should American Jewish leaders speak to the rulers of a petrostate that finances Hamas terrorists to blow up their fellow Jews in Israel? That, in...
In AMIA Jewish Center Episode, Hector Timerman’s Guilt Is Unveiled
JNS.org - It has been 23 years since the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires was devastated by a Hezbollah truck bomb, claiming the lives of 85...
Kushner’s Initiative Doesn’t Change Palestinian Reality
JNS.org - After several visits to Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and Palestinian leaders in Ramallah, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s attempt to restart the peace...
Leave the Symbols of Nazi Persecution Alone, Billy Joel
JNS.org - Billy Joel’s decision to sport a yellow star on the front and back of his jacket during a concert this week was a nod...
Let’s Talk About Sex: The Aftermath of Charlottesville
JNS.org - The scene is Paris in the late 19th century. At a glittering ball, a handful of eligible gentilhommes eagerly circled the charming Comtesse de La Rochefoucauld -- something...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: The Light and the Darkness
JNS.org - As much as President Donald Trump enjoys taking a metaphorical sledgehammer to even the merest of slights against him, there is no reason to...
The Fable of George Soros
JNS.org – George Soros, the Hungarian-American billionaire, has all the makings of a character in a Hasidic fable. Here is a man distrusted by many of his...
A BDS Lesson from Tunisia
JNS.org - To get a sense of what really lies beneath the campaign to boycott Israel -- which is about much more than just boycotting Israel -- it can be...
