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ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
Washington Summit Highlights Arab Displeasure With Obama on Iran
JNS.org - It'll be interesting to see if Saudi Arabia's King Salman gets the "Bibi treatment" from the news media this week. Israeli Prime...
As the Nakba Comes to Washington, a Wasted Opportunity
JNS.org - For two weeks in June, Washington, DC will play host to a group of pro-Palestinian activists who have assembled an exhibit about...
BDS Movement Infiltrates the Virginia State Bar
JNS.org - For just more than a month now, the Virginia State Bar (VSB)—which, it should be noted, is a state body working with...
Could Yemen Be the Start of a Major Middle East War?
JNS.org - Back in Roman times, Yemen went by the name "Arabia Felix"—Latin for "Happy Arabia." It's hard to think of a greater misnomer...
Prof. Andrew Pessin is Latest Victim of Anti-Israel Thought Police
JNS.org - Every time I learn about the latest antics of the anti-Israel thought police on university campuses, I find myself offering silent thanks...
Sanitizing Iran, Demonizing Israel
JNS.org - As expected, the Obama administration is having a hard time selling the American public on the feeble understanding—it's not a "deal," since...
A New Age of Middle East Insecurity
JNS.org - Back in 2010, I interviewed Gerard Araud, who is now the French ambassador in Washington, DC, while he was still serving as France's...
Obama, Not Netanyahu, is Killing the Two-State Solution
JNS.org - President Barack Obama is correct. There is, as he said on Tuesday, no realistic prospect of a Palestinian state being created through...
Israel is the True Target of Netanyahu’s Critics
JNS.org - There is no world leader more hated by bien-pensant liberals in America and Europe than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whereas once the...
What’s at Stake When Anti-Zionism Aims for Academic Respectability?
JNS.org - A potentially ugly row is brewing in the United Kingdom over an academic conference, due to be held at the University of Southampton...
Netanyahu Nails the Fundamental Problem With Iran
I have to confess that I was disappointed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference...
I’m So Bored With the Obama Administration
JNS.org - I probably shouldn't admit this, given that my political views are fairly well-known, but one of my favorite songs is "I'm So...
A Dream Deal With Iran
JNS.org - Love, as the song goes, is in the air. If the latest media reports are accurate, the United States and the Iranian...
Obama and J Street Are Trading on Lies
JNS.org - In his book on politics in the Arab world, "Cruelty and Silence," the Iraqi intellectual Kanan Makiya made a telling point about...
