Ben Cohen / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
Circumcision is Under Attack in Europe
JNS.org - This week, as Jews across the world celebrate Hanukkah, they also remember the victory of the Maccabees against the brutal rule...
Egyptian Nazi Scandal Shows Clear Academic Bias
JNS.org - Imagine the following scenario. A storied American university holds a conference on the future of democracy in Europe. Among the invited...
Christian IDF Recruitment Numbers Affirm Israeli Democracy
JNS.org - Over the summer, the Israeli media highlighted a phenomenon that is both intriguing and encouraging: a movement among Israel's Christian Arabs advocating...
The Obama Administration is Spineless in the Middle East
JNS.org - Here, in a nutshell, are the principles driving the Obama Administration's Middle East policy. Screw the Syrians. Don't upset the Iranians....
Iran Nuclear Program: We Only Have Ourselves to Blame
JNS.org - One of the most irritating aspects of the international efforts to deal with the Iran nuclear program lies in the unrealistic expectations...
Saudi Arabia Woes Play Well for Israel
JNS.org - Ah, Saudi Arabia! The country that spawned 15 of the 19 terrorists that executed the atrocities of September 11, 2001. The...
‘Zionist BDS’ is a Lie
JNS.org - I recently received an email from a friend of mine who lives in Brighton, a town on England's south coast. He told...
Why Lapid is Wrong on the Peace Process and Israeli Recognition
JNS.org - I'll confess that when I first read about Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid's disagreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that the...
America’s Two-State Solution Fixation Pushing Israel Back to the ‘Iron Wall’?
JNS.org - A hint of frustration flashed across Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon's face when I asked him about the criticism he has...
J Street and the Decline of American Power
JNS.org - A few weeks ago, I ventured the theory that rather than the so-called "Israel Lobby" controlling the administration, it's the administration that controls...
Can We Really Negotiate With Iran?
JNS.org - From the brink of war, the Middle East has moved at dizzying speed to the cusp of peace. Or so we are...
Should Iraq’s Jewish Archive be Returned to the Country?
JNS.org - A few years ago, in response to a Palestinian critic who made a disparaging remark about the fact that I don't speak...
AIPAC is Following Obama, Not Vice Versa
JNS.org - Barely minutes after the news broke that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was planning a major effort on Capitol Hill...
Syria Debate Shows America’s Moral Collapse
JNS.org - "Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon/The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave/They buried us without shroud or coffin/And in August...
