Posts Tagged: Ben Cohen
Antisemitism, George Orwell and the Labour Party
JNS.org - “It is generally admitted that antisemitism is on the increase, that it has been greatly exacerbated by the war, and that humane and enlightened...
John Kerry’s Iranian ‘Success’
JNS.org - Here’s the latest episode of outreach to Iran from the lips of US Secretary of State John Kerry. After condemning, during a press conference...
From Bosnia to Brussels, Europe Fumbles
JNS.org - The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally received a modicum of justice this week, when a United Nations court in The Hague sentenced...
Iran’s ‘Moderates’ Are Anything But
JNS.org - You don’t hear that much these days about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former Iranian president whose penchant for denying the Holocaust at every opportunity became...
Don’t Believe the Hype — BDS is as Dangerous as Ever
Ben Cohen, Senior Editor of The Tower magazine, wrote an op-ed about BDS that was for the most part salient. Unfortunately, his opening sentence was both irresponsible...
Who Cares if Bernie Sanders Is Jewish?
JNS.org - It would be churlish to deny the remarkable achievement of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in decisively winning the recent New Hampshire primary. For months, Sanders...
Antisemitism in 2016: Global Challenge Lacks a Global Strategy
JNS.org - Another week, another litany of ugly incidents targeting Jews, along with expressions of concern about rising antisemitism around the globe, and even the odd...
Under Obama, America Has Been Humiliated
JNS.org - So numerous were the omissions, distortions, and flights of extraordinary fancy in President Barack Obama’s Jan. 12 State of the Union address that you’d...
‘Dancing in the Moonlight’: A Western Call to Arms in the Face of Jihad
JNS.org - One of the most memorable scenes in the 2010 film “Four Lions,” a dark British comedy about a group of the most incompetent jihadis...
More Wishful Thinking on Iran
JNS.org - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-N.V.) apparently has the gift of foresight denied to us lesser mortals. “No matter how Republicans misrepresent the Iran nuclear...
It’s Official: BDS Is Hate Speech
JNS.org - A few years ago, the British antisemitism scholar David Hirsh remarked that while Israel was the ostensible target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
The Return of Bibi Derangement Syndrome
JNS.org - My favorite acronym, at least for this year, was coined by historian Ronald Radosh in his PJ Media column back in March. The initials are BDS...
Anti-Zionism’s Mask Falls
JNS.org - The first Saturday in September will see Israel’s national soccer team travel to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, for a vital qualifying game for...
Worldwide Anti-Semitism Gets a Boost From the Iran Deal
JNS.org - In Europe, Jewish communities are still licking the wounds from a miserable 12 months that saw deadly jihadist violence erupt against them in Paris,...
