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Ben Cohen

Featured Columnist

Ben Cohen is a senior analyst with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) and director of FDD’s rapid response outreach, specializing in global antisemitism, anti-Zionism and Middle East/European Union relations. A London-born journalist with 30 years of experience, he previously worked for BBC World and has contributed to Commentary, The Wall Street Journal, Tablet and Congressional Quarterly. He was a senior correspondent at The Algemeiner for more than a decade and is a weekly columnist for JNS. Cohen has reported from conflict zones worldwide and held leadership roles at the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee. His books include Some of My Best Friends: A Journey Through 21st Century Antisemitism.

Hubert Aiwanger
Featured Columnist
A Bavarian scandal shines a light on Germany’s ‘Holocaust guilt’
“Anyone who thinks, writes down and spreads such thoughts must not bear any political responsibility in Germany,” declared Saskia Esken, chair of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). But not everyone would agree.
Sept. 1, 2023
Ben Cohen
The Southern Lebanon border showing the Arab village of Ghajar, open to Israelis since the 2000, Sept. 7, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Opinion
To weaken Hezbollah, you have to weaken Iran
There was one small yet welcome development on that front when the United States announced sanctions against an ostensible environmentalist NGO (actually, a front for Hezbollah) called “Green Without Borders.”
Aug. 18, 2023
Ben Cohen
Jean-Luc Mélenchon in 2013 in Toulouse. Credit: Pierre-Selim via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Antisemitism still haunts the European left
Simply by looking at the record of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of France’s main far-left party La France Insoumise, we can quickly conclude that he is someone who needs educating.
Aug. 11, 2023
Ben Cohen
Soccer, Saudi Arabia
Opinion
Saudi Arabia’s ‘sportswashing’ strategy
There is a widely held belief that the influx of athletes, along with their luxury brands and glamorous lifestyles, will transform Saudi Arabia, turning it into a more open, tolerant society.
Aug. 4, 2023
Ben Cohen
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 25, 2019. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
The North Korean threat remains live
Most Jews around the world rarely have occasion to think about it. But make no mistake: The regime is fanatical enough to deliver on its lurid warnings.
July 28, 2023
Ben Cohen
An open book on fire. Credit: Sergeyxsp/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
Sweden must prevent public burnings of religious books
After historical precedent, can this legitimately be regarded as constitutionally protected free speech?
July 7, 2023
Ben Cohen
A Russian civilian hugs a soldier of the Wagner Group private military company on a tank with flowers in the muzzle after the end of an attempted mutiny on Vladimir Putin's regime, June 24, 2023. Credit: Fargoh via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
It’s time for Russia’s remaining Jews to leave
A weak regime can still be a dangerous one, particularly when said regime is armed with nuclear weapons.
June 30, 2023
Ben Cohen
Sbarro Pizzeria Bombing 2001
Opinion
Ahlam Tamimi’s 16th victim
American-Israeli Chana Nachenberg, 31 at the time of a suicide bombing at a Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem in 2001, died after all years languishing in a coma while attack mastermind Tamimi lives freely in Jordan.
June 2, 2023
Ben Cohen
President of Tunisia Kais Saied, March 2021. Credit: Hussein Eddeb/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
Djerba attack shines a light on Arab antisemitism denial
To deny that the El Ghriba attack was targeted against Jews is as absurd as saying the same about the October 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
May 19, 2023
Ben Cohen
Berlin Holocaust Monument and Memorial
Featured Columnist
Germany’s far-right comes to Yad Vashem
We should have few illusions about the AfD, and, indeed, its co-thinkers and sister parties elsewhere in Europe, but we should not disdain them automatically.
May 12, 2023
Ben Cohen
Propaganda recruiting poster of the 27th SS volunteer division Langemarck with the title: “Flemish All in the SS Langemarck.” Credit: LordLiberty via Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
The antisemitism that never went away
There it was again: the classic Jewish infiltrator in the form of a man with a fleshy face, hooked nose and scheming expression, carrying a box labeled “Goldman Sachs.”
May 5, 2023
Ben Cohen
Credit Suisse in the Swiss financial center of Zurich, April 19, 2021. Credit: YueStock/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
‘Righteous justice’: Credit Suisse’s Nazi bank accounts
The collusion of the banks in “neutral” Switzerland with Hitler’s regime resulted in a historic $1.25 billion settlement in 1999 with Holocaust survivors and their relatives. But the story doesn’t end there.
April 28, 2023
Ben Cohen
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