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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.

Putin, Khamenei
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Russia and Iran are heading for defeat in Ukraine
Dithering at a time when we should be focused on further defeats for the Russians in the Ukrainian theater only helps Vladimir Putin. Let us seize the moment and deal the Russian-Iranian alliance the blow it deserves.
Nov. 11, 2022
Ben Cohen
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
What the Kanye West scandal can teach the UN
The contrast between the speed with which the private sector moved to condemn Kanye West’s anti-Semitism and the stubborn persistence of outdated, unhelpful and anti-Semitic notions about Israel at the U.N. is frankly painful to observe.
Oct. 28, 2022
Ben Cohen
Then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2021. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Featured Columnist
Israel must arm Ukraine
As a growing power in the world, Israel needs to adjust its foreign policy accordingly, looking beyond its own corner of the world and paying greater attention to the balance of power between the Western democracies and authoritarian states like Russia and China.
Oct. 20, 2022
Ben Cohen
Mahsa Amini, Iran
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‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi:’ Iran’s Kurdish Message
“Women, Life, Freedom” represents a complete about-turn on the cult of terror and death promoted by the Iranian regime in the name of the Islamic faith. It is a pithy rejection of the ideology and purpose of the Islamic Republic as well as a vision of the type of government that might replace it.
Oct. 14, 2022
Ben Cohen
A demonstration against the BDS anti-Israel movement at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on April 27, 2017. Credit: Philafrenzy via Wikimeda Commons.
Featured Columnist
Should Israel lead the fight against anti-Semitism?
It is preferable for Israel to remain what it has always been—a beacon of hope and a refuge for those who need one, but absolutely not a substitute government for Jews in the Diaspora.
Oct. 7, 2022
Ben Cohen
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017. Credit: Golden Brown/Shutterstock.
Opinion
If you want peace, reform the Palestinian Authority
The road to a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict runs through Ramallah, not Jerusalem.
Oct. 3, 2022
Ben Cohen
Iran Protests
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Iran’s inspirational protest movement
As Jews celebrate the Rosh Hashanah holiday, perhaps they can also offer a prayer to relieve the salty tears of the Iranian mothers and fathers who have lost their children during protests.
Sep. 23, 2022
Ben Cohen
Flags of the United States and the Soviet Union. Credit: Danielo/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
Russia: Among the thugs
It’s worth stating that we have seen this configuration of the international landscape before.
Sep. 16, 2022
Ben Cohen
Queen Elizabeth with the royal family at Buckingham Palace in London, June 2018. Credit: Lorna Roberts/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
The queen is dead; long live the king?
No one should pretend that Charles will easily fit his mother’s outsized shoes, and he now faces the formidable task of winning the affections of the British people alongside their respect.
Sep. 9, 2022
Ben Cohen
A 1904 cartoon depicting U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt appealing the Russia Czar Nicolas II to end the oppression of Russian Jews. Credit: Everett Collection/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
‘Basmanny Justice’ and the Jews of Russia
Once again, the writing is on the wall, this time propelled by the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Aug. 26, 2022
Ben Cohen
Star of David, Concentration Camp
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Mahmoud Abbas highlights a German problem
The country’s rejection of anti-Semitism largely consists of official rhetoric, as opposed to outright condemnation and uncompromising action against the scourge.
Aug. 19, 2022
Ben Cohen
South Africa on a map. Credit: TonelloPhotography/Shutterstock.
Featured Columnist
Confronting South Africa’s official anti-Zionism
The word “apartheid” is key to understanding why more than the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, most of Europe and even parts of the Islamic world, it South Africa that has proved so receptive to the core contention that Israel has no right to a sovereign, independent existence.
Aug. 12, 2022
Ben Cohen
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