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Ben Cohen

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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.

Chilean presidential candidate Daniel Jadue. Source: Twitter/Daniel Jadue.
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Chile: The peril of Daniel Jadue
In common with the rest of the world, anti-Semitism has risen precipitously in Chile during the last decade; Jadue’s potential election would take it to another level.
Jul. 16, 2021
Ben Cohen
The Lower House of the Polish parliament called Sejm. Credit: Spandow Stock Photo/Shutterstock.
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After latest legislation on stolen Jewish property, it’s time to cut ties with Poland’s government
It is ironic that a political party named “Law and Justice” should be so wedded to outright theft and discrimination, but that is the present-day reality in Poland.
Jul. 2, 2021
Ben Cohen
Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth. Source: Screenshot.
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The ‘right’ way to be anti-Semitic, according to Human Rights Watch
The assailants in Los Angeles were referred to merely as “a group,” while the attackers in New York City were simply “assailants.” No more detail was provided.
Jun. 25, 2021
Ben Cohen
A poster of Ebrahim Raisi, one of the leading candidates in Iran's presidential elections, June 2021. Credit: Farzad Frames/Shutterstock.
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Iran’s election farce raises ‘regime change’ debate once more
The next president will assume office after what will be remembered as a laughably poor voter turnout amid an economy shattered by the coronavirus and years of U.S. sanctions.
Jun. 18, 2021
Ben Cohen
Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Credit: Pierre-Selim/Flickr.
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The anti-Semitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
His election numbers might be respectable, but his ideas about the world are far less so, even by France’s standards, where the extremes of left and right have always enjoyed solid electoral support.
Jun. 11, 2021
Ben Cohen
About 800 people gathered in front of the 24 columns courthouse in Lyon to demand justice for Sarah Halimi. Lyon, France. Credit: Franck Chapolard/Shutterstock.
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What does ‘justice for Sarah Halimi’ mean?
In the strictly legal sense of that word, that has already been denied to her and her family, at least in France.
May. 28, 2021
Ben Cohen
Palestinian Flag Anti-Semitism
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The return of the anti-Jewish mob
The same impulse that drove the eventual expulsion of nearly 800,000 Jews from the Arab world is now coming back to haunt us in the very countries where Jews sought freedom.
May. 21, 2021
Ben Cohen
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces at the Huwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, May 14, 2021. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
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For Palestinians, the past remains the future
The pattern of recent history suggests that once the Mideast hostilities end this time around, the legal and political warfare directed against Israel will only intensify.
May. 14, 2021
Ben Cohen
Van Morrison at Edmonton Folk Music Festival in 2010. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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‘They own the media:’ Coronavirus anti-Semitism remains lethal
Political paranoia variously holds the Jews responsible for the death of the Messiah, spreading the bubonic plague during the medieval period and sparking two world wars.
May. 7, 2021
Ben Cohen
Panorama of Dubai Financial Center and construction site with workers on a break. Credit: Rasto SK/Shutterstock.
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Is the truth a casualty of the Abraham Accords?
For as long as the “kafala system” survives, slavery is alive and well in those Arab states that have made their peace with Israel.
Apr. 23, 2021
Ben Cohen
Thousands joined rallies in Paris and across France to oppose a rising wave of antisemitism in the country, Feb. 19, 2019. Source: Screenshot.
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In France, anti-Semitism is systemic
A record shames a country whose ethic is built upon the triangle of “liberty, equality and fraternity.”
Apr. 16, 2021
Ben Cohen
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
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America has made a serious mistake on UNRWA
The Biden administration overlooked copiously documented accusations against the agency that range from institutionalized corruption to the propagation of anti-Semitism, focusing instead on the provision of educational and other services to 500,000 Palestinian children.
Apr. 9, 2021
Ben Cohen
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