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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.

Manfred Gerstenfeld. Source: YouTube.
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Remembering Manfred Gerstenfeld: Truth against myth
When what some observers called the “new anti-Semitism” began to gather pace at the turn of this century, there were a handful of scholars, Gerstenfeld among them, who were equipped to explain that while the wine was new, the bottles were old.
Feb. 26, 2021
Ben Cohen
National flags at the entrance of U.N European headquarters in Switzerland. The U.N. office was established in Geneva in 1947 and is home to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Credit: Giorgio Caracciolo/Shutterstock.
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Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council
It’s a real American conundrum—namely, because the majority of its member states are illiberal autocracies, and yet, the only country to have its record scrutinized as a fixed agenda item is Israel.
Feb. 19, 2021
Ben Cohen
Shaun Henrik Matheson
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‘Shaun on P13:’ Ordinary Norwegians expose the anti-Semite in their midst
Israel has previously been smeared in similar ways on the Scandinavian country’s state-owned media, though perhaps never with the raw blood lust displayed by Shaun Henrik Matheson.
Feb. 12, 2021
Ben Cohen
The Polish flag with Warsaw in the background. Credit: Velishchuk Yevhen/Shutterstock.
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The historical problem with Poland
It was the epicenter of the Holocaust, and it’s impossible to imagine the process of memorialization without it.
Feb. 5, 2021
Ben Cohen
Former President Bill Clinton greets Gerry Adams in East Belfast, Nov. 30, 1995. Credit: White House Photo by Sharon Farmer via Wikimedia Commons.
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Joe Biden, Anne Neuberger and dual loyalty
Not even a month into the new administration, the American public is being presented with another example of the “dual-loyalty” canard that has continuously stalked prominent American Jews in government, the media and academia especially.
Jan. 29, 2021
Ben Cohen
A view of the anti-Semitism “Freedom for Humanity” mural in London that was taken down in 2012. Source: Screenshot.
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‘Freedom for Humanity:’ A Cautionary Tale
The cyclical journey of this particular mural—from the extreme left to the far-right and back again—takes place on a road that is much more straightforward to navigate than partisans of either side would be comfortable admitting.
Jan. 22, 2021
Ben Cohen
American business magnate Sheldon Adelson attends an American Independence Day celebration at Avenue in Airport City, on July 3, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
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‘Your suffering is our pleasure’: The anti-Zionist glee at Sheldon Adelson’s death
With Holocaust survivor and writer Elie Wiesel as with businessman and philanthropist Adelson, far-left invective was soaked in hostility to the Zionist movement that seeped into a frankly disturbing detestation of the deceased person.
Jan. 15, 2021
Ben Cohen
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One on Dec. 12, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photos by Shealah Craighead.
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Donald Trump: The un-American president
As he understood it, he had the same official title as Vladimir Putin in Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey—men he openly admired—and he craved their reserves of political power as well.
Jan. 8, 2021
Ben Cohen
A rally in Berlin, Germany, in support of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo mass shooting in Paris, Jan. 7, 2015. Credit: Dirk Ingo Franke via Wikimedia Commons.
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A tale of two trials
If something approximating justice was served in Germany and France, by the same token it was denied in Argentina and Pakistan.
Dec. 25, 2020
Ben Cohen
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, Nov. 18, 2006. Credit: Cédric Puisney via Wikimedia Commons.
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European hypocrisy laid bare in kosher-slaughter legal judgement
The method of “shechita” has been twisted and distorted by anti-Semites for various tales of blood libel and theologically mandated cruelty allegedly practiced by Jews down the ages.
Dec. 18, 2020
Ben Cohen
Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in November 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Biden faces the Iran-Venezuela alliance
The upcoming administration may not succeed in ridding the world of Nicolás Maduro and the ayatollahs, but it is in a position to disrupt and break their goings-on through increased policing of commercial traffic, military transfers and financial transactions between the two.
Dec. 11, 2020
Ben Cohen
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26, 2019. Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak.
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The declining credibility of Palestinian objections to the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
A dramatic sense of how this process is unfolding was on display at the United Nations—the citadel of global anti-Zionism.
Dec. 4, 2020
Ben Cohen
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