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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.

U.N. Human Rights Council
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Breaking down the UNHRC blacklist
The fact the overwhelming majority of the companies are Israeli indicates that there is a more sinister aim at work here.
Feb. 12, 2020
Ben Cohen
A view of the anti-Semitic German engraving known as “Judensau” on the Wittenberg Parish Church in Germany. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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What should be done with the ‘Judensau’?
One suggestion is to place the offensive carving in a museum. Yet that doesn’t mean the scheme behind it becomes a relic.
Feb. 10, 2020
Ben Cohen
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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What Putin didn’t talk about in Jerusalem …
Soviet propaganda claimed that the Zionist movement was an ideological bedfellow of the Nazis, and that Zionist leaders had collaborated with the Nazis at just the time that the USSR was engaged in its heroic resistance.
Jan. 27, 2020
Ben Cohen
Protests at Amir Kabir University in Tehran against the government and its leaders after Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 passengers on board. Photo by Mohsen Abolghasem via Wikimedia Commons.
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How solidarity with Palestine inspires resistance in Iran
Protesters are rejecting the basic principles and worldview of the Islamic Republic; they are again proving that the people of Iran should not be confused with the Islamic Republic that rules them.
Jan. 20, 2020
Ben Cohen
A rally in Jerusalem held in solidarity with Jews in the Diaspora following a wave of anti-Semitic attacks. Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Blaming anti-Semitism on capitalism
Some on the left are acknowledging that the hatred of Jews is a disturbing reality within our society, and not some ideologically contrived phantom.
Jan. 13, 2020
Ben Cohen
New York City Jewish Solidarity March
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The multiple faces of anti-Semitism
For all their insistence that anti-Semitism is one thing and anti-Zionism something else entirely, however, on the streets of European and American cities, the two work hand-in-glove.
Jan. 5, 2020
Ben Cohen
Sarah Halimi. Credit: Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël.
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‘Dark days are coming back’: Justice is denied for Sarah Halimi
What we are being told is that there is one standard for French Jews, and another, higher standard for everyone else.
Dec. 20, 2019
Ben Cohen
Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Can Labour overcome anti-Semitism after Corbyn?
There are reasons to feel hopeful that the party may, in the near future, seek to rebuild the shattered trust of British Jews.
Dec. 16, 2019
Ben Cohen
French President Emmanuel Macron paying his respect to fallen French soldiers from World War I. Source: Emmanuel Macron via Twitter.
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Macron’s unsettling words: ‘Until our dead can sleep in peace’
Barely a year can pass, it seems, without some episode or incident in France that compels its ancient Jewish community to wonder whether they have a future there at all.
Dec. 6, 2019
Ben Cohen
EU flags
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Like schnitzel, anti-Semitism has become part of the cultural fabric of Europe
The three most common stereotypes neatly encapsulate the triangular denunciation of the Jews: They dominate the economy and financial markets; they are more loyal to the State of Israel than they are to the continent; and they talk endlessly of their suffering during the Holocaust.
Nov. 25, 2019
Ben Cohen
The site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. A controversial new law passed by Poland's parliament is rooted in Polish resentment when Auschwitz and other Nazi German concentration camps are referred to as “Polish death camps.” Credit: Giraud Patrick via Wikimedia Commons.
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Truth is not selective: Poland vs. Netflix
When it comes to debating Holocaust collaboration, Poland will not settle for anything less than complete exoneration for its nation—a goal that doesn’t comport with the historical record.
Nov. 18, 2019
Ben Cohen
Argentina's newly election president Alberto Fernandez and Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Source: Screenshot.
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A worrying signal from Argentina
A few weeks into the presidential term of Alberto Fernandez, concerns have been raised about the foreign policy he will pursue in the backdrop of terrorist elements in his country.
Nov. 12, 2019
Ben Cohen
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