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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.

When it collides with antisemitism, it’s anything but an accident.
Extreme violence against Jewish women were a part of Hamas’s strategy that Black Shabbat, as necessary for the fulfilment of their aims as the murders and other atrocities.
Our elected leaders—in the United States, in Europe and elsewhere—have failed us.
In the case of Brazil’s president, it is especially insidious since it mocks the victimhood of the Jews by casting them as no different from their murderers.
When it comes to antisemitism, the United Kingdom is very much part of the European rule.
A far-left French conundrum: It’s hard to understand how someone could be moved by the cries of a frail, elderly Jewish woman in police custody, yet dismiss the horrors of Oct. 7.
Politicians who sympathize with the plight of their Jewish constituents are examining legal means to stem the flow of antisemitic tropes.
The world of sport is emerging as the next battleground.
The issue of Qatar gets to the heart of the policy dilemma facing Western nations in the Middle East, in that the emirate effectively plays both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Eschewing the code words of the pro-Hamas left, the mayor of the Recoleta district in the Chilean capital of Santiago spoke unambiguously about Jews.
There’s no thick red line separating “progressive” anti-Zionism from “reactionary” antisemitism.
The terrorist organization retains an ample presence there but has thus far restricted its activities to propaganda and fundraising.