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Ben Cohen

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.

Potential successors would be advised to start mentally preparing themselves now to take on the role of “Global-Villain-in-Chief.”
Rarely has a foreign conflict with virtually no impact on people’s livelihoods, quality of healthcare, educational opportunities for their children and so forth exercised such sway over domestic politics.
What is unmistakable is the depth of loathing for the Islamic Republic among its long-suffering citizens: At 71%, “dissatisfaction with the Islamic Republic” was the top reason for joining protests, according to a survey.
The New York City mayor will count on a well-established playbook by anti-Israeli protesters to attempt to upend the prime minister’s visit.
They construct their history in much the same way as the Palestinians: noble victims cheated and persecuted by those in power.
No question, we have a fight on our hands here. Yet it is one we enter into armed with hope.
It may be that left-wingers feel that by joining in with the “genocide” rhetoric, they are creating the conditions for a Jewish communal life dissociated from Zionism and Israel that will be respected by their non-Jewish comrades.
Communities around the world face a deluge of propaganda that will inevitably result in more incidents of violence.
If this issue is seen as the anchor of the region’s broader woes, that is not because the cold data bears it out, but because much of the world has been swayed by a decades-long propaganda effort initiated by the Soviet Union and its Arab allies.
What’s needed is an unprecedented combination of political courage and military determination to bring the country into a post-Hezbollah era, and to instill calm and stability on Israel’s northern border.
Maureen Galindo, a Texas Democrat running for Congress, is not an outlier. She is a faithful representative of the monstrosity that this scourge has become.
The responsibility now falls on us and future generations to carry out the research, craft the messages and build the alliances that will overcome this current, terrible moment.