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Ken Cohen

Ken Cohen is editor of Facts and Logic About the Middle East (FLAME), which publishes educational messages to correct lies and misperceptions about Israel and its relationship to the United States.

Jews celebrate Jerusalem Day in the Israeli capital, May 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US tries to interfere in Jerusalem Day parade—Israel says ‘No, thanks’

It is America and the Palestinians—not Israel—that must adjust to the reality of a unified Jerusalem.

Ken Cohen

June 7, 2022

Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Source: Screenshot.

As Palestinians hide evidence, Democrats demand U.S. investigate Israel’s role in reporter’s death

The Democrats are serving notice that bipartisan support for Israel on Capitol Hill is deteriorating.

Ken Cohen

May 31, 2022

Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers during a protest near Ramallah in the West Bank to mark the anniversary of the “nakba,” the “catastrophe” of Israel's creation in 1948, on May 15, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

‘Nakba Day’ mythologizes a catastrophe of self-destruction

When arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat declared the first official “Nakba Day” in 1998, his goal wasn't to commemorate anything, but to create an Orwellian hate-fest.

Ken Cohen

May 24, 2022

“The Harvard Crimson” Building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.

Harvard Crimson sophomorically endorses BDS and the destruction of Israel

Alumni, faculty, Harvard trustees and responsible public figures should demand the retraction of this disgraceful attack on the Jewish state and its Jewish citizenry.

Ken Cohen

May 17, 2022

Iranian missiles on display at a Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2017. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

Israel’s options with Iran: Do … or die

Israel must act decisively—soon and with determination—to assure its survival in the face of a real and explicit existential threat.

Ken Cohen

May 3, 2022

Protesters wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers, at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

It’s time to change the status quo on the Temple Mount

As recent events have proved, a policy originally meant to ensure peace and tolerance has instead become an enabler of Arab rejectionism and violent Israel-hatred.

Ken Cohen

April 25, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.

‘The two-state solution’: A figment of the Western imagination

For the Palestinians, the “two-state solution” is just a prelude to destroying Israel, yet Israel and the United States continue to pursue it

Ken Cohen

April 19, 2022

Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters participate in a rally in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate a deadly terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, April 8, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90.

Palestinian terror culture desecrates Muslim holy month

The culture of death that pervades Palestinian society is an ingrained evil that must be eradicated.

Ken Cohen

April 12, 2022

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid welcomes UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Negev Summit, March 27, 2022. Photo by Boaz Oppenheimer/GPO.

What Palestinians? Negev Summit builds powerful new Israel-Arab alliances.

The Abraham Accords are key to peace and stability in the Middle East. If the Palestinians want to take part, they must choose new leaders, lay down their weapons and end their genocidal hatred.

Ken Cohen

April 5, 2022