Not long ago, presidential debates were vital occasions for an exchange on American foreign policy and its priorities, as well as this country’s broader place in the world. Alongside the …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/28/20
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Who is more effective in the fight against resurgent anti-Semitism: Facebook or the French judiciary?
I’m asking this because of two separate developments over the last week that, when …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/22/20
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The most scathing book review I have read in a very long time appears in the Sept.18 edition of the London-based journal, the Times Literary Supplement. You might want to read it, too, if only …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/14/20
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That old cliché about the media preferring a news cycle dominated by conflict rather than reconciliation has some merit when you look at the amount of attention received by the British …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/1/20
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This line from the rap album “Apocalypse ’91” by Public Enemy served, 30 years ago, as my introduction to a disturbing, perverse accusation that was prevalent in some left-wing …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/23/20
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Speak to policy analysts or policy-makers about the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and you’ll frequently encounter a series of truisms. For example, that Jordan is both a friend of the West …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/16/20
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The Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski recalled his agonized reaction as he walked around the Warsaw Ghetto for the second day in a row in mid-1942, about one year before the historic Jewish …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/9/20
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Three incidents in three different countries during the last week graphically illustrated the ease with which anti-Zionism can serve as a vehicle for anti-Semitism.
In the Austrian city of …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/3/20
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Around the world, authoritarian regimes continue to growl in the faces of their own people as they demand freedom and reform.
•In Venezuela, Nicolas Máduro still clings to the …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/26/20
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In 1977, shortly after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s address to the Knesset outlining his proposals for peace with Israel, the PLO and five Arab countries …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/19/20
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