Abraham Cooper
ARTICLES BY: Abraham Cooper
Silicon Valley Must Boot Terrorists From Social Media
It looks as though ISIS’ shrinking Caliphate may actually come to an end in Iraq and Syria in the not too distant future. This is a welcome development,...
In Search for Peace, Trump Should Tackle Hate Before Borders
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first foreign trip later this month, with stops that will include the Vatican, Saudi Arabia and the...
Act on Syria to Remember the Holocaust
This year, Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) finds Jews deeply worried. Here in the United States, we’ve witnessed cemetery desecrations, little children evacuated from Jewish community...
How Can We Overcome Baroness Jenny Tonge’s Antisemitism?
At the end of 2016, the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of global Top Ten Antisemitic and Anti-Israel incidents. Tragically, we could easily have posted...
Holocaust Remembrance Day and Ban Ki-Moon’s Cowardly Act
Embedded in the DNA of the Jewish people there is a special gene; call it remembrance. From the time Moses first showed up at Pharaoh’s palace,...
Will the Threat From ISIS End the Double Standard on Israel?
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche posited, “You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, it does not exist.” Such moral...
PA Leader Foments Religious War With Israel
I had the privilege of praying last week at Judaism’s holiest site -- the Western Wall -- on our holiest day, Yom Kippur. I wore my...
To Defeat ISIS We Must Convince Twitter, YouTube to ‘Unfriend’ Terrorists
“Fears mount over fate of Syria's ancient Palmyra ruins.” For once, the headline was no exaggeration. The ancient city, known in Arabic as Tadmur has been...
Enemies’ Moves, Friends’ Silence, Slam Door on Elijah’s Hope
On Friday night during the Seder, millions of Jews in Israel and throughout the diaspora will fill Elijah's Cup and then fling open their doors to...
Russell Tribunal on Palestine is Just as Wrong as Russell Was in 1938
Never mind that Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu used the podium of the UN General Assembly masterfully to refute Palestinian Authority President Abbas' charge that Israel...
Obama Must Enlist Social Media to Defeat ISIS
President Obama has put some muscle behind his threat to "degrade and destroy" ISIS. Bombs now target Syrian as well as Iraqi territory. Leaving the debate...
Abbas is Not Showing Signs That He Wants Peace With Israel
Key supporters of a two-state solution, including the Obama administration, see a potential silver lining in Hamas' Gaza debacle. Hamas' defeat could pave the way...
A Response to Those Providing Hamas an Iron Dome of Moral Equivalency
Right on cue, former President Jimmy Carter and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson chime in to demand that Israel treat Hamas as a "legitimate...
Iron Dome Cannot Stop These Missiles
The rulers of Gaza are nothing if not consistent. In genocidal word and terrorist deed, Hamas pursues one goal—the eradication of the Jewish State and...