Ben Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen
German Jews Call for Resignation of New Documenta Art Festival Director as Antisemitism Scandal Festers
The scandal over antisemitic artworks on display at Germany's prestigious Documenta festival of contemporary art continued to fester on Friday, as Jewish activists demanded the...
Dramatic Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes Unnerves Canadian Jewish Community
Antisemitic incidents in Canada soared by 47 percent in 2021 according to newly-released government statistics, marking out Jews as the country's most vulnerable religious minority...
Palestinian Authority Declares Support for Chinese Regime as Tensions Deepen Between Washington and Beijing
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday declared its full support for the People's Republic of China amid renewed tensions between Beijing and Washington, DC, over...
‘I Solemnly Demand That Anti-Zionism Be Banned in France,’ Parliamentary Deputy Declares
A French parliamentary deputy has issued a call for expressions of anti-Zionism to be legally prohibited on similar grounds to antisemitic incitement. Writing in the news...
Ukraine Jews Call for Prosecution of Former Kyiv City Councillor Who Promoted Antisemitic ‘Blood Libel’
Ukraine's Jewish community has called for a former deputy on the Kyiv city council to be prosecuted for promoting antisemitism, following a Facebook post in...
‘Israel Should Have No Illusions About Russia,’ Says Prominent Jewish Businessman Who Fled Putin’s Regime
A prominent Russian-Israeli businessman who ran afoul of President Vladimir Putin has called on those Jews who remain in Russia to leave the country at...
Anger as Resolution Denouncing Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Is Proposed by Far-Left Deputies in French National Assembly
Far-left deputies in the French parliament have proposed a viscerally anti-Zionist resolution targeting Israel, accusing the Jewish state of practicing apartheid and committing war crimes...
Russian Government Launches Legal Bid to Close Down Jewish Agency Operations
The Jewish Agency is facing the shuttering of its operations in Russia, following an announcement on Thursday from the Russian Ministry of Justice that it...
Iran Hails ‘Historic’ $40 Billion Deal With Russian Energy Giant Gazprom as Putin Arrives in Tehran
Iran's state-owned oil company announced on Tuesday that it had signed a "historic" deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom that will enable the development of...
Antisemitism Scandals at Major Art Festival Demonstrate Danger Posed by BDS Campaign, Says Head of German Jewish Community
The successive scandals over antisemitism plaguing one of the world's leading showcases for contemporary art demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the BDS...
United Arab Emirates Breaks Ranks on Iran as US President Biden Arrives in Saudi Arabia
As US President Joe Biden arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday on the final leg of a Middle Eastern tour that has placed Iran's nuclear...
Swedish Court Sentences Iranian Official to Life Imprisonment for Massacres of Political Prisoners
An Iranian regime operative has been sentenced by a Swedish court to life imprisonment over his participation in a series of gruesome massacres of political...
New Revelations of Support for Anti-Israel BDS Campaign Pile Pressure on Beleaguered German Art Festival
Germany's flagship Documenta festival of contemporary art is facing the removal of its federal government funding as fresh allegations of antisemitism among its curators and...
Jews in Chile Outraged by Use of Notorious Antisemitic Meme in Ad for Discount Liquor
Jewish community leaders in Chile have expressed outrage at the publication of a newspaper advertisement for cut-price liquor that featured a notorious antisemitic meme. The advertisement...
