Edy Cohen
ARTICLES BY: Edy Cohen
Qatar Is Pro-Iran and Anti-Gulf Arab
The Arab world is far less divided today than it has been in recent years, and is moving in a positive direction toward conciliation and...
The Plight of Egyptians Living in Israel
Israelis often say, “There is peace between the governments of Egypt and Israel, but not between the peoples.” I beg to differ. Many Egyptians have no...
Why Did Turkey’s Erdogan Convert Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque?
Hagia Sophia (“Holy Wisdom” in Latin) was built in the 4th century as a Byzantine church. It was just converted into a mosque following a...
A Second ‘Explosion’ Is Coming for Lebanon in Assassination Report
The explosion expected to occur in Lebanon on August 18 will not shatter glass and destroy buildings. It will be a legal and political explosion...
Hezbollah Pushes Lebanon Toward Iranian Domination
Lebanon is suffering the worst economic crisis in its history. It is locked in a horrendous spiral of inflation, unemployment, and recession. Suicides are rising...
Free Speech in Saudi Arabia? Not If You Support Israel
In media appearances that shook conservative Saudi Arabia, Saudi journalist and commentator Abdul Hameed Ghabin came out strongly against Iran and against the Palestinians. His...
Palestinians Ramp Up Incitement to Murder Jews
Ever since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, many influential Palestinians have maliciously spread the lie that Israel is using the virus as a biological...
Israel’s Image on Ramadan TV Programs Has Highs and Lows
During the holy month of Ramadan, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, adult Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. (This year is unusual...
Coronavirus and the Arab Culture of Secrecy
Misinformation is a pillar of governance in most Arab regimes. Anyone trying to follow current events in the Arab world could be misled into believing the...
Israel Is Fighting Spies at Home
Israel’s security challenges are much more complex than they appear on the surface. They extend far beyond the rocket and drone attacks that are often...
Coronavirus and Muslim Clerics
On hearing initial reports of the deadly spread of coronavirus in China, many in the Arab world rejoiced. Arab social media threads called the virus...
Can the Arab World Cope With the Coronavirus?
Just as Italy is the source of much of the spread of the coronavirus in the Western world, Iran has been the source of most...
Zeinab Soleimani: Islam’s Female Avenger
Zeinab Soleimani is the daughter of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian Quds Force commander killed in January by the Americans. His death sent shockwaves through Iran’s...
Re-Killing the Dead: Another Jewish Tragedy in Yemen
The Jewish (and English) cemetery in the Yemenite city of Aden is being systematically destroyed. This action is in keeping with the long tradition of...
Brawl Erupts at ‘Jews for Trump’ Event in New York City
Grandson of Holocaust Survivors Becomes Latest Jewish Pitcher to Appear in World Series
Erdoğan’s Costly ‘Make Turkey Great Again’ Program
Warm Peace, Cold Calculation
‘Zionism Only at Beginning of Its History,’ French Intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy Says