The school of thought that describes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “the Middle East conflict” is dangerously misguided, because it ignores other factors that are far more important, such as the historically violent schism between Sunni and Shi’a Islam, Iran’s renewed assertiveness in Syria and Lebanon, the shared strategic interests binding Israel and the conservative regimes in the Arab Gulf in confronting Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the fragmentation of the various jihadi groups in Sinai, Syria, Iraq, and other territories.
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By Ben Cohen, JNS
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6/11/14
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One of the criticisms leveled at the numerous Holocaust memorials dotted around Europe is their alleged tendency to, as an American Jewish leader memorably put it to me, “encourage …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/10/19
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In the coming days, there will be much reflection on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, following the former South African president’s passing on Dec. 5. And in the coming weeks, we can anticipate a febrile exchange over his true views on Israel and the Middle East.
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org
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12/11/13
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For much of this year, a bitter debate has raged over the character and opinions of Sebastian Gorka, who was appointed as a deputy adviser to President Donald Trump shortly after his inauguration in …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/3/17
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Reading the transcript of the debate that took place in the Irish Senate on July 11 before that body voted, by 25-20, to criminalize commercial relations with Jewish communities …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/18/18
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It took several days, but eventually, the world’s media grasped why the scandal at Frankfurt Airport last week, when more than 100 Orthodox Jews were prevented by the German airline …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/18/22
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Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, this week sounded an unusually strong—and therefore welcome—warning about the continuing bias against Israel in the …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/22/16
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When I last wrote about Donald Trump in this column, back in December 2015, I voiced concern about what the Middle East policy of a Trump administration might look like, pointing out that his failure …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/10/16
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It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the betrayals endured by the Zionist movement in the …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/3/17
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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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