Ben Cohen

June 15, 2025 | |

Israel’s Mossad Smuggled Drone Parts Ahead of ‘Operation Rising Lion’

Latest Developments Mossad’s Drone Buildup: Ahead of its strikes on Iran, Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency reportedly spent months smuggling parts into Iran for the construction of hundreds...

June 15, 2025 | |

Israel’s Air Defenses Stand Firm Under Iranian Fire

Over 90 Percent Interception Rate: Iran has fired over 270 missiles targeting Israeli population centers since Israel began its systematic strikes against the regime’s nuclear,...

June 14, 2025 | |

At Least Eight Dead, Dozens Injured After Iranian Missile Barrage on Israeli Civilians

Family Killed in Tamra: Iran launched several waves of ballistic missile attacks against civilian targets in Israel in the early hours of June 15. Earlier in the evening, at five...

June 14, 2025 | |

Israel Confirms Mossad Teams Operating Inside Iran

Iran Leans on Citizens to Report “Suspicious” Activity: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry on June 14 reportedly urged citizens to report any vehicles that might be used “to transport...

June 14, 2025 | |

‘From Western Iran To Tehran:’ Israel Claims Air Superiority Over Iranian Skies as it Braces For Further Retaliation

Israel Claims Control of Iranian Airspace: The IDF announced on June 14 that it had established air superiority “from western Iran to Tehran,” after an overnight operation...

June 14, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ben Cohen

Iran’s lies about its nuclear plans finally at an end

Iran’s nuclear weapons strategy lies in tatters in the wake of this week’s extensive, and ongoing, targeted Israeli strikes.  Ever since the Islamic Regime’s clandestine program to obtain...

June 13, 2025 | |

‘Before There Is Nothing Left’: Trump Warns of Devastation in Iran if Nuclear Deal Not Reached as World Leaders Caution Against Escalation

Trump Calls for Deal: President Donald Trump urged Iran to reach a deal with the United States “before there is nothing left,” as Israel continued with its devastating strikes...

June 13, 2025 | |

‘This Is Not Diplomacy, It Is Surrender’: UN General Assembly Demands Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza

Resolution Against Israel Passed: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted 149 to 12, with 19 abstentions, to pass a resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional and permanent...

June 6, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

From protest to terrorism: A well-trodden path

The question was never if the pro-Hamas movement that has disfigured our country would itself turn to violence ... but when.

June 4, 2025 | |

‘Total Disconnection From Israeli Technology’: Spain Cancels Major Defense Contract With Israeli Subsidiary 

Spain Cancels Weapons Contract: Spain canceled a $325 million contract for anti-tank missiles with a subsidiary of the Israeli defense company Rafael, the Spanish Defense Ministry...

June 2, 2025 | |

‘Targeted Terror Attack’: Egyptian National Firebombs Pro-Israel Group in Boulder, Co., Advocating for Hostages in Gaza

Boulder Attack: A man using a “makeshift flamethrower” and “incendiary device” attacked members of a Boulder, Colorado-based pro-Israel group advocating for the release...

May 30, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

German support for Israel is fading

Thomas Paine dismissed the “summer soldiers” and “sunshine patriots” who wavered on the American struggle for independence during “the times that try men’s souls.” Germany should avoid adopting a similar mindset.

May 27, 2025 | |

Anti-Israel Boycott Escalates Within Arab League and in Europe

Arab League Expands Boycott, Lauds BDS: A meeting of The Arab League in Cairo has resulted in the blacklisting of 20 companies over their alleged investments “in illegal settlements...

May 22, 2025 | |

Pro-Hamas Assailant Murders 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers at DC Jewish Event

Killer Shouted ‘Free Palestine’: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were murdered by a gunman shouting “Free Palestine” at a Jewish event in Washington, DC, on May 21. Elias Rodriquez,...

May 21, 2025 | |

Jordan School Textbooks Continue to Promote Antisemitism and Intolerance Despite Curriculum Reform Promises

Bigoted Depictions ‘Have Worsened’: School textbooks in Jordan continue to promote antisemitic ideas and bigoted attitudes towards minorities despite recent pledges to reform...

May 17, 2025 | |

IDF Launches Renewed Ground Operation Against Hamas in Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Resume in Qatar

Latest Developments IDF Operation Drives Hamas to Negotiating Table: Overnight operations in Gaza resulted in the elimination of “dozens of terrorists” and the destruction of “multiple terror...

May 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

The ‘nakba’ is not our problem

There is no reason why Jews should be troubled by the neurosis it projects. Their defeat was our liberation, and we should rejoice in that fact.

May 14, 2025 | |

‘Don’t Lecture Us on Morality’: Israel Responds to Macron’s ‘Shameful’ Barb Over Gaza Aid Flow

Latest Developments Macron Calls for Review of EU-Israel Cooperation: French President Emmanuel Macron called on the European Union to review its cooperation agreements with Israel, citing the restrictions...

May 9, 2025 | |

‘Outright Denials of Documented Atrocities’: Former Hostage of Hamas Decries Pulitzer for Gazan Writer

Former Hostage Condemns Award: Emily Damari, a British-Israeli woman who was shot and kidnapped from her home by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and held hostage for nearly 500 days,...

May 9, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

When did the current wave of antisemitism begin?

To my mind, the sickening fate of journalist Daniel Pearl signaled the beginning of the revived trend that Jews are still confronting.