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The Greatest Politician of His Generation is Also the Most Destructive Leader in the History of Modern Israel
He Has Torn the Country Apart and is now Ripping it to Shreds. The Master Love him or hate him, Benjamin Netanyahu is the greatest...
Gary Cohen
Mar 27, 202513 min read


UNRWA: A Wholly Compromised Entity - Has Always Been Part of the Problem Not the Solution
A Temporary Mandate Turned Permanent On Friday 20th December, in The Guardian, Commissioner-General of UNWRA, Philippe Lazzarini, made a...
Gary Cohen
Dec 23, 20249 min read


Four Funerals and a Funeral
This weekend I attended four funerals. I also attended fifth, but that one was of a wholly different nature to the first four. Shiva To...
Gary Cohen
Nov 7, 202413 min read


More Than 8000 Rockets & Drones… What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?
Following the greatest and most brutal slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust on October 7th, just one day later, on October 8th, without...
Gary Cohen
Sep 23, 20247 min read


Benny Gantz is No Politician… And That is Exactly Why I Will Be Voting For Him on Tuesday March 23rd.
Benny Gantz is a warrior who for 40 years has willingly put his life on the line for the people and the State of Israel. With more than...
Gary Cohen
Mar 21, 20213 min read


As Another Soldier Falls, Cynicism, Apathy & Silence Are no Longer Acceptable!
With great sorrow, yesterday, we learned that another young Israeli lost his life defending our borders from those who seek our...
Gary Cohen
Jul 21, 20185 min read


A Presidential Act - Protecting the Values & Ethics of the Country
President Rivlin’s decision to deny Elor Azaria request for a pardon has evoked a backlash of populist rhetoric from the usual suspects...
Gary Cohen
Nov 22, 20173 min read


The Cynical Exploitation of Elor Azaria and Attempts to Politicise the IDF
The greatest danger to the IDF today is not Hezbollah, nor Hamas, Iran or Palestinian terrorists. The IDF is strong and able. The...
Gary Cohen
Jan 5, 20175 min read


In its Approach to Ofek Buchris, the IDF is in Breach of an Unwritten Contract With the People of Israel
I am an oleh, that is, I was not born in Israel, I moved to Israel from Scotland at the age of sixteen going on seventeen. I served in...
Gary Cohen
Dec 5, 20167 min read


A General’s Warning is Hard to Hear - Golan Warns of the Danger of Extremism
Could someone please explain to Bibi Netanyahu that denial is not a river in Egypt? Earlier this week our “esteemed” Prime Minister...
Gary Cohen
May 11, 20165 min read


Mission Impossible - Political Leaders Are Putting Soldiers in an Impossible Situation
I suppose it depends upon your agenda, how you perceive the video images of a lone Israeli soldier being attacked by Palestinian women...
Gary Cohen
Aug 30, 20155 min read


Our Young Soldiers Deserve Better
The Israeli government is failing the IDF. The IDF is failing its officers and men. We as a nation are failing our young. As hundreds,...
Gary Cohen
May 1, 20144 min read


An Attack on an Israeli Soldier is Either an Act of Terror or Treason
Had his attackers been Arabs, the response would have been swift and decisive. Either the soldier would have used his weapon and shot his...
Gary Cohen
Jul 19, 20133 min read


Only Israel & We Should Be Proud - The Painful Price Paid to Bring Gilad Shalit Home
Gilad is home! After five years and four months, the Shalit family’s nightmare is at an end. Their hopes and prayers, along with those...
Gary Cohen
Oct 18, 20113 min read


Israeli Society Suffers from a Solidarity Deficit - Israel's Lost Values
First published in the Jerusalem Post 29/07/11 A good friend of mine is mourning the loss of her elderly neighbor. David lived upstairs...
Gary Cohen
Aug 14, 20114 min read


Settler Pressure: Is Israel Choosing to Be Right or to Win
In 1839, as he sought the presidential nomination, the venerable US politician and Senator from Kentucky Henry Clay famously declared...
Gary Cohen
Mar 5, 20113 min read


Mubarak is Not the Only Barak That Should Go - Israeli Defence Minister Should Leave
The British politician Enoch Powel famously said that ” All political careers end in failure”. In my opinion, that tends to because the...
garyc873
Feb 3, 20113 min read


Coincidence? I Wonder - Examining Coordinated Escalation on Israel's Northern & Southern Borders
Today’s clash between Lebanese and Israeli forces has raised tensions to dangerous level. Yesterday’s rocket attack on Eilat, or perhaps...
Gary Cohen
Aug 3, 20102 min read


Tie a Yellow Ribbon - A Nation’s Stand for Gilad Shalit
The 1973 uber kitsch pop song " Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak tree" by the group Dawn was a major hit and opens with the line,...
Gary Cohen
Jun 25, 20103 min read


Could nobody find a rope? The Mavi-Marmamra Debacle
Is it just me or what? I mean what the hell where they thinking? Which one of our esteemed leaders thought that dropping a few of our...
Gary Cohen
May 31, 20104 min read
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