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Hitler’s Mufti
Eight years ago, I researched a documentary film about Haj Amin al-Husseini, which unfortunately never made it to production. Given the...
Gary Cohen
Oct 28, 20157 min read
You Don’t Build a Country on Fear & Insecurity - Israel is a Country of All its Citizens
You cannot build a society, let alone a country; on fear and insecurity. The realisation of the “Zionist dream”, and the establishment of...
Gary Cohen
Nov 23, 20145 min read
Our Burden vs Your Hatred
Our burden is a heavy one indeed. Today the loss of thirteen of our finest young men to add to the five who have already fallen, hits...
Gary Cohen
Jul 19, 20142 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
Apr 30, 20144 min read
Dear Mr President, How Red Does a Line Have to Be?
Dear Mr President Shooting for the sake of shooting does not signal strength and determination. On the contrary, it projects weakness and...
Gary Cohen
Aug 29, 20134 min read
Rejectionists Rule a Leaderless Government - Netanyahu Fails to Curb Extremists
Deputy Prime Minister Ofir Kunis is the latest Likud politician to reject the idea of a Palestinian state, stating in an interview that...
Gary Cohen
Jun 16, 20134 min read
Perhaps it's Time We Took a Long Hard Look in the Racist Mirror
A recent survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reports that up to a 33% of Jewish people personally...
Gary Cohen
May 30, 20133 min read
This election belongs to the new brand of “All Israeli Heroes”
So much for the election gurus… I wonder if they have a refund policy. As soon as the election was announced both Shelly Yachimovich and...
Gary Cohen
Jan 29, 20135 min read
The Acceptable Face of the Unacceptable - Naftali Bennett & Extremism
Beware clean-cut military heroes, come high-tech millionaires, wearing kippot, espousing Jewish values! Naphtali Bennett is surely the...
Gary Cohen
Jan 20, 20133 min read
“Stop Bibi” is Not a Policy. You Will Have to Do Better
The so called leaders of the “centre-left” have made it clear that their top priority is stopping Bibi. Every time Yachimovich, Lapid and...
Gary Cohen
Jan 8, 20132 min read
I am a Zionist - And it is Not Racism or Extremism
“I am a Zionist”, I replied to an Israeli friend in answer to the question, “why do you live in Israel?” “So you’re right-wing”, was then...
Gary Cohen
Jan 6, 20132 min read
We Must Speak Out Now, Challenge Extremism & Protect Our Democratic Values
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and...
Gary Cohen
Jun 26, 20123 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
What's in a name? Why the National Left Needs to Rebrand
A thought for the National left... Some say a people gets the government it deserves. That is a scary thought in today's Israel. Do we...
Gary Cohen
Jun 11, 20104 min read
Stop Them Before it's Too Late - The Growing Threat of Ideological Extremism in the IDF
How long will it be before the government decides to act. I hate to labour the point and to be honest, two blogs on the same subject in...
Gary Cohen
Nov 23, 20093 min read
When Good People Do Nothing - Israel's Struggle Against Hate, Violence & Apathy
According to the Irish political philosopher Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing"....
Gary Cohen
Aug 2, 20094 min read
A Letter to President Obama After His Cairo Speech
Dear Mr President I admire you oratory skills and your powers of persuasion. Were I an American citizen, I surely would have rallied to...
Gary Cohen
Jun 4, 20096 min read
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