Edy Cohen (Hebrew: אדי כהן, Arabic: إيدي كوهين; born 18 February 1972) is an Israeli of Lebanese Jewish origin, researcher, journalist and specialist in the Arab–Israeli conflict. He is a commentator on Arab social media.[1]
Edy Cohen | |
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אדי כהן | |
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| Born | Edward Haïm Cohen Halala 18 February 1972 |
| Occupations | Journalist, researcher |
Biography
editIn 1972, Edward Haïm Cohen Halala was born in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to a wealthy Jewish family named Cohen Halala.[2] He was educated at the Christian school in the city until the kidnapping and murdering of his father in 1985.[3] Cohen and his family immigrated to Israel.
Cohen has a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree, and a doctorate in Middle Eastern History, all from Bar-Ilan University. He also engaged in post-doctoral research at the Menachem Begin Center for Underground Movement Research, Bar-Ilan University. Cohen speaks Hebrew, Arabic, and French at a native level, and English at a professional competence level.[3]
Books
edit- 2017 "The Holocaust in the Eyes of Mahmoud Abbas," - A book about Mahmoud Abbas's doctoral thesis on the relations between Zionism and Nazism, 2017.
- "The Mufti and the Jews," a book about the anti-Jewish activities of Haj Amin al-Husseini in Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, and Germany and his cooperation with the Nazi government in the extermination of European Jews, 2021.
References
edit- ↑ "מאמרים מאת Dr. Edy Cohen במרכז בגין-סאדאת למחקרים אסטרטגיים". מרכז בגין-סאדאת למחקרים אסטרטגיים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ Idrissi, Khaoula (2020-03-08). "Cohen Replies to the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs". Morocco Jewish Times. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- 1 2 "Edy Cohen, or the truth about Jewish refugees from Arab lands". The Times of Israel. Cite error: Unknown parameter "<ref" in
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