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Ben Cohen is a New York-based writer on international affairs and the author of Some Of My Best Friends: A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism (Edition Critic, 2014). In 2014 he joined the advisory editorial board of Fathom.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speaking after Hamas released a propaganda video of their son.