Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen is a former Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palestine. He tweets at @DanCohen3000.

Top New York Times, WaPo Experts Affiliated With Pentagon-Funded CNAS Think Tank

Watch Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen explain how top foreign policy reporters are linked to the U.S. government, weapons industry and oil corporations – the very forces they are supposed to hold accountable. 

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By Dan Cohen
Center for a New American Security Feature photo

Imagine a country where there’s no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it’s a perfect description of the United States today. And here in Washington, the think tank inside this nondescript building – Center For A New American Security (CNAS) – is the

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Exclusive: Haitians Reject Calls For US Military Intervention

U.S. media has called for a U.S. military intervention in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. MintPress News spoke to Haitians to ask them what they think about a possible fourth U.S. military invasion of Haiti since 1915.

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By Dan Cohen
Haiti Feature photo

Two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the specter of U.S. military intervention looms large over the island nation. While the Biden administration has rebuffed a request for intervention made by Claude Joseph – a longtime NED asset whom Washington briefly backed as prime minister in the immediate aftermath of the

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Suspected Assassins of Haitian President Moïse Trained by US, Linked to Pro-Coup Oligarchy

As the investigation into Moïse’s murder unfolds, the U.S. is laying the groundwork to deploy troops into Haiti for the fourth time in 106 years, at the request of a figure it has spent decades grooming.

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By Dan Cohen
Haiti President Killed Feature photo

PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI -- As shock grips the Caribbean island nation of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the Haitian government has carried out a campaign to arrest suspects it alleges are responsible for the murder. Haitian Director of National Police Leon Charles announced at a press conference that the

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What’s Behind The Assassination Of Haitian President Moïses?

Journalist Kim Ives joins Behind The Headlines Correspondent Dan Cohen to discuss the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïses and the revolution brewing in Haiti.

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By Dan Cohen
Jovenel Moise Feature photo

 The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse sent shockwaves through the tiny Caribbean island nation and beyond. While little is known about what happened overnight Wednesday, it appears that a group of foreign mercenaries with inside knowledge of Moïse’s home were responsible for carrying out the operation that killed him. Moïse

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New Investigation Reveals Role of Israeli Operatives in Colombia’s “Political Genocide”

Known as the “Red Dance,” the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union remains one of the most extreme cases of political violence in Latin America and new evidence suggests that it was concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history.

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By Dan Cohen
Israel Colombia Death Squads Feature photo

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- On April 6, 1984, a group of men dressed in police uniforms arrived at the home of Milcíades Contento in the town of Viotá, Colombia. Contento was a peasant, communist and member of the Patriotic Union (UP), a newly-formed experimental political party born out of the 1985 peace negotiations between the conservative President

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“The Palestinian Sharpeville” – Dr Haidar Eid on the Global Implications of the Gaza Massacre

Dr. Haidar Eid, a professor of cultural studies at Gaza’s al-Aqsa University on Israel’s targeting of middle and upper-class segments of Gaza, comparisons to the fall of South African apartheid, and how the attack on Gaza will fuel the rise of BDS.

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By Dan Cohen
Gaza

 Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen speaks with Dr. Haidar Eid, a professor of cultural studies at Gaza's al-Aqsa University. They discuss Israel's targeting of middle and upper-class segments of Gaza, comparisons to the fall of South African apartheid, and how the current attack on the Gaza Strip will fuel the rise of the Boycott Divestment and

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“He Dedicated His Whole Life to His Patients” – Israel Kills Gaza Doctor and His Entire Family

Dan Cohen speaks with Gaza surgeon Sara al-Saqqa about responding to mass casualties and the massacre that killed Dr. Ayman Abu al-Ouf and his family.

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By Dan Cohen
Israel Gaza Feaeture photo

Behind The Headlines Dan Cohen speaks with Sara al-Saqqa, a surgical resident at al-Shifa hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. She describes responding to mass casualties, including the massacre that killed Dr. Ayman Abu al-Ouf, the chief of internal medicine at al-Shifa, and his entire extended family. Feature photo | An

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