Dan Cohen is an American journalist and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. He is the host of ''Behind the Headlines''. Formerly of RT America, Cohen has contributed to ''

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'', '' Alternet'', ''

Electronic Intifada ''The Electronic Intifada'' (''EI'') is an online Chicago-based publication covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It describes itself as not-for-profit, independent, and providing a Palestinian perspective. History ''EI'' was founded in ...

'', '' The Grayzone'', ''

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'', '' Mondoweiss'', '' The Nation'', and '' Vice News''. Cohen is from Phoenix, Arizona and has one child. Cohen is Jewish and his family were Lithuanian Jews from Lazdijai,

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. His family members in Lithuania were exterminated by the

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during the Holocaust, and the occupation of Lithuania following Operation Barbarossa.

Works

*''Killing Gaza'' (2018), with Max Blumenthal

References

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