Larry Cohler-Esses is a freelance journalist who worked for years as a reporter and editor at the Forward. He has written extensively on the Arab-Jewish relations both in the United States and the Middle East.
Larry Cohler-Esses
By Larry Cohler-Esses
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News Gorka Strays Out Of His Comfort Zone—And Straight Into Controversy
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s counter-terrorism advisor, appears to still be smarting this week following a rare foray beyond the right-wing media ghetto to which he usually limits himself. Two days after the deputy assistant to the president engaged in an epic clash with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on June 5, Gorka told Steve Malzberg of…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Ayatollah Condemns ‘Rich Zionist’ Soros On Hungarian State TV
The Hungarian government’s campaign against billionaire George Soros reached a new level of demonization Wednesday: M1, Hungary’s state-controlled television network, cited Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, denouncing Soros as “an evil American and rich Zionist,” as a source for a program criticizing Soros. The report on M1’s Hiradó news program first asserted that…
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News Sebastian Gorka’s Speech Vs. The Facts
As one of the Forward reporters responsible recently for a series of critical stories on Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, I would like to publicly thank Gorka for one of his high-profile comments yesterday. “Nobody found one sentence that I have said that is anti-Semitic or anti-Israeli,” Gorka told his audience at The…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka Ousted From White House: Reports
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s controversial counter-terrorism advisor, is soon to be shifted from his White House position to another spot somewhere else in the administration, according to a report) in the Washington Examiner. Gorka, whose official title is deputy assistant to the president, has been under continued attack from critics for his alleged lack of…
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News What Sebastian Gorka’s Ouster Means For The Trump White House — And Us
When Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, met the British journalist Ruth Sherlock at the White House in late March, the deputy assistant to the president took her deep into the West Wing, proudly waving his blue “all-access” pass. Then, in the Roosevelt Room, at the heart of the White House power center, opposite…
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News Gorka’s Departure From White House Said To Be ‘Imminent’
President Trump’s top counter-terrorism advisor, Sebastian Gorka, may soon be out. That’s the latest leak from the White House about the controversial deputy assistant to the president whose alleged lack of professional qualifications and past ties to anti-Semitic and racist groups in Hungary have made him a lightning rod. According to a story posted late…
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News Sebastian Gorka’s Crazy Path From Failure In Hungary To Trump’s White House
Despite lengthy exposes about his past associations with right-wing extremists in Hungary, Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s increasingly embattled counter-terrorism advisor, is no Nazi, an in-depth new profile of the White House aide concludes. He is, instead, according to Buzzfeed, an émigré opportunist whose efforts to parlay a skimpy resume and limited expertise into political success…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Gorka’s Ties To Nazi-Allied Group Stretch Back Decades
President Trump’s top counter-terrorism aide, Sebastian Gorka, has offered varied and sometimes contradictory accounts of his association with the Vitézi Rend, a far-right Hungarian group that is on a U.S. State Department “watch list.” Now, new research by the Forward has revealed that Gorka’s use of a special lower-case “v.” insignia in his signature, which…
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