Nir Avishai Cohen
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ניר אבישי כהן | |
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| Born | 1981 Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Military officer, activist |
| Known for | Former spokesperson for Breaking the Silence; criticism of IDF presence in the West Bank |
Nir Avishai Cohen (born 1981) is an Israeli major of the IDF reserve.[1] and former spokesperson of the NGO Breaking the Silence [2]. He is known for his criticism of the military presence of IDF in the West Bank.
Biography
Cohen was born in 1981 in Almagor, a village in northern Israel near the Sea of Galilee. His grandmother survived the German Holocaust at Auschwitz concentration camp [1]. After school, Cohen joined the Israeli military IDF and served for four years, at times as an officer, in the Golani combat unit [3]. Afterwards, Cohen joined the IDF Reserves and became a major[1].
In 2019, Cohen was one of the leaders of the Forum for Jewish-Arab Cooperation within the party Meretz, which worked on transitioning the party towards a Jewish-Arab party. In this time, Cohen also worked as parliamentary aide for Knesset member Issawi Frej [4]. Later in 2019, Cohen became spokesperson of the NGO Breaking the Silence.
In 2020, Cohen joined the 10th season of Israeli Big Brother where he faced Oren Hazan, a right-wing politician and Knesset member. Cohen argued that Big Brother was a platform to reach Israelis with his messages outside his typical audience [3].
In 2023, Cohen wrote the book Love Israel, support Palestine: An Israeli story – an autobiography of his time in the IDF and his civilian work [1].
After the October 7 attacks, Cohen again joined the IDF reserves.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cohen, Nir Avishai (2023). Love Israel, support Palestine: An Israeli story. ISBN 9798387050152.
- ↑ "Breaking the Silence - About the Organization". www.breakingthesilence.org.il. 2019-08-30. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Omri Ron (2020-01-05). "Oren Hazan, Breaking the Silence activist to be on "Big Brother"". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ↑ Oren Ziv (2019-05-21). "Meretz facing internal pressure to become Jewish-Arab party". +972 magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
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