| Edy Cohen | |
| Birth Name: | Edward Haïm Cohen Halala |
| Birth Date: | 1972 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | ....., ..... |
| Nationality: | Israeli |
| Occupation: | Journalist, researcher |
Edy Cohen (Hebrew: אדי כהן, Arabic: إيدي كوهين, born 18 February 1972) is an Israeli of Lebanese origin، researcher, journalist and specialist in the Arab–Israeli conflict, He is a commentator on Arab social media.[1]
Edward Haïm Cohen Halala was born in 1972 in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to a wealthy Jewish family named Cohen Halala.[2] He was educated at the Christian school in the city until the kidnapping and murdering of his father in 1985.[3] Cohen and his family immigrated to Israel.
Cohen has a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree, and a doctorate in Middle Eastern History, all from Bar-Ilan University. He also engaged in post-doctoral research at the Menachem Begin Center for Underground Movement Research, Bar-Ilan University. Cohen speaks Hebrew, Arabic, and French at a native level, and English and Spanish at a high level.