'Trying to prevent next Mamdani,' say Israeli vets slated to visit NYC campuses

(JNS) — Stav Cohen, 30, an Israeli attorney and special-forces reservist, has spent more than 12 years fighting terrorists. He now plans to deploy his combat skills against another threat to the Jewish state—this one found on American college campuses.

“A loaded M16 is to prevent the next attack tonight,” but it’s necessary to talk to college students before they become “the next Mamdani or the next Congress leaders,” the grandchild of Holocaust survivors told JNS.

Cohen is co-founder of the Israeli nonprofit Frontline Advocates, which trains Israeli veterans and others to defend the Jewish st...