There’s resentment toward a judgmental grandmother, but no lasting trauma. Ĭohen isn’t interested in discussing her childhood. She asked so many probing questions, it was starting to feel as though she were analyzing me. I had several meetings with Specialist Eliza “Ash” Cohen before I gave up on convincing her to not see me as a commanding officer. Along with Hebrew, Cohen is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Greek. Moving to the US to work with FBI SWAT, Cohen applied her degree in Engineering and gift in structural resistance to develop advanced demolition tactics and equipment.
Skilled in ground and airborne operations, all-weather and all-terrain navigation and reconnaissance, she was invaluable in Operation Orchard. After undergoing the rigorous twenty-two month training for the elite Air Force unit, Shaldag, she served five years. She earned a degree in Structural Engineering at Tel Aviv University and spent a few semesters at Boston University.Ĭohen then enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Cohen was raised in Israel, excelling in Mathematics and Physics. “You can never truly understand a conflict until you’ve been on both sides.”Ĭohen’s mother is a renowned Jewish political activist and professor while her Palestinian father is a professor of Middle Eastern Studies.
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