Yehuda HaKohen
{{Short description|American-born Israeli peace activist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Yehuda HaKohen
| native_name = יהודה הכהן
| birth_date = 1979/1980
| birth_place = New York, United States
| occupation = Rabbi, peace activist
| party =
| movement = Semitic Action, VISION movement
| children = 8
}}
Yehuda HaKohen (Hebrew: יהודה הכהן; born 1979 or 1980){{Cite web |date=2017-01-15 |title=Inside Beit El, The Favorite Settlement of Trump Israel Envoy |url=https://forward.com/israel/359902/inside-the-west-bank-settlement-that-trumps-envoy-david-friedman-loves-best/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=The Forward |language=en}} is an American-born Israeli peace activist,{{fact|date=February 2025}} Netzah Yehuda Battalion veteran, rabbi, and leader in the VISION Movement and Semitic Action.{{cite web |title=Yehuda Hakohen, Author at VISION |url=https://visionmag.org/author/yehuda-hakohen/ |website=VISION}}
Life
He has described himself as a "post-Zionist," believing that "the Semitic Jewish people as an inherent and organic part of the Middle East" and that "once [Jewish] Israelis and Palestinians are both free to fully explore the nature of their people-hoods, the two populations will be able to make room for one another."{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Avi |date=2017-05-02 |title=For This Israeli Settler, Zionism Isn't Nearly Radical Enough |url=https://forward.com/community/370604/for-this-israeli-settler-zionism-isnt-nearly-radical-enough/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=The Forward |language=en}} He has condemned violence against Palestinians and further Israeli settlements in the West Bank.{{Cite web |last1=Gorani |first1=Hala |last2=Siemaszko |first2=Corky |last3=Sowden |first3=Briony |date=2024-08-17 |title=While the world's eyes are on Gaza, Palestinians see a land grab underway in the West Bank |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/west-bank-israel-gaza-palestinians-settlers-violence-rcna165947 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
He is a head educator of the ATID student leadership program.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-12 |title=Shabbat in Hebron: The Good, the bad, the inappropriate and the ugly |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/shabbat-in-hebron-the-good-the-bad-the-inappropriate-and-the-ugly-577017 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}
HaKohen and his family settled in Beit El in the West Bank in 2009. He has eight children.