In 1972, Edward Haïm Cohen Halala was born in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to a wealthy Jewish family named Cohen Halala. He was educated at the Christian school in the city until the kidnapping and murdering of his father in 1985. 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 at a professional competence level. == Books ==