Hillel Cohen is a scholar of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and a lecturer in the Department of Islam and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University. He is the author of six books exploring Jewish–Arab relations in Israel, including Year Zero of the Arab–Jewish Conflict 1929 and Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs 1948-1967. His books have been translated into English and Arabic, and his work is founded on archival research, extensive fieldwork, and a first-hand understanding of Israeli and Palestinian societies. He was born and currently resides in Jerusalem.