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Turkish Authorities Prevent Aid Flotilla Backed by Islamist Foundation From Sailing to Gaza
The canceled departure on August 3 of a Turkish aid flotilla bound for Gaza — just one week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened a military invasion of Israel...
Flash Briefs
Turkish Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza
Israel is bracing for potential maritime trade disruptions due to imminent seaborne aid deliveries to Gaza from Turkey by Turkish charities and pro-Palestinian activist groups. The...
Flash Briefs
Turkish Organizations Ready Flotilla to Ignite Tensions With Israel
The “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” (FFC), consisting of several pro-Palestinian activist groups, including two Turkish charities — one designated by Israel as a terrorist organization — plans to send several...
Policy Briefs
Gaza Flotilla Plans Mid-April Sailing
A coalition of pro-Palestinian activist groups, including a Turkish charity outlawed by Israel, plans to send several ships to breach the Gaza Strip blockade in mid-April. The Freedom...
Flash Briefs
The Limits of Turkey’s Israeli Charm Offensive
The pillars of the Israel-Turkey relationship—energy and defense cooperation—require long-term agreements built on mutual trust, not Erdogan’s capricious vacillation between enmity and cooperation.
Op-eds
Israel slams German academy hosting of Hezbollah, Hamas, BDS supporters
"It is quite clear that is an event whose aim and purpose is Israel hatred under guise of a pseudo academia."
Op-eds
Israel and Turkey’s Awkward Tango
Relations between Jerusalem and Ankara resemble a sort of clumsy tango, alternating forward steps with backward stumbling. First, the progress: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ...
Op-eds
Analysis: Istanbul Attack Reveals Erdogan’s Crumbling Sense of Stability
A terrorist bombing on Tuesday in the heart of Istanbul’s major tourism district that killed 10 people and left 15 injured showed the fragility of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&rsq...
Op-eds
Spanish Court: Arrest Warrants Not Enforceable for Netanyahu, Liberman, Others
Spain’s National Court overruled a lower court’s decision calling for the authorities to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, and addit...
Op-eds
Thank Russia For Turkey-Israel Rapprochement
Turkey and Israel reached an agr...
Policy Briefs
Swedish PM’s Recognition of Palestine Violates Law, Says Legislator
BERLIN – Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven may have violated his country’s law by unilaterally recognizing an independent Palestinian state without securing the agreement of t...
Op-eds
If All Else Fails, Blame The Israelis
An eleventh-hour Turkish lawfare initiative may prevent Ankara's long-awaited rapprochement with Israel. Days shy of the four-year anniversary of the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid, the Istanbul Hig...
Op-eds
Return to Realism
Last Friday, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a call to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, resolving the dispute between the two countries following the 2010 Ma...
Op-eds
John Kerry Roasts Turkey
On his first trip abroad, the new secretary of state criticized Erdogan’s comments about Israel. It’s about time.
Op-eds
Some Questionable State Department Actions
Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...
Op-eds
A Defense of Drone Attacks in Pakistan Under Humanitarian Law
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, international law has had to grapple with the fundamental challenges that large-scale violence carried out by non-state actors pos...
Op-eds
Speechless in a Noisy World
The Austrian Jewish psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud argued that language is non-existent in dreams. In short, according to Freud’s theory, symbols saturate the unconscious dream world and serve...
Op-eds
International Law and the Flotilla II
In the coming days, a major flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists is set to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in what many see as a publicity stunt wrapped in a humanitarian ve...
Op-eds
Loner
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is only the latest American to join the chorus of government officials and opinion-makers suggesting that the Arab Spring has left Israel more...