10 Things to Know About Hamas and Turkey
The terrorist organization Hamas receives significant funding, materiel, and political support from Turkey. For decades, Turkey and Israel enjoyed a productive partnership. However, since 2009, Turkish...
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Erdogan’s Damning Response to the Hamas Attacks
Turkey’s president is widening the gulf between Ankara and her Western allies and partners.
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Embattled Erdogan Signals Turkish-Israeli Thaw
The ground in the Middle East is shifting yet again.
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Turkey-Israel Relations: Flourishing Trade but Little Trust
Bilateral commercial ties between Turkey and Israel are stronger than ever in contrast to continued public hostility between the governments of both countries despite recent efforts to improve relations, writes Aykan Erdemir and David May
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The Political Education of Mahmoud Abbas
Co-written by Amir Tibon. When Israeli tanks besieged Yasser Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah in 2002, the Palestinian leader famously declared, “Oh God, grant...
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German Neo-Nazi Party Builds Alliance with Assad and Hezbollah
Stronger alliances are growing between the German neo-Nazi party Der Dritte Weg and the Assad regime, as well as the Syrian dictator’s strategic partner Hezbollah in Lebanon. The w...
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German Party Condemns BDS, Compares Movement to Pre-WWII Antisemitism
German politicians from the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) in Hamburg submitted a resolution in early February calling on the state senate to take decisive action against the anti-Israel...
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Remove Terror Sponsor From German University, Says Israel Ambassador
Israel's Ambassador to Germany Ya’acov Hadas-Handelsman urged the University of Hamburg to dismiss South African Islamic theologian Farid Esack, who has been accused of antisemitism, p...
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Palestinian Terror Group Backer Teaching at German University, Sparks Row
University of Hamburg appoints as guest professor Farid Esack, who is the chairman of BDS South Africa
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Irish senators slammed for anti-Israel bias
Irish senators attacked Israel with accusations of apartheid during a parliamentary debate in late November about the closure of the bank account of a BDS group, prompting criticism on Friday fro...
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Mahmoud Abbas, the winner…
One man, one vote, one time: In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected to a four-year term as president of the Palestinian Authority. He hasn’t bothered to run for re-election since. He a...
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Bank of Ireland shuts down anti-Israel BDS accounts
The Bank of Ireland- the country’s oldest financial institution—shut down the accounts of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). The termination of the pro-BDS group’s...
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The Greek- Israel Tango: 2015 a Good Year
Two key events over the last month marked the complex tango between Greece and Israel. First, the step forward: Greece’s foreign minister Nikos Kotzias announced in a letter to Israel&rsquo...
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The Death and Life of the Two-State Solution
On March 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection, thanks in part to a desperate last-minute pledge to his right-wing base that the Palestinians would never get a state so lon...
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Obama and the U.S. Interfere in Israeli Politics Far More Than the Other Way Around
The commentariat is buzzing over whether House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s to address a joint meeting of Congress in March represe...
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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...
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Analysis: What Does Angela Merkel’s Election Win Mean for Israel?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s third consecutive electoral victory has profound consequences for Israel’s support in Europe and its security cooperation with the Federal Repu...
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Thorn in the Side
Turkey is a member of NATO and an aspiring member of the European Union -- but it has one alliance that sets it apart from its Western counterparts: It's an important base of operations for...
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Will Obama Really Hold Assad Accountable?
Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement that Ba...
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The Madness of King Erdogan
Since Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited Hamas to Istanbul in 2006, shortly after the Islamist terrorist organization won parliamentary elections in the Palestinian Authority, Is...