Most Clicked This Week
- Bret Stephen's Israel stint taught him "democracies rarely muster their full reserves of determination until they’ve been bloodied one time too many"
- Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”
- “The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”
- ‘Are you a Jew?’ Arab Attacks on Jews nothing new.
- "The explicit goal of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is the elimination of the Jewish state, not the building-up of a Palestinian counterpart"
- Roman colonialists invented the word “Palestine” in order to insult the native Jewish population with the memory of their ancient enemies, the Philistines.
- Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
- Rafah Egypt-Gaza border crossing "track record conclusively disproves the widespread fallacy that Hamas is primarily concerned with the Palestinian cause rather than the cause of global jihad"
Tag Archives: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Whether or not you’re a journalist, Americans can be sentenced to prison just for existing in Turkey”
WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL Turkey Is Behaving like an Enemy Now by Michael J. Totten October 12, 2017 Turkey, along with the American-Turkish relationship, is going so far off the rails so quickly right now that there’s no chance you’re aware … Continue reading
Turks vote to “transfer powers traditionally held by parliament to the presidency, thereby rendering the parliament merely a ceremonial, advisory body”
GATESTONE Turks Vote to Give Away Their Democracy by Burak Bekdil April 18, 2017 In a bitter irony, nearly 55 million Turks went to the ballot box on April 16 to exercise their basic democratic right to vote. But they … Continue reading
Israel and Turkey’s leaders speak by phone in latest sign of warming ties
TIMES OF ISRAEL Turkey ready to work with Israel against terror, Erdogan tells Rivlin by Raphael Ahren March 23, 2016 Ankara is willing to work together with Jerusalem in fighting international terrorism, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Israeli … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Istanbul, President Reuven Rivlin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, terror, terror attack, Turkey
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Turkey’s election is a blow to Erdogan and a victory for Kurds
WASHINGTON POST by Ishaan Tharoor June 7, 2015 Turkish voters delivered a dramatic blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice Development Party on Sunday, with results showing it losing its majority in parliament. And, in a historic first, … Continue reading
Turkey’s “Muslim God”
GATESTONE by Burak Bekdil April 9, 2015 Turkey is probably one of the best social laboratories in the world to prove why Islamist ideology cannot be compatible with a culture of humor, dissent and protest. It also offers a unique … Continue reading
Erdogan’s Egyptian Nightmare
GATESTONE by Burak Bekdil December 30, 2014 …..In its immediate vicinity, Turkey does not have diplomatic relations with three countries — Armenia, Cyprus and Syria — and has deeply problematic diplomatic relations with two countries: Israel and Egypt. This situation … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Egypt, Emir of Qatar, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Key panels urge sanctions on Qatar, Turkey over Hamas
AL MONITOR by Julian Pecquet December 9, 2014 Two key House panels are stepping up their rhetoric against Qatar and Turkey and urging that the Treasury Department take “all necessary measures” against the two countries if they continue to support Hamas. … Continue reading
How long can the West pretend that Turkish President Erdoğan is an ally?
WASHINGTON TIMES by Clifford D May December 2, 2014 ….Turkish policies have been aiding and abetting Jabhat al Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliate; the Islamic State, which has turned large swaths of Syria and Iraq into killing fields; the Islamic … Continue reading
Erdogan Fails to Conquer New York City
NATIONAL REVIEW by Daniel Pipes September 23, 2014 The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared at an hour-long on-the-record event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York yesterday afternoon. The complete — if not entirely coherent — transcript … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Council on Foreign Relations, Fethullah Gülen, Fitch, Moody's, New York Times, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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