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Truck by truck, Israel builds trade gateway to Arab world

REUTERS by Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen July 1, 2014 The hydraulic ramp of a Turkish freighter taps down on the eastern Mediterranean port of Haifa and, under a full moon, 37 trucks roll off onto an otherwise empty pier. … Continue reading

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Turkey’s high-risk power play

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick June 24, 2014 Like Iran, Erdogan aims to destroy the global order and replace it with an Islamic empire. For most Westerners, Turkey is a hard nut to crack. How can you understand a state … Continue reading

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Israel warns Syria: We will continue to respond harshly

ISRAEL HAYOM by Lilach Shoval, Danny Brenner, Daniel Siryoti, Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom Staff and The Associated Press June 23, 2014 In response to deadly border attack in which Israeli teen was killed, IAF strikes nine Syrian military targets, reportedly … Continue reading

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Israeli boy, 15, killed in Golan Heights attack

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff June 22, 2014 A 15-year-old Israeli boy was killed in the Golan Heights Sunday morning in what the IDF said was a missile attack from Syria, just south of the Quneitra crossing. Three others were … Continue reading

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Has a Consumer Protection Office

THE ATLANTIC by Aaron Zelin June 13, 2014 A guide to how the militant group overrunning Iraq wins hearts and minds No sooner had it seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and surrounding villages, than the Islamic State of Iraq … Continue reading

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Turkish Support for ISIS. Bad choices all around, Iran or psycho extremists?

WASHINGTON TIMES by Daniel Pipes June 18, 2014 The battle in Iraq consists of “Turkish-backed Sunni jihadis rebelling against an Iranian-backed Shi’ite-oriented central government,” I wrote in a recent article. Some readers question that the Republic of Turkey has supported the “Islamic State … Continue reading

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Could Jordan Fall?

COMMENTARY by Michael Rubin June 16, 2014 I spoke about the situation in Iraq Saturday morning on C-Span’s Washington Journal. Many callers expressed skepticism at any American involvement in Iraq, arguing simply that no American interests are at stake. I respectfully … Continue reading

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War Was Interested in Obama

PJ MEDIA by Victor Davis Hanson June 16, 2014 Leon Trotsky probably did not quite write the legendary aphorism that “you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” But whoever did, you get the point … Continue reading

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What’s the Obama Strategy? Mosul Madness in a Collapsing Middle East

AMERICAN INTEREST by Walter Mead June 10, 2024 The Greater Middle East moved significantly closer to a total meltdown this week. The vicious civil war in Iraq escalated as one of the global terror movement’s most bloodthirsty factions conquered the … Continue reading

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Surprising Ties between Israel and the Kurds

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY by Ofra Bengio Summer 2014 In 1966, Iraqi defense minister Abd al-Aziz al-Uqayli blamed the Kurds of Iraq for seeking to establish “a second Israel” in the Middle East. He also claimed that “the West and the … Continue reading

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