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Turkish court asks Interpol to arrest former IDF chief Ashkenazi, 3 others for flotilla raid

JERUSALEM POST JPost Staff May 26, 2014 Istanbul court orders the arrest of Ashkenazi, Merom, Yadlin and Avishai Levi, who are being tried in absentia for their part in ‘Mavi Marmara’ raid. A Turkish court has ordered the arrested of … Continue reading

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Turkey-Israel deal reached, awaits Netanyahu’s approval

TIMES OF ISRAEL By Raphael Ahren May 14, 2014 Lifting Gaza blockade, originally a key demand from Ankara, will not be part of normalization agreement, source says A deal to end the four-year-old feud between Turkey and Israel is imminent … Continue reading

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Merkel opposes conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque

GREEK INDEPENDENT PRESS By George Gilson May 15, 2014 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s intentions of turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque has stirred the opposition of the German leadership, but also worldwide German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed consternation … Continue reading

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies conference focuses on our “frenemies”

Last week I was in DC for the two-day Foundation for Defense of Democracy conference. For such a young organization their range of accomplishments is very impressive. FDD analysts are tops in their fields and testify regularly before Congress, are consulted by the White … Continue reading

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