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- "A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel"
- BDS efforts to curb Israel travel have failed badly
- Media reporting on hate crimes against Jews: "One major media outlet, however, stood out as an exception, even though it is New York-based"
- DePaul Professor Kwall: "We need our houses of worship to be a refuge from strife and political discord, and not a source of such conflict"
- In failing to stop the Islamic State, U.S. ignores the lessons of Auschwitz
- "To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace"
- “Zeldin, who is Jewish, and Omar, who is Muslim, might be the most controversial members of the kumbaya clique”
- "The fact that a large number of Palestinians are desperate to work in Israel is a sign of the failure of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to improve the living conditions of their people"
Tag Archives: Turkey
Thanks #Turkey Erdogan came up with the idea that Zionism should be declared a “crime against humanity”
GATESTONE Backstage at Turkey’s Shotgun Wedding with Israel by Burak Bekdil June 14, 2016 There is every indication that Turkey and Israel are not far away from normalizing their troubled diplomatic relations. According to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, for … Continue reading
Israel gets a #NATO office in Brussels
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel confirms upgraded NATO ties as Turkey said to end veto by Raoul Wootliff and AFP May 4, 2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Wednesday that Israel would upgrade its ties with the 28-member NATO military … Continue reading
Turkey-Israel relations almost back to normal. Israeli Minister Yuval Steinitz says both sides have ‘considerable interest’ in finalizing terms
TIMES OF ISRAEL Minister close to PM: Most of Turkey reconciliation deal is done by Staff and Agencies April 16, 2016 Most of the issues in a reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey have been agreed upon, Energy Minister Yuval … 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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Ankara and Jerusalem look like two teenagers being forced into an unwilling date
GATESTONE Turkey and Israel: A Loveless Date by Burak Bekdil February 9, 2016 There is official evidence and credible speculation that Turkey and Israel may be on the brink of a historic handshake. Some say that it may be a … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Erdogan, Hamas, Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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“Turkey is a country where politics cannot be discussed freely and people are marginalized for their political views”
MEDIA LINE Erdoğan’s Next Target to Muzzle: Turkey’s Academics by Nick Ashdown January 31, 2016 The Turkish government’s latest target in its campaign to silence critical voices is the country’s academics. Many of the 2,212 Turkish academics who signed a strongly-worded … Continue reading
David Stoliar, sole survivor of Soviet-torpedoed Struma, has died
NEW YORK TIMES David Stoliar, Survivor of World War II Disaster, Dies at 91 by Robert McFadden January 23, 2016 For more than a half-century, David Stoliar remained a silent witness to the worst civilian maritime disaster of World War … Continue reading
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Tagged David Stoliar, Holocaust, Palestine, Romania, Struma, Turkey, World War II
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Erdogan: Turkey needs Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL ‘Turkey needs Israel,’ says Erdogan as he pushes reconciliation by AFP January 2, 2016 Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash out a deal … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, IDF, Mavi Marmara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Israel-Turkey relations are back on
GATESTONE When All Else Fails, Erdogan Calls Israel by Shoshana Bryen December 18, 2015 The announcement of the restoration of Israel-Turkish relations should be seen in the context of Turkey having nowhere else to go. Turkey’s relations with Israel have been … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged ICC, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Hanukah in Turkey
ALGEMEINER First-Ever Public Menorah-Lighting Ceremony Held in Muslim-Majority Turkey by Staff December 14, 2015 It may be the only public menorah-lighting ceremony ever held in the Muslim world, and on Sunday night, hundreds of people gathered in Istanbul’s waterside Ortakoy neighborhood … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 