The $717 billion National Defense Authorization Act includes a bipartisan measure honoring a decade-long memorandum of understanding between America and Israel, giving $3.8 billion annually to the Jewish state, while also also temporarily blocking the U.S. delivery of the F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.
The Turkish lira plunged as much as 11% against the dollar, hitting a record low, before recovering some of its losses in volatile trading. The lira had already plummeted more than 20% last week as a political clash with the United States intensified and investors fretted about the Turkish government’s lack of action to tackle the problems… Read more »
The mass Muslim migration to Europe has galvanized civilizationist forces of populism and nationalism across the continent.
The close resemblance of the Left’s talking points with the Arab narrative reflect a profound, and fast-paced process of radicalization that the Israeli Left has undergone over just the past years.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned a Turkish boxing gang called “Osmanen Germania BC” (“Germania Ottomans”) on the grounds that it poses a serious threat to public order.
That gives us a bit of time for folks to wake up to sample Erdoğan’s particular brew of Turkish coffee.
The situation prevailing among the Arab citizens of Israel is as complex and complicated as their affiliations are.
Ismail Hanieyh says he’ll send a delegation to Ankara after Turkish strongman appears to clinch new term as president.
Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has strongly criticized Austria’s recent decision to close mosques and expel Turkish-funded imams, calling the move “anti-Islamic.”
The result of this incitement campaign is a radicalization of Muslim communities across Europe.
On Monday, NATO ally Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Washington. The severe step is meant to punish the U.S. for opening an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.
There was a depressing familiarity both to Hamas’s suicide protest operation along Gaza’s border with Israel this week and to Israel’s response to it.
Turkey has also recalled its ambassadors to Israel and the United States over recent escalations in Gaza.
