In high school, Jamal Khashoggi had a good friend. His name was Osama bin Laden.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
U.S. President Donald Trump called for Iran’s continued international isolation during his combative address at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. It prompted a response from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the United States sought to topple his government.
Israel’s relationship with its near neighbor Turkey is complicated. The two countries have seen diplomatic relations cool since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident. Things took a turn for the worse when Israel’s ambassador to Turkey was expelled earlier in the year following violence at the Israel-Gaza border crossing. However, there are some signs that there… Read more »
Three wars, at the very least, are raging in the Middle East, and Israel will get fallout from all of them.
Turkey Faces Few Good Options as Idlib offensive looms
Where are we headed? The Brunson crisis has gone on for several weeks – does Erdogan really think Trump will concede?
As the crisis in U.S.-Turkey relations escalates, the time has come to imagine the unimaginable.
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.
