Tag: Turkey

Ankara has also been gradually slowing down its agreed-upon normalization of the diplomatic relationship between Turkey and Israel.

“If Israel does not reconsider its support for Kurdish independence, Turkey will not be able to take many steps we would have with Israel, too."

All of Kurdistan's neighbors have been advancing military units towards its borders, possibly scheming to repeat the attempt in 1948 by seven Arab states to choke the fledgling State of Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "clearly differentiates between the PKK and the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people."

"The Jewish Agency, which has welcomed millions of Jews home to Israel, is proud to play a part in easing Neda’s integration into her country of refuge."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is calling on Muslims to visit the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in solidarity.

"In these circumstances, the traditional adage that the enemy of your enemy can be regarded as your friend no longer applies," writes Kissinger. "In the contemporary Middle East, the enemy of your enemy may also be your enemy."

“Hydrogen sulfide is very difficult to make, so I want to make it quite clear ... we were a long way from having a functional device.”

The axis began operations in early 2016, at the initiation of Muhammad Maher Bader, a Hebron-based senior Hamas terrorist and member of the PA Legislative Council.

Lapid also said Israel must let go of what he called a “misguided dream” it will build a gas pipeline to Turkey.

'Those who are able to should visit Al-Aqsa. For those who cannot visit Al-Aqsa should send aid to our brothers there,' Erdogan said.

In May, Turkey's Erdoğan declared “every day Jerusalem is under ‘occupation.’”

More troubling is the oblique Turkish government sponsorship of the violence against the Istanbul synagogue.

President Rivlin reminded President Erdogan that after the terror attack in Turkey, the State of Israel was quick to condemn those criminal acts.

Jerusalem District Police Commander HaLevy says he's "determined to create a secure environment after the murder of two police officers."

“We want to build a pipeline stretching from Israel to Turkey in order to able to export natural gas from Israel to Turkey."

Last week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was not permitted to speak to Turkish ex-patriots in Germany.

The permits are more needed than ever, with PA budget cuts impacting medical care in Gaza.

“I have a small condition about my blood pressure related to my diabetes,” Erdogan said.

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