Tag: Turkey

The June 17 arrests were behind the Israeli foreign ministry’s unusual announcement last Thursday evening.

Chief Commander of the IRGC Hossein Salami said last month that the IRGC will avenge the deaths of its members.

The relations between Israel and Turkey have been sour for years as Erdoğan and his Islamist ruling party have drawn the country toward the Muslim Brotherhood and have espoused anti-Israel Islamic ideas, and even anti-Semitic notions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he was “very, very hopeful” about energy cooperation with Israel.

“Certainly at a time when the international order is being shaken, it is good and proper that stability and partnership be maintained in our region,” says Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Hamas will be able continue their "political" activities in Turkey.

Fadi Abu Skhaydam reportedly met with senior Hamas operatives on Turkish soil and received instructions from them.

The couple were arrested by Turkey for taking a picture during their vacation.

Israel has not out ruled at this stage the possibility that the arrest has a political background to it, with Turkey trying to leverage the incident for its diplomatic purposes.

The two were arrested a week ago after taking photos of Erdogan’s residence from the Çamlıca Tower in Istanbul.

Erdogan has been spewing anti-Semitism for years as he aligned himself with Hamas.

The State of Israel has yet to officially recognize the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 during World War I as genocide.

The main point of contention between the two former allies remains the presence of senior Hamas officials on Turkish soil.

Former Turkish Admiral Cihat Yayci is proposing a bilateral agreement on the countries' shared exclusive economic zones which would leave Israeli ally Cyprus in the lurch • Israeli official: Any proposal that comes at the expense of Cyprus is a non-starter.

After the “Oruç Reis” survey vessel returned to the eastern Mediterranean, countries criticized the move.

There has been an ongoing fierce conflict between the Saudis and the Turks due to the latter’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood and following the struggle for hegemony over the Sunni camp in the Middle East.

The UAE and other Arab Gulf states have boycotted Qatar since 2017 and have demanded that it close the base.

Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri is believed to have contracted the disease while meeting with Fatah officials in Turkey as part of reconciliation efforts between the two groups.

Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin called the move “long overdue,” insisting that “Cyprus is a new hot spot. Cyprus is our ally. Those threatening Cyprus are not.”

Athens and Ankara are holding naval exercises in the area amid an ongoing dispute over energy resources.

Saleh al-Arouri, who attended the meeting in Istanbul, calls his organization’s abduction and murder of three Israeli teens in 2014 a “heroic operation.”

“Turkey must reverse course on this destabilizing action to renew the United States’ confidence in our defense relationship,” according to Michael McCaul (R-Texas).

Greece, Israel, and Cyprus have established an alliance to counter Turkey. Greece and Cyprus are historic adversaries of Turkey.

According to the indictment, “Members and associates of O9A have espoused violent, neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic, and Satanic beliefs."

The center, reportedly known as the “Khan Abu Khadija,” was renovated by the Turkish government aid organization TIKA, which has been investing heavily in eastern Jerusalem in recent years.

Jordan needs help from Saudi Arabia in order to block the infringement of Turkey on its territory as sole caretaker of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.

The number of cases was expected to reach 20,000 by this weekend – and now it appears the actual number is going to be higher.

Residents of the Gaza Strip are complaining that donations collected on their behalf in Arab countries are not reaching them, and even as the economic hardship in the Strip intensifies Hamas is not transferring budgets from its funds to deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Approximately 8,000 tests for the coronavirus were run on Wednesday by MDA teams around Israel.

"There is no basis for such serious charges against Netanyahu."