Turkey Israel Relations

Turkey's Dangerous Diplomacy

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Ismail Haniyeh, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Anti-Defamation League, Erdogan, Turkish Government, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hamas, Israel, Turkey Diplomacy, Turkey Israel Relations, World News

I greatly fear that Turkey's fraying democracy and new foreign policy approach will lead the country on a dangerous collision course with its allies in the West.

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Leon Panetta Blames the Victim

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Palestinians, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, Egypt-Israel Relations, Israel Egypt, Panetta Israel, Leon Panetta Israel, Turkey-Israel Relations, Leon Panetta, Israel-Turkey Relations, Israel-Egypt Relations, Turkey Israel, World News

The notion that Israel is primarily responsible for deteriorating relations with Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinians, as claimed by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, is more than simply inaccurate. It is disturbing and potentially dangerous.

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Official: Turkey To Accept Foreign Aid, Including From Israel

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.25.2011

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ERCIS, Turkey (AP) -- A foreign ministry official says Turkey will accept foreign assistance to cope with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake, incl...

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Turkey's New Activism in the Former Ottoman Lands and Continuing PKK Attacks

Tulin Daloglu | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Turkey Iran Relations, Turkey US Relations, Turkey Hamas, Turkey Israel, Turkey Iran, Turkey Israel Relations, Turkey Pkk, Turkey Terrorism, World News

Turkey's fight against terrorism, or its attempts to bring a peaceful end to the Kurdish dilemma can not and should not be considered separate than the massive changes occurring at Turkey's borders.

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Netanyahu Slaps Turkish PM

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

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JERUSALEM — The prime minister of Israel is accusing Turkey's leader of incitement for saying the Jewish state uses the Holocaust as an excuse t...

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Feeding The Beast: When Journalists Fuel Harmful Narratives

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Middle East Media Coverage, Turkey Israel, Iran Media Coverage, Turkey Israel Relations, Turkey U.S., Iran and Media, Middle East Politics, Media Coverage of Iraq, Iran Nuclear Programs, Iran Nuclear Talks, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Media News

The old paradigms of supporting Israel unconditionally, marginalizing political Islam and propping up dictators we whitewash as "moderates" do not hold when the region is experiencing such fundamental shifts.

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Turkey: Flotilla Raid Was 'Cause For War'

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Turkey, Israel Gaza Flotilla, Recep Erodogan, Turkey Gaza Blockade, Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan, Israel, Turkey Israel Relations, Turkey Gaza, Israel Gaza Blockade, Turkey Gaza Flotilla, Israel Turkey Relations, World News

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's prime minister said Monday that Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year was "cause for war" but added tha...

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Being Erdogan

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Turkey, Nato, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey-Israel Relations, Gaza Flotilla, Israel, Erdogan, Ataturk, Ottoman Empire, World News

Prime Minister Erdogan is looking for -- and finding -- levers that can allow Turkey to build and wield the political and economic might commensurate to a strategically located country with a history of near-global hegemony.

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Turkey Brings Gaza Blockade Before International Court Of Justice

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 11.03.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Sat...

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Foreign Minister Says Israel Will Not Apologize To Turkey Over Flotilla Raid

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 10.17.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel will not apologize to Turkey over a raid on a Gaza-bound protest aid ship last year in which nine Turkish pro-Palestinian act...

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Pro-Palestinian 'Flotilla' Ship Greeted By Thousands In Turkey

AP | EROL ISRAFIL | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL — Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli...

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Turkey Close To Severing Ties With Israel Over Flotilla Raid

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is it Time to Rethink Human Rights?

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mavi Marmara, Gaza-Freedom-Flotilla, Israel Raid, Turkey Israel Relations, Pakistan Human Rights, Baloch, Egypt Human Rights, Scandanavia, Turkey, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Pakistan, Malasia, World News

What is the point of campaigning for human rights when there are serious human rights violations in your own backyard?

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The Collapse of Israel's 'Periphery Doctrine': Popping Pipe(s) Turkey Dreams

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Maronites, Baghdad Pact, Daniel Pipes, Iran, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Haile Selassie, David Ben Gurion, Israel, Neoconservatives, Turkey Israel Relations, World News

The so-called Periphery Doctrine of forming alliance with non-Arab states in the periphery of the Middle East, with which Israel had not direct conflict, has been tossed into the dustbin of history.

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An Alliance Central to Regional Stability

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although the strategic relationship between Turkey and Israel is critical to both nations, it also transcends the bilateral benefits they each individually derive from it by maintaining the regional balance of powers.

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Turkey Sets Deadline For Israeli Apology

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday caved in to demands from Turkey and apologized over an insult to its ambassador, a government statement said, an...

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Turkey Bans Israel From Military Exercise Over Gaza War

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turkey has said that it banned Israel from an international air exercise due to begin last week because of its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Str...

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