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The West’s illusions about Erdogan’s denialism was outrageous. The reaction to it was revealing

Erdogan, a major NATO leader had effectively declared his nation innocent of every crime commonly associated with the empire, and the world moved on with remarkable ease.

|ByMICHA DANZIG
Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.
The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

The war against the Jewish state began long before Israel was established - opinion

The war against the Jewish state began almost 150 years ago, well before the Balfour Declaration and before the first Zionist Congress organized by Theodor Herzl in Basel in 1897...

|ByJACOB SIVAK
Syria's newly appointed president for a transitional phase Ahmed al-Shaara meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025.

Turkey’s neo-Ottoman ambitions: Erdogan, Hamas, and threats to Israel - opinion

Last week, we learned from US Vice President JD Vance that the Trump Administration considers Turkey eligible to receive F-35 fighter jets. It is reviewing how Turkey can legally get the fighter jets

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion

It is time to confront Erdogan about his much-too-close alignment with Russia, China, and Iran; his military occupation of northern Cyprus and northern Syria; and the war he wages against Israel.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Int'l participants mark 93 years since Battle of Beersheba

Australian ambassador says her country has special bond with Israeli city because of historic battle, similar climates and scarcity of water.

NOVEMBER 1, 2010ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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Dramatic renovations planned for Jerusalem’s Old City

New tunnel in Jewish Quarter will lead to underground parking lot with dozens of apartments on top.

OCTOBER 8, 2010ByMELANIE LIDMAN
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‘Our minarets are our lances’

Analysis: After the Gaza flotilla clash, it is clear that Israel and the West are confronting not just Iran but a resurgent Turkey.

AUGUST 28, 2010ByDR. JÜRGEN BÜHLER
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