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Does anger over Gaza threaten Turkey-Israel ties?
Turkey's postponement of a planned military exercise including Israel may not be a new crisis but an indication that Turkey’s changing domestic and foreign policy considerations are redefining the country’s relationship with the Jewish state. Read more »
Turkey’s harsh criticism of Israel raises questions
Does Turkey's harsh criticism of Israel over the Gaza operation jeopardize Israel-Turkey ties and Turkey's role as Middle East peace broker? Read more »
Turkey plays Mideast mediator
Inconceivable only a few years ago, Turkey is strengthening ties with its neighbors while recasting itself in the role of regional mediator. Now Ankara is looking east, not West. Read more »
Kurds on edge in Turkey
In a region that 15 years ago saw thousands of people killed and villages destroyed in fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish soldiers, the prospect of renewed violence is causing deep concern for safety and Turkish democracy. Read more »
Turkey blames Jews for genocide bill
Turkey is blaming Jews for a U.S. congressional committee's passage of a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. But U.S. Jewish leaders say Ankara should look in the mirror. Read more »
Turkish Jews wary of Islam in vote
Forced to choose between an economically successful Islamic-oriented party and an anti-Western secular party, Turkish Jews are leaning toward the secularists in upcoming parliamentary elections. Read more »
Iranian couple split in aliyah tangle
An Iranian couple that undertook a perilous journey to Istanbul hoping to make their way to Israel find themselves trapped in a frightening legal and bureaucratic maze. Read more »
Turkey’s prime minister to go to Israel
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recently announced to Israel, set for early May, might signal that the tensions between the two countries are beginning to recede. Read more »
Report: Turkey should fight anti-Semitism
A report on racism and intolerance in Turkey by the Council of Europe says Turkey has made strides in combating much intolerance but still has much work to do on its problem with anti-Semitism. Read more »
Saving Turkish Jewish history
A new project aims to gather and preserve stories and photographs shedding light on the forgotten past of Turkey's insular Jewish community. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 11/22/09 @ 11:45AM EDT
- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- The Gaza war has spurred more Israeli recruits to request service in combat units, the country's army said.
- Fervently Orthodox demonstrators protested again at the Intel factory in Jerusalem for operating on Shabbat.
- Israel will stop building settlements once the Palestinians start negotiating, President Shimon Peres said.
- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- Peres: Settlement building stops if Palestinians talk
- Gaza groups agree to stop rocket fire
- Pakistani Mumbai terrorists arrested in Italy
- Riot police break up Hungarian neo-Nazi group meeting
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
