Turkey is on its way to a popular revolution and a “Turkish spring,” Arab analysts believe. Protests are increasing against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, especially in light of new corruption scandals. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated (Arabic link) over the last few days against low wages and...

In a crackdown against domestic opposition, the Islamist government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrested over thirty people yesterday, including the editor of the country’s most popular newspaper, as well as other “police officers, journalists and media workers.” The New York Times reports: Eight other people were on a list of...

Hamas is seeking to mend ties with Syria and Iran according to policy brief written Thursday by Ali Alfoneh, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Alfoneh cited an interview Hamas spokesman, Osama Hamdan, gave to an Iranian news agency. Speaking to Iran’s ISNA news agency, Hamas...

Behind the scenes of the P5+1 negotiations with Iran, France is emerging as a skeptic of the American approach to the negotiations. Specifically, France is “concerned the Obama administration … despite its assertions to the contrary wants an Iran deal at almost any price,” according to a report yesterday by...

In a letter obtained by The Tower, the chairperson of the Holocaust Educational Trust Ireland (HETI) announces that it will ban all references to Israel or the Jewish State at its upcoming annual Holocaust memorial in January. The event, which takes place at Dublin’s Mansion House, is Ireland’s main memorial...

When ISRAEL21c interviewed champion golfer Laetitia Beck for a feature story a couple of months ago, she was nervously anticipating the third and final qualifier toward earning her LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Tour Card. No Israeli has ever won either the LPGA or PGA (Professional Golf Association) ticket to...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Hamas’s use of human shields, following the passage earlier in the week of the Senate version of the resolution, coauthored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen...

Young Palestinians are increasingly fleeing Gaza for Israel, preferring to risk what they call the “comfort” of Israeli jails to life under Hamas, according to a report today written by journalist Khaled Abu Toameh and published by the Gatestone Institute. Over the past two months, more than 20 Palestinians have been...

Israel has donated $10 million to the United Nations Ebola fund, The Times of Israel reported today: Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman decided on the move, with his office saying it “reflects Israel’s commitment to assist African nations dealing with the difficult epidemic.” Israel has also set up three field hospitals...

Six family members and a seventh individual were wounded today in an acid attack in Gush Etzion, outside of Jerusalem. The Times of Israel reports: Palestinian news agency Ma’an identified the attacker as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghayatha, 45, from the West Bank village of Nahalin. Media networks affiliated with Hamas said...