As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed near-dictatorial powers following his dubious victory in a constitutional referendum April 16, Andrew Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina, was marking his sixth month of incarceration inside a Turkish prison. Brunson, who has lived in Turkey with his family for the last...

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Turkey’s health minister confirmed on Tuesday that sarin gas was used in a recent chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northern Syria. Blood and urine sample taken from victims of the attack, which the United States has blamed on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, indicated...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas sought out advanced mapping software from a Turkish aid organization in order to improve the accuracy of rockets fired at Israel, the Shin Bet intelligence agency announced. While questioning Muhammad Murtaja, who was arrested last month on suspicions that he diverted Turkish aid money to Hamas, the Shin Bet discovered...

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I recently heard one of Israel’s leading national security experts opine that when it comes to the sectarian conflicts of the Middle East, Jerusalem’s strategic interest lies in maintaining Turkey as an effective counterweight to Iran, despite the torrid experience of dealing with the country’s dictatorial leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

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Turkish Tourism Minister Nabi Avci arrived in Israel on Tuesday as part of the first high-level visit since last year’s reconciliation agreement between Jerusalem and Ankara. Avci joined representatives from 57 other countries, including 15 foreign ministers, at the International Mediterranean Tourism Market 2017 expo in Tel Aviv. “The bilateral relations...

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The Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry will arrive in Turkey on Tuesday for the first direct, bilateral talks between the two countries since a reconciliation agreement was signed last year, ending a six-year hiatus in diplomatic relations. Yuval Rotem will head the three-day Israeli delegation to Turkey, where they...

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Millions of dollars worth of fuel from Qatar arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday, easing severe power shortages in the Hamas-run territory. Gaza’s Energy Authority said that the Qatari injection of approximately $12 million worth of fuel would power a third generator at Gaza’s power plant, which would provide residents with...

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Turkey’s new ambassador to Israel officially presented his credentials to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, in a culmination of the two countries’ diplomatic reconciliation after a five-year freeze. “This is a new beginning in our bilateral relations and in our joint efforts, in this region in which we have close...

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Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey handed his credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, becoming Jerusalem’s first ambassador in Ankara after six years of frosty relations. Eitan Na’eh and his family were greeted by Erdoğan during a brief ceremony in the presidential palace, shortly after a military band...

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As Israel struggled to put out the hundreds wildfires that rampaged across the country on Thursday, many of which were started by terror arsonists, both domestic and foreign support poured in to help battle the blazes and evacuate residents. At the same time, expressions of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hate spread across the internet....

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