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Israel to the rescue! Iranian blogger given asylum in Israel
A story that could have come straight out of a spy thriller has just reached its final happy conclusion as the Iranian blogger Neda Amin, who had been living in Turkey for the last 3 years, arrived safely in Israel … Continue reading
Turkish incitement and Jordanian chutzpah
We Jews are losing our ownership of the term “chutzpah”. Where the Jews used it as a survival mechanism or in a humorous way in order to relieve their bleak oppression in the Diaspora, the Arabs have refined it in … Continue reading
Posted in Incitement, Mideast news, Terrorism
Tagged Chutzpah, incitement, Jerusalem, Jordan, Judaising, Old City, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stabbing, Temple Mount, terror attack, Turkey
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Is Erdogan going to help Geert Wilders get elected in Holland?
While we were out celebrating Purim, a different kind of “nahafoch hu” – a topsy turvy event – was occurring in Holland. It all started when Turkish President, in his bid to turn himself into a modern-day Sultan, has been … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Mideast news
Tagged anti-immigration, elections, Geert Wilders, Germany, Holland, immigrants, Muslims, Netherlands, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right-wing, Turkey
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Wave of terrorism strikes Europe
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water… A string of attacks took place this evening across Europe. First, in a shocking incident, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was murdered on live TV as he … Continue reading
Posted in Terrorism
Tagged Ambassador, assassination, Berlin, car-ramming, Islamists, Russia, shooting, terror attack, terrorism, Turkey, Zurich
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How children are treated in the Middle East: compare and contrast
In recent days there were some wonderful stories and some horrific stories concerning children, emanating from the Middle East. The bad news first: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a wedding party in Gazientep, Turkey, killing … Continue reading
The world’s gone mad – attacks all over Europe and beyond
It has come to the situation where you wake up in the morning and are scared to turn on the news for fear of hearing about yet another ISIS-inspired atrocity, a mass shooting, hostage taking or worse. Europe is under … Continue reading
Posted in Incitement, Terrorism
Tagged coup, France, Germany, ISIS, Islam, Jihadists, shootings, stabbings, suicide bomb, terrorism, Turkey
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