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Hypocrisy: A state for the Palestinians but not for the Kurds or Catalonia
The Kurds are a nation scattered across the Middle East while their national territory was divided up by the ruling powers of a century ago and split amongst several nations, all in a manner similar to the fate of the … Continue reading
Posted in indigenous rights, Mideast news
Tagged Catalonia, Independence, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Kurds, Palestinian state, Peshmerga, Spain, Syria, Turkey, two-state solution
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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
