Tag Archives: Turkey

Hypocrisy: A state for the Palestinians but not for the Kurds or Catalonia

Posted on 2 October 2017 by

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 →

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Israel to the rescue! Iranian blogger given asylum in Israel

Posted on 10 August 2017 by

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 →

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Turkish incitement and Jordanian chutzpah

Posted on 14 May 2017 by

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 →

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Is Erdogan going to help Geert Wilders get elected in Holland?

Posted on 15 March 2017 by

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 →

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Wave of terrorism strikes Europe

Posted on 20 December 2016 by

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 →

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How children are treated in the Middle East: compare and contrast

Posted on 25 August 2016 by

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 →

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