IHH Terror Group Wants IDF Soldiers That Were Attacked By Terrorists On Flotilla Extradited to Turkey

Following the deterioration in the relations between Turkey and Israel, it seems the IHH terror organization is also trying to cash in on the trouble. A lawyer representing the group announced Friday that he given the prosecutor in Istanbul a list of names of IDF soldiers who were involved in taking over the Mavi Marmara […]

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Goodbye Ankara

by Daniel Pipes September 2, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Expelling an ambassador is the diplomatic equivalent of a wife ordering her husband out of the bedroom and on to the living room couch. It may be temporary but it sure stings. Ankara’s decision today to throw out the Israeli ambassador (who was anyway […]

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Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s Foreign Minister

by Daniel Pipes October 7, 2009 updated Jan 21, 2011 I congratulated Avigdor Lieberman when he took office as Israel’s foreign minister in April 2009. Here I shall occasionally follow his outspoken and unconventional role in office. “Lieberman fashioning new foreign policy” writes Haviv Rettig Gur in the Jerusalem Post, showing that the foreign minister […]

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Erdogan Accepts “Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights”

by Daniel Pipes February 28, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online The slogan of the “Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights” is “As the sun shines for everyone, freedom is a right for everyone.” Lovely, no, especially at a moment when Qaddafi’s war planes are raining down death and destruction on his own subject people […]

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Turkish PM: Hamas is a ‘Political Group,’ Not Terrorists

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday night that his nation “stands by Hamas,” which he called “a political group.” According to a report published on the Al Qassam website, Erdogan told the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite television network that Hamas is not a terrorist movement. “We stand by Hamas when they are right, because […]

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