Posts Tagged: Turkey and Israel
Syria’s New Leader Is an Autocrat; Will That Be Good or Bad for Israel and Turkey?
Islamist or not, Syria’s self-proclaimed interim president, Ahmad Sharaa, seems like he will do anything to keep power. This is good news and bad news for...
Turkey’s Erdogan Threatened to Invade Israel: What Does It Really Mean?
In 2017, I published a book on anti-Zionism and antisemitism in Turkey. In that book, besides describing the development of antisemitic and anti-Israel phenomena in...
This Week’s Election Is a Milestone Moment for Turkey
The Turkish presidential and parliamentary election of May 14 is of cardinal significance for the future of the country. President’s Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration has been...
Will Warm Israel-Turkey Relations Cool Turkish Media’s Antisemitism?
The recent news that Israel and Turkey were upgrading their diplomatic relationship and would be exchanging ambassadors in the near future was received positively on...
Erdogan Tells Israel’s Herzog Synergy in Energy Mutually Beneficial
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog that synergy in the field of energy was mutually beneficial for their countries and that he...
Will Ukraine Crisis Lead Turkey and Israel Closer Together?
A recent dinner in Washington suggests that a seemingly forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog could be about more than putting an...
Israel Should Not Turn Its Back on Turkey, Despite Erdogan’s Outrages
Recent signs indicate that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been very keen to score foreign policy achievements. Ultimately, Erdogan’s efforts can be tied to...
Jews and Others Must Recognize the Dangers of Turkish Nationalism
In November 2020, the Istanbul metropolitan municipality, led by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), named a park in Istanbul after Hüseyin Nihal Atsız....
Will the Turkish Air Force and Erdogan Turn to Russia?
NATO’s second-biggest army had a deterrent air force both during and after the Cold War. In 2020, the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) was the world’s...
With Turkey and Israel, Interests Talk, Sentiments Walk
JNS.org - Spring has arrived in Ankara earlier than expected. A change of tune, which has been music to Israeli ears, has emanated from the...
Erdogan’s Neo-Ottoman Aspirations Inspire Islamists and Endanger World Peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's once hidden agenda of reviving a modern version of the Ottoman Empire is not so secret in light of recent...
Amid US Vacuum, Israel and Mediterranean Allies Must Be Wary of Turkey
“Instability in the Eastern Mediterranean” is a commonplace phrase, and with good reason. In parallel with the civil wars in Syria and Libya, the power...
Will Israel Find Itself Facing Down Iran, Turkey, and the US in Libya?
Several reports (most recently in Makor Rishon) have been published on Libyan National Army (LNA) outreach toward Israel. The LNA makes the point that Libyans and...
Turkey’s Alliance with Iran — and Sunni and Shiite Islamists
At the time of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed an...
