Posts Tagged: Turkey
Turkish Earthquake Victims Get Help From a Friend, Israel
In October of last year a devestating earthquake in Van, Turkey left thousands homeless and hundreds dead. Another earthquake in the area less than a...
Russia: Syria’s Big Brother at the United Nations
Gruesome and utterly predictable bloody developments in Syria, despite their horror, serve one positive purpose. Anyone willing to consider a Ron Paul-like world where America...
The Arab Spring: Could Turn Into a Long and Cruel Winter
Due to a host of common denominators in the Arab world including the lack of traditional liberalism, the tribes' power, the elites' control of business,...
Keystone Influence: Syria’s Arab Spring and the Race for Regional Hegemony
The Arab Spring is changing the political and strategic map of the Middle East as we know it in ways that will persist for...
Iran and Israel’s Southern Front
Israelis following the escalation of rocket launches against southern Israel this past week probably noticed all the reports that the Palestinian organization...
Israeli Navy Boards Gaza Bound Flotilla (VIDEO)
After establishing contact with a new Gaza bound flotilla attempting to bypass Israeli maritime security measures, Israeli navy personnel safely boarded the illegal vessel and...
Obama’s Frightening Success
Turkish and Iranian flags. So this is how American foreign policy "success" looks nowadays. (WARNING: Graphic Images.) Without getting all misty-eyed about...
Negotiating with Terrorists
The world has just witnessed yet another historic, lopsided prisoner exchange between Israel and a terrorist organization. When Hamas abducted Gilad Shalit back in June...
Cyprus on the World Stage
Cyprus, an island of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants near Turkey and Syria, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change, with great opportunities...
Accept No Substitutes
Days after the "groundbreaking" and "uncompromisingly pro-Israel" speech in the United Nations, the new White House tactic for dealing with the Israeli problem is rapidly...
Erdogan Creates International Complications for Turkey
While Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been using his anti-Israeli rhetoric to build up Turkey as a new great power in the Arab world, his neo-Ottoman policy...
Why the West Cares about Turkey’s Diplomatic Conflict with Israel
Under the surface, there have been growing concerns in the West about the general direction of Turkish foreign policy under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and...
Some Vindication of Israel at the UN Before the Ultimate Slap-in-the-Face
For a UN-sanctioned report, the much anticipated Palmer Report to the Secretary General, which describes last year's flotilla incident between Israel and "activists" seeking to...
The Fading Blessing of September 11
At the average English news stand one can find available for purchase approximately fifteen national daily newspapers, in stark contrast to New York's four. The...
