Zionism

Gaza war puts sporting boycott of Israel back on the front burner

There are more and more calls from the football world calling international governing bodies to sanction Israel in regards to its attacks on Palestine Ahmed Mohammed al-Qatar and Udai Jaber’s burgeoning football careers came to a screeching halt in early August when the two 19-year-olds were shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Hebron during a protest against the war in

Israel accepts Egypt ceasefire proposal: Israeli official

Israel on Aug. 10 accepted an Egyptian proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, government officials said.        

"Israel has accepted the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire," an official told AFP shortly after a Palestinian source confirmed accepting the initiative which would see both sides halt fire from midnight (2100 GMT).  

Right to live…

Nobody listens to officials from the ruling Justice and Development (AKP), so it does not carry much meaning as to how strongly they denounce Israeli mass murders in Gaza.

Prime Minister Erdoğan ‘glad’ to return award given by American Jewish Congress

Turkey’s ambassador to Washington has written a letter to the American Jewish Congress after the organization asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to return an award he was given in 2004, saying the leader would be “glad” to return the honor.

Futile policy

The policy that Israel has been pursuing vis-a-vis the Palestinians is wrong and futile. Current tactics have failed to resolve the security issue and, at the same time, they are rapidly draining Tel Aviv’s political capital around the world.

The ugly truth: Israel is so Middle East now

I can never forget that one sentence from Thomas Friedman’s legendary book on the Middle East, “From Beirut to Jerusalem.” It was something like this: “Jews would like to wake up in Israel but would like to live next to Switzerland and Belgium.” After 20 years of Likud governments and small immigrant parties holding politics hostage, unfortunately Israel is now no different from any s

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