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Haaretz
| over 1 year ago
President Barack Obama's position regarding Israel's 2010 of a Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla. Speaking a convention of businessmen in the central Turkish city of Kayseri broadcast live on Turkey's state news channel TRT Erdogan vowed to continue the...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Turkish parliament speaker Cemil Cicek Saturday blasted ideas attributed to hawkish Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for hitting back at Ankara in the row between the two countries. Israel's Yediot Aharonot daily reported Friday that...
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Ynet News
| over 1 year ago
Erdogan. 'As long as Israel doesn't intervene' Photo: AP Turkish PM's office softens threat of military clash at sea, says country 'won't send vessel to Mediterranean Sea as long as Israel avoids intervening in freedom of movement in international...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will on Monday begin an "Arab Spring" tour to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in a bid to forge stronger ties as relations with Israel are sinking to new lows over a flotilla row. The visit to Egypt comes amid a...
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The Scotsman
| over 1 year ago
Turkey this week warned it would increase navy patrols in the eastern Mediterranean in response to Israel's refusal to apologize for the raid, in which nine Turkish citizens were killed...Dan Meridor, the Israeli minister in charge of intelligence,...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
Reuters Mr Erdogan said Turkey would make 'humanitarian aid' shipments to Gaza Turkey has said its warships will escort future convoys attempting to run the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, a move that raises the risk of a naval confrontation. The...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Israel will keep blockading Gaza in the face of Turkey's unprecedented naval challenge and is prepared for escalation though it seeks to calm the waters with its ex-ally, officials said on Friday. Deepening a crisis over Israel's killing last year of...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Israel was wrestling on Friday with growing tensions with Turkey after the Turkish prime minister threatened to use his navy to accompany aid flotillas to Gaza and to challenge Israel's plans for gas exploration and export in the Eastern...
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Kansas City Star
| over 1 year ago
The Obama administration is telling U.S. allies Israel and Turkey to "cool it" as tensions between the two rise over aid flotillas to Gaza.Amid growing concern over a possible naval confrontation in the Mediterranean, the State Department said Friday...
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Ynet News
| over 1 year ago
Turkey Crisis Military escort for next flotilla? Photo: AP Raised the stakes. Erdogan Photo: Getty Images Experts claim Turkey's threat to send warships to protect next flotilla to Gaza unlikely to trigger conflict with Israel Reuters Turkish...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
US lawmakers in bid to 'repair' Turkey-Israel ties US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said that she and other lawmakers met Thursday with Turkey's US ambassador to help "repair" his country's ties with Israel. "The...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
No decision over action against Turkey Following Foreign Minister Avidgor Lieberman's reported plan to "punish" Turkey by cooperating with the Armenians and aiding Kurdish Rebels, The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying "our policy is...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Turkey says warships will accompany any of its vessels carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to protect them from Israeli interference. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told al-Jazeera television Thursday that Turkey will continue its...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Deputy prime minister says Turkey, in its demand that Israel abide by international law, must itself adhere to it and not challenge the Gaza blockade which the UN has declared legal. Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor cautioned Turkey on Friday that...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| over 1 year ago
Turkey Turkey's prime minister has said Turkish warships will escort Turkish Gaza-bound aid ships in the future. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Al-Jazeera television that the navy will accompany the aid ships to protect them from raids like the one Israel...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Israel remains ready to free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Gilad Shalit, according to the captive soldier's father who demanded Thursday that any UN vote on Palestinian statehood be tied to his release. Noam Shalit indicated that many Palestinian...
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The Daily Telegraph
| over 1 year ago
It has been long overdue." "But... the recognition of a state is something to be determined by the member states," he added. "It is not by the Secretary General so I leave it to the member states to decide to recognise or not to recognise." Ban, who...
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below Erdogan was referring to the clash on May 31 last year when Israeli commandos boarded a six-boat flotilla in international waters in a bid to stop it from breaching Israel's blockade on Gaza. Israeli troops killed nine Turkish...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
58 Turkey's naval forces would escort Turkey's humanitarian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following Israel's refusal to apologise for its deadly raid on an aid flotilla heading to the Palestinian...
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International Middle East Media Center
| over 1 year ago
It also took some steps to prevent Israel from the unilateral use of natural resources in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, the Turkish PM said in an interview with Qatar-based, Aljazeera. The Erdogan said in a conference with his Luxembourg...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| over 1 year ago
In its letter dated Sept. 8, the Shurat Din-Israel Law Center in Tel Aviv also reminded the administrators that their schools have a duty to reasonably prevent university funds from being diverted to unlawful activities that are directed against the...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Turkey and Israel have worsened since Israeli forces boarded the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May last year as it was heading for Gaza...Israel has refused to apologise and said its troops acted in self-defence. In his comments to Al-Jazeera, Mr Erdogan...
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j.
| over 1 year ago
Interns will be mentored by experienced leaders and Israel educators, as they learn to be peer educators and ambassadors for the Israel experience themselves. A program of the iCenter, a national organization dedicated to Israel advocacy and...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| over 1 year ago
Raising the stakes in Turkey's row with Israel over its refusal to apologize for the killings, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Al Jazeera television that Turkey had taken steps to stop Israel from unilaterally exploiting natural resources in...
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Israel National News
| over 1 year ago
The call came during a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador to Israel, Yasser Rida, at Yishai's office. The ambassador said he came to ask the same thing, adding that the meeting showed his admiration for the minister and the importance of continued...
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Globes Online
| over 1 year ago
Erdogan issues veiled threat over gas The Turkish prime minister has hinted that Turkey will back Lebanon in challenging Israel's exploitation of offshore gas reserves. September 11 22:00, Globes correspondent Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip...
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j.
| over 1 year ago
The move comes after criticism at home and internationally that Sweden needs to do more to protect Jews from anti-Semitic hate crimes. Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag says if no extra security measures are taken there is a risk that people don't...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
The United States says it will veto any bid by the Palestinians to seek statehood recognition at the UN Security Council. The administration had long said it opposed such a unilateral move by the Palestinians. The US has been working to prevent a...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Erdogan continues heated rhetoric, saying Turkey has taken steps to stop Israel from unilaterally exploiting natural resources from the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
Turk warships to escort any Gaza aid vessels Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks broadcast on Al Jazeera television on Thursday. Erdogan also said...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| over 1 year ago
We believe that everything J Street stands for and what we do needs to promote the two-state solution and not just two states, Jeremy Ben-Ami, the director of the dovish pro-Israel group, told JTA on Wednesday. Palestinian statehood should come about...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
United Nations recognition of Palestine could lead to increased violence against Israel, the head of the World Jewish Congress said in New York. "If this unilateral declaration were to be endorsed by the United Nations it would most likely trigger...
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International Middle East Media Center
| over 1 year ago
Palestinian Cartoon Israels UN Ambassador Held 70 Meetings With Counterparts As part of Israels campaign to foil the Palestinian bid at the United Nations this month, Israels Ambassador to the U.N. held several meetings with his counterparts trying...
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Sofia Echo
| over 1 year ago
His comments Thursday on Israeli radio came after Turkey said it is suspending military trade and cooperation with Israel and increasing naval surveillance in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey also ordered the expulsion of Israel's ambassador last...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak played down the diplomatic crisis with Ankara on Thursday, saying the current dispute over a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led flotilla "will pass." But he reiterated his government's line that Israel not...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
Breaking News Barak says Turkey row 'spilled milk' but will pass Israel and Turkey will eventually mend fences rather than become foes, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday, describing their unprecedented dispute over Gaza as "spilled...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the right decision in not apologizing to Turkey for last summer's flotilla incident, because national honor is still important in the Middle...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| over 1 year ago
Turkey suspended the talks and downgraded its ties with Israel last week after a U.N. report partially vindicated Israel's 2010 raid on a Turkish-backed aid flotilla heading for Gaza. Turkey, anticipating Israel's partial vindication, had been...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
In an apparent message to Turkey that its downgrade of ties, heated rhetoric and threats were not intimidating Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went to a naval base in Haifa on Wednesday and told the officers and comrades-in-arms of those...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Turkey's prime minister will visit Egypt, Tunisia and Libya next week to vouch support for the three Arab countries where popular uprisings have ousted autocratic leaders, his office said Wednesday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's tour comes as once-strong...
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Examiner
| over 1 year ago
Associated Press AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed Senior White House envoy David Hale, left, sits with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting at Abbas's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The...
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The Boston Globe
| over 1 year ago
Turkey Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Wednesday of failing to meet its obligations in defense deals, adding to tensions with Israel which have escalated since an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla killed nine people last year. Turkey...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 1 year ago
Turkey says Israel not keeping to defense deals Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Wednesday of failing to meet its obligations in defense deals, adding to tensions with Israel which have escalated since an IDF raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Wednesday of lacking "trade ethics" in bilateral military contracts. "Israel has shown disloyalty in our bilateral agreements in the defense industry area," Erdogan told reporters,...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Umit Bektas/Reuters IDF attache to Turkey in Israel for consultations 09/07/2011 16:17 Turkey reportedly to decide whether or not to expel Col. Levy, who has been in Ankara since last month; defense official see great importance in IDF attache's...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Alon Liel says the two countries are poised to clash over Egypt and eastern Mediterranean, after Erdogan suspends defense industry ties. Israel has little prospect of restoring its once close ties for Turkey anytime in the near future and will likely...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
Erdogan said his government will announce new steps to punish Israel -- not long ago its strongest regional ally -- unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologizes for the killing of nine Turks last year in an Israeli commando raid at sea. Among...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
We are completely suspending all of these, trade relations, military relations, related with the defense industry," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to the semi-official Anatolian Agency. "All of these are completely suspended and other measures...
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CNSNews.com
| over 1 year ago
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel Tuesday of acting like a spoiled child, but it is the Turkish government whose show of pique was sparked by the fact that a U.N...State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S.
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The Jakarta Post
| over 1 year ago
Turkey has already suspended its vast military ties with Israel, said it is expelling top Israeli diplomats and pledged to lobby other nations in support of the Palestinians' statehood bid after Israel refused to apologize for last year's raid on a...
