Turkey-Israel relations

Republic of Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (Photo: European People's Party - EPP/flickr)

President of Cyprus in Israel: New partnership, old conflicts

Cyprus and Israel have grown closer in recent months over the massive natural gas discovery that transcends their respective maritime exclusive economic zones. But when it comes to the military occupations in which the two countries have long been embroiled, political friendship has its limits. Recently-elected president of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) Nicos Anastasiades,…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 8, 2013

Yad Vashem. (photo: stevenconger@sbcglobal.net)

Israel, Armenians and the question of genocide

When Israel remembers the Holocaust, why does it think only of Jews? History has proven time and again that the Jews are not unique for having suffered genocidal policies. The many debates about preventing such tragedies have so far not helped populations that suffered mass killings and expulsions, with intent to destroy them for their…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 25, 2013

King Abdullah II (photo: Wikimedia commons)

Jordanian king: “We have fought Israel more than once, we’re calm”

King Abdullah II of Jordan used some harsh words against Israel yesterday: “Jordan and Palestine’s future (prospects) are stronger than Israel today and that it is the Israeli who is afraid now. When I was in the United States, an Israeli intellectual talked to me and said that what is going on in the Arab…

By Ami Kaufman September 12, 2011

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Turkey’s response to UN flotilla report: not just about Israel

Turkey’s response to the UN’s Palmer Report investigating the 2010 flotilla debacle was like a roar in the jungle of Middle East and global politics that had been building for at least two years now. Turkey had leveraged the report even prior to its publication as the deadline for an ultimatum to Israel: apologize or…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2011