NOTE: Middle East Eye asked me to contribute to an assessment of what 2019 will hold in store for the Middle East. I focussed especially on prospects for Israel and its relations with the other players in the region. Please read and disseminate it as widely as you can via social media and other ways. It may be an exaggeration to say that the … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Shin Bet Secretly Arrest, Imprison Turkish Citizen at Airport
Let's break another Israeli gag order, shall we? A Turkish news agency reports that Israel's Shin Bet arrested a Turkish citizen, Ebru Ozkan, age 27, at Ben Gurion, as she was about to board a flight home. As with all national security prisoners, she's been denied the right to see her attorney and is undergoing interrogation that could very well include … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Israeli Security Forces Arrest Turkish Professor and Cultural Official; Gag Order Slapped on Reporting Story
.חשיפה: איש אקדמיה טורקי, פרופ' ג'מיל טקלי, עצור כבר שבועיים וחצי בשב"כ בחשד לתכנון פיגוע .הוטל צא"פ Israel's security forces are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and Israel with a new round of arrests of Turkish nationals in Israel. Last month, three Turks were arrested and, after the action aroused protests in Turkey, deported from Israel. Two weeks … [Read more...]
Erdogan to Betray Gaza for Israeli Gas
Israeli and world media have featured screaming headlines over the past few days that Turkey and Israel are about to resume diplomatic relations broken off after Israeli naval commandos murdered 10 Turkish citizens on the Mavi Marmara in 2010 (including one U.S. citizen). The freeze between the two countries cut off Israeli trade and military coöperation … [Read more...]
