Turkey
While new avenues of dialogue are opening between Jerusalem and Ankara, including a planned visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s priorities should remain firm.
After the PM “underwent a medical procedure, a follow-up of several weeks became necessary.”
Turkey will also host Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who will fly to Ankara on July 25.
The men, accused of sexually harassing a flight attendant, are being held in a jail near the Syrian border.
The suspects, who carried passports of various Middle Eastern countries, were reportedly members of a 56-member team.
A photo from the 28-page, Hebrew manuscript shows the end of the book of Joshua and the beginning of Judges.
The Turkish premier reiterated his gratitude for Israel’s aid following the earthquake that devastated Turkey in February.
Erdoğan prevailed in a run-off vote against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, thus extending his two-decade tenure as Turkey’s leader.
The Turkish president’s agenda includes “supporting Islamist organizations and groups worldwide,” Mehmet Efe Caman, visiting professor at Memorial University, told JNS.
“If the past is anything to go by, once Erdoğan is re-elected this whole story will go away very quickly,” expert tells JNS.
Eleven members of a 15-strong team were reportedly detained.
The re-establishing of Israeli-Turkish ties has led to renewed efforts by an Islamist Turkish aid agency to undermine Israeli sovereignty in eastern Jerusalem.
