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Turkey is determined to cut off relations with Israel

A Turkish newspaper said on Wednesday that Ankara will stop military cooperation with Israel and will not return its ambassador, who was recalled after the Freedom Flotilla massacre.

Stephen M. Walt: The Critic of My Friend is My Enemy

Last week Jim Lobe published a terrific piece at InterPress Service, detailing how prominent neoconservatives have switched from being strong supporters (and in some cases well-paid consultants) of the Turkish

Davutoglu: Turkey does not trust the Israeli investigation committee

Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, told a press conference in Ankara on Monday that his country does not trust the Israeli internal probe committee into the Freedom Flotilla massacre

Turkey is the Only Middle Eastern Country Pointing Toward the Future

Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Lebanon, has said this may be Turkey’s century because it’s the only country in the Middle East actually pointing toward

The real threat aboard freedom flotilla

Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world. Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime.

After the Israeli flotilla incident, Turkey is the new Palestinian champion

There is no doubt that it is President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, President Nasser’s successor, to whom Abdel Bari Atwan principally refers; and there is no doubt, too, that the

Israel condemned over Gaza raid at CICA summit

Leaders from the Middle East and Asia condemned Israel’s raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza at a summit on Tuesday, calling on the Jewish state to end

Hamas: Egypt is welcome to continue as mediator

During a meeting with an Egyptian delegation including Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and independent MPs, Hamas leaders and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council asserted that they welcomed Egypt to continue

Opening Rafah border helps ease tension in Middle East

Egypt’s decision to open the border with Gaza at the Rafah border crossing serves to ease tension in the Middle East after a crisis in which Israel attacked a flotilla,

Israel detains Freedom Flotilla ships for eight consecutive days

The Israel occupation authority is still holding vessels of the Freedom Flotilla, which they seized on international waters