Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, November 20th 2024

Erdogan Has Become the Enemy, and It’s Time to Deal with Him:  Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom, Nov. 14, 2024 Turkish Foreign Minister Declares He Is ‘In a War’ With Israel:  Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, Nov. 19, 2024 Turkey Must Earn Trump’s Reconciliation:  Sinan Ciddi, Washington Examiner, Nov. 16, 2024 Is Turkey’s Military the World’s Latest Paper Tiger?:  Michael […]

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Wednesday, November 20th 2024

Levent Kenez Nordic Monitor, Nov. 19, 2024 “I am in a war. I do not have the luxury of showing my feelings.” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a November 15 interview broadcast on A Haber, a government-aligned television channel run by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s family, stated that he is “in a war” and […]

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Wednesday, November 20th 2024

Nadav Shragai Israel Hayom, Nov. 14, 2024 “Erdogan’s congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his victory should remind the American president of Turkey’s deceptive overtures to Israel just two years ago.”   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s support for Hamas and hostility toward Israel have reached a critical point, with Turkey providing sanctuary to Hamas operatives while […]

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Wednesday, November 20th 2024

Sinan Ciddi Washington Examiner, Nov. 16, 2024 “Erdogan’s championing of Hamas is entrenched. Turkey is the only country inside the NATO alliance and, certainly, the only U.S. ally that openly embraces Hamas as a group of “resistance fighters.”” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan feels he has reason to be optimistic. He was bracing for the election of Vice President Kamala […]

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Wednesday, November 20th 2024

Michael Rubin Middle East Forum, Nov. 4, 2024 “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a formidable military and sought to remake it in his own image.” A video circulating on Telegram and other social media suggests North Korean Special Forces dispatched to fight Ukraine on Russia’s behalf have seen their first combat. The video purports to interview the single North Korean […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, November 19th 2024

SERIOUS CHANGES COMING Trump Team Preparing Plans to Topple Iran Regime, Israeli Sources Say:  Shirit Avitan Cohen, Israel Hayom, Nov. 14, 2024 — High-level Israeli sources have revealed to Israel Hayom that the Trump circle is formulating strategic plans targeting Iran’s current regime, marking a potential dramatic shift in US policy toward Tehran.    Netanyahu Says Biden’s Counsel Throughout the War […]

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Tuesday, November 19th 2024

Ruthie Blum JNS, Nov. 18, 2024 “Thomas-Greenfield, like her boss Blinken and the rest of the outgoing administration, has been focused on currying favour with the world’s malign actors.” Whether the Biden administration is planning a last hurrah for the Jewish state at the United Nations—a lame-duck good riddance, à la Barack Obama, in the […]

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Tuesday, November 19th 2024

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Nov. 15, 2024 “With Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as secretary of state, Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and Waltz, Huckabee, Witkoff and Stefanik in charge, there is no longer any question whether the second Trump administration will take a very different, far more pro-Israel position than the stands of the Biden/Harris administration […]

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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 / Tuesday, November 19th 2024

JP Editorial Jerusalem Post, Nov. 17, 2024 “At the heart of Trump’s foreign policy is the aspiration to end wars and expand peace initiatives in conflict zones, including the Middle East.” US President-elect Donald Trump chose strong supporters of Israel in a series of appointments announced last week. They include Marco Rubio as secretary of state, Pete Hegseth […]

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Tuesday, November 19th 2024

Luke Tress/JTA Jerusalem Post, Nov. 18, 2024 “After Trump’s 2020 loss, the family moved to Miami and sat out Trump’s most recent reelection campaign.” These names, and a few others, became familiar to American Jews over the four years of the first Donald Trump White House. Depending on the day, and their political views, Jews looked on […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, November 18th 2024

PARROTING THE EQUIVALENCE Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence:  Scott Abramson, Fathom Journal, November 2024 — A trend in Western discourse has developed in the past few years, observable in full vigour since 7 October, of presenting Islamophobia as the companion bigotry of antisemitism.    *** The Amsterdam Pogrom Is What Happens When the World Tolerates Antisemitism: […]

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Monday, November 18th 2024

Omar Mohammed Times of Israel, Nov. 13, 2024 “Paradoxically, this language of exclusion coexists with a widespread nostalgia for a “golden age” of interfaith harmony, a time many Arabs proudly recall as an era when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in peace across the medieval Islamic world.”   Arabic is a language of extraordinary […]