Analysis

Thursday, September 12th 2024

Angela Mehrer and Jana Puglierin European Council on Foreign Relations, Sept. 10, 2024 “The AfD’s and the BSW’s overlapping agendas underscore a shared goal: reversing Germany’s post-war trajectory by moving away from European integration, away from the US, and towards a more nationalist stance.” German state elections typically revolve around matters such as immigration and […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, September 11th 2024

Turkey’s ‘Islamic’ Offensive Against Israel Grows as Gaza War Rages – Analysis:  Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 10, 2024 Turkey Is Not an Actor in the Gaza Conflict:  Salim Çevik, Arab Center, Washington DC, Aug. 31, 2024 Is Erdoğan the Sick Man of Europe?:  Michael Rubin, Middle East Forum, Sept. 9, 2024 Erdoğan, You Can’t Sail a […]

Analysis

Wednesday, September 11th 2024

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Sept. 10, 2024   “All of these moves show that these countries are all moving toward working together. This leaves Israel out in the cold.”   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been one of the most outspoken anti-Israel voices in the world since the October 7 massacre. Not only did Ankara […]

Analysis

Wednesday, September 11th 2024

*** Salim Çevik Arab Center, Washington DC, Aug. 31, 2024   “Erdoğan began to face increasing criticism regarding trade with Israel after October 7.”   Prior to the Hamas attack on October 7, Turkey was in the process of political reconciliation with Israel. Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Turkey in 2022 in the first high-level visit by an Israeli […]

Analysis

Wednesday, September 11th 2024

Michael Rubin Middle East Forum, Sept. 9, 2024 “Just as dictatorships set Ethiopia and Sudan down the path to division, so too does Erdoğan make Turkey’s collapse inevitable.”   For decades, beginning in the 19th century, Europeans referred to the Ottoman Empire as “the sick man of Europe.” First sultans and then so-called reformers acting […]

Analysis

Wednesday, September 11th 2024

Prof. Efrat Aviv BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,294, Aug. 4, 2024 “The Turkish threat to Israel and the Turkish-Israeli conflicts over the past decade and a half have repeatedly provided the Justice and Development Party and its leader with opportunities to position themselves as champions of Islam, an image they strive to project to fortify […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

  Don’t Confuse Washington’s Netanyahu-bashing with those of Israeli Critics:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Sept. 4, 2025 Biden-Harris Admin Stonewalls Investigation into Massive Aid for Gaza:  Robert Spencer, World Israel News, Sept. 6, 2024 Take That! Biden-Harris DOJ Files Complaint against Hamas Mass Murderers:  Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, Sept. 3, 2024 Biden-Harris Give Up the Big […]

Analysis

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

Robert Spencer World Israel News, Sept. 6, 2024 “Under her direction, USAID has conducted a campaign to persuade other state actors to donate to UNRWA, despite the stunning information that at least nine UNRWA employees took part in the Hamas atrocities on October 7, at least 100 UNRWA employees are members of Hamas, and 10% […]

Analysis

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Sept. 4, 2025 “… above all, the goal for Washington is to end the fighting in Gaza and preclude the outbreak of full-scale war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, at almost any cost. The sooner the guns are silenced, the quicker they can put the whole issue behind them and preclude losing […]

Analysis

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

Andrew C. McCarthy National Review, Sept. 3, 2024 “Who is going to help the FBI execute arrest warrants against Hamas in Gaza? The “government” in Gaza is Hamas. The “government” in the West Bank would be Hamas if the Palestinians there were permitted to vote.”   Could it be more fitting that, in the criminal complaint […]

Analysis

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

Seth Mandel Commentary Magazine, Sept. 5, 2024 “What’s the problem, exactly? Well, Hamas is, you know, executing the hostages it is supposed to be preparing to hand over to Israel as part of the deal.” The Biden administration is really pushing the limits of “better late than never.” The president and his team have finally begun […]

Outside Source

Tuesday, September 10th 2024

Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe, Sept. 8, 2024 “… no Palestinian terrorist has ever been brought to justice in the United States for atrocities committed against Americans abroad.”   Hersh Goldberg-Polin — the 23-year-old American-Israeli who was one of six hostages found shot to death in a Gaza tunnel last weekend — was laid to rest in Jerusalem […]