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Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is in Russia on a working visit- Wikipedia

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As Erdoğan Hints at Retirement, How Has His Rule Shaped Turkey?

Yasar Bukan The Conversation, Mar. 12, 2024 “… as Turkey’s foreign policy grew more assertive, the strategy faltered and the country found itself surrounded by more enemies and fewer friends.”   Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently gave the clearest indication yet about his political future, stating, “With the authority that the law confers on me, […]

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Dr. Muhammed Ali Fatih Erbakan-Wikipedia

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The Islamist Leader Responsible for Erdogan’s Local Election Loss Attributes Defeat to Sweden and Israel

Levent Kenez Nordic Monitor, Apr. 3, 2024 “With government support Erbakan significantly expanded his outreach to a larger audience in Turkey by making frequent appearances on national television, openly propagating his antisemitic views on live TV.”   Fatih Erbakan, a former political ally of the Turkish president and a notorious, antisemitic politician, attributed the government’s […]

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Representative Ritchie Torres Official House Portrait- Wikipedia

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Daily Briefing: PRO-ISRAEL PROGRESSIVES SPEAK OUT

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  IMPROBABLE ZIONIST Pro-Israel Progressives:  Ritchie Torres; interviewed by Bret Stephens, Sapir Journal, Volume Twelve Winter 2024, Mar. 18, 2024 –– Let me begin with this double question. First, tell us about your journey as a progressive. And second, tell us about your journey as a supporter of Israel. Daily Kickoff:  Jewish Insider, Apr. 9, 2024 (Democrats shift on […]

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Official portrait of U.S. Senator John Fetterman-Wikipedia

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John Fetterman Speaks: I Haven’t Changed a Lick

Pablo Manriquez New Republic, Jan. 12, 2024 “Standing with Israel and thinking that we should have a secure border, I don’t know why either one of them is controversial.”   All life evolves, even that of U.S. senators. John Fetterman is no exception, even if the junior senator from Pennsylvania insists he hasn’t changed a […]

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The ‘Improbable Friend’: For True Progressives, Israel Is an Exemplar, Says Ritchie Torres

David Horovitz Times of Israel, Apr. 2, 2024 “The single greatest victim of the war has been the word “genocide,” which has lost the moral force that it once commanded. Our language has become so degraded.”   Congressman Ritchie Torres’s first trip abroad, ever, was to Israel — as a newly elected 26-year-old member of […]

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More details Raskin speaking at the 2020 AFGE Legislative Conference- Wikipedia

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Progressive Jewish Lawmakers Caught in the Middle of Bitter Democratic Divide Over Israel

Annie Grayer CNN, Mar. 29, 2024 “It’s really turned into two separate camps. The more you try and carve out a middle, the more neither camp really feels like home.” A month into the raging war between Israel and Hamas, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland was facing a moral dilemma. As a Jewish lawmaker, […]

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Will Progressives Confront Left-wing Antisemitism?

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Will Marshall, The Hill, Mar. 22, 2024 “Ocasio-Cortez was right. Accusing the victims of history’s worst genocide of trying to exterminate Palestinians is a new form of antisemitism likely to boomerang on the activist left.” The torrent of antisemitism let loose by student protests against the war in Gaza is a national embarrassment, but it […]

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Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden walking with supporters at a pre-Wing Ding march from Molly McGowan Park in Clear Lake, Iowa. (Wikipedia)

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Daily Briefing: BIDEN’S SEA CHANGE POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL: HOW DANGEROUS IS IT?

ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND WATCH:  ‘A Punch to the Gut’: The US Failure to Defend Israel at UN:  The Quad, JNS TV, Mar. 25, 2024 _________________________________________________________________ Joe Biden Needs A ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment:  Frederick Krantz, JNS, Apr. 1, 2024 The Obama and Biden Administrations’ Betrayal of America’s Closest Ally in the Middle East: Israel:  Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute, […]

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Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore,Wikipedia)

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Joe Biden Needs a ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment

Frederick Krantz JNS, Apr. 1, 2024 “While threatening to decrease military supplies to Israel, Biden allowed Iran to continue exporting billions of dollars’ worth of oil to China.”   In a recent Foreign Affairs article, veteran U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross effectively presented the Biden administration’s “vision” for the resolution of the Gaza crisis in the […]

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The Obama and Biden Administrations’ Betrayal of America’s Closest Ally in the Middle East: Israel

Majid Rafizadeh Gatestone Institute, Apr. 6, 2024 “By failing to condemn Hamas and failing to condition a ceasefire on the release of hostages, the Biden administration handed Hamas and other terrorist groups a monumental diplomatic victory.”   The Biden administration persists in granting victories to Hamas and its primary supporters, Qatar and Iran, and in […]

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Vice President Joe Biden visit to Israel March 2016 - Wikipedia

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Joe Biden Keeps on Delivering a Dangerous Two-Faced Approach with Israel

Michael Goodwin NY Post, Apr. 6, 2024 “In the past month the Biden Administration and Democratic leaders in Congress have leveled more criticism against the Democratically elected government of Israel than against the ruthless dictators of Russia (Putin), North Korea (Kim) Turkey (Erdogan), Venezuela (Maduro), Iran (Khamenei), Syria (Assad) and Hamas (Sinwar) COMBINED. Let that […]

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Biden Loses the Plot on Israel

Matthew Continetti Washington Free Beacon, Apr. 4, 2024 “You cannot win this war,” Andrés wrote, “by starving an entire population.” The accusation is grotesque. And stupid. If “starving an entire population” were Israel’s policy, what was World Central Kitchen doing in Gaza in the first place?”   Six months. That’s how long it took for […]

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