Israel for years was a close military ally of Turkey, the Jewish state’s one friend in the Arab and Muslim world, Both countries benefitted from the alliance, and Israel for a long time was reluctant to damage that relationship by recognizing the Armenian Genocide. But many things have happened to change that calculation: the […]
Why Israel Has Not Yet Recognized the Armenian Genocide, and Why It Should Now
One country, Israel, whose people are intimately familiar, as victims, with genocide – with the greatest of all genocides, the Holocaust — refuses until today to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Now that America has done so, it’s even more important for Israel to follow suit. “Why has Israel not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide?,” by […]
For Israel, It’s Time to Recognize the Armenian Genocide
The recognition by the United States of the Armenian Genocide now puts more pressure on those nations that have yet to do so, and especially on Israel, that has until now refused, for reasons of misplaced — and increasingly nonsensical — realpolitik. A report on why Israel has for so long refused to recognize […]
Turkish columnist: ‘Islam is the only one resisting the attack of Western civilization’
This is an increasingly common attitude in Turkey. Meanwhile, the Western political and media establishment has worked for years to stigmatize, demonize, and marginalize any opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others. “Western civilization must also be saved from the Western threat!,” by Yusuf Kaplan, Yeni Safak, April 13, 2021: The […]
Turkey’s foreign ministry summons US Ambassador to protest recognition of Armenian Genocide
Islamic supremacists never, ever take responsibility for what they have done. “Turkey Summons US Ambassador Over Genocide Announcement,” by Zeynep Bilginsoy, NECN, April 25, 2021 (thanks to Tom): Turkey’s foreign ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador in Ankara to protest the U.S. decision to mark the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire […]
Biden’s handlers recognize Armenian Genocide
This is an extremely positive development, long overdue, and Biden’s handlers deserve kudos for getting this one right. We can only hope that this will herald a new vigor in opposing Turkish neo-Ottoman jihadist aggression and expansionist ambitions. “Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide,” by Katie Rogers and Carlotta Gall, […]
Turkey’s foreign minister: ‘We are opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood being declared a terrorist organization’
Turkey has for quite some time been in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood. It even welcomed Brotherhood leaders who had been forced to leave Qatar after heavy pressure from Gulf countries. But that was almost seven years ago. In February of last year, an Egyptian human rights group openly accused Qatar and Turkey of funding […]
Israel and Greece sign record defense deal amid threats from Turkey and Iran
With Turkey and Iran looming large in the region (and expanding their influence), a paramount deal has been struck between Israel and Greece. The two countries “have signed their biggest ever defence procurement deal, which Israel said would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries.” Greece and Turkey have been embroiled in ongoing disputes. […]
Erdogan: ‘Israel is an enemy of Islam. We want all of humanity to follow closely Israel’s hostility against Islam.’
Erdogan is not remotely the first supporter of the “Palestinian” jihad to state the conflict in Islamic terms. “Palestinian” spokesmen themselves do this on a routine basis, as do Iranians and others. Yet this is the one aspect of the conflict that is routinely ignored or even openly denied by mainstream “Middle East experts” in […]
Turkey: Jewish prisoner says ‘I fear for my life. They want me to convert to Islam.’
The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion. Remember Steve Centanni and […]