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Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters during a rally, February 26, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
March 18, 2019, 5:04 pm
Erdogan says Yair Netanyahu influenced by ‘same source’ as New Zealand killer
PM’s son mentioned Constantinople, like mosque killer Brenton Tarrant, who used that name for the city in his manifesto
By TOI staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at a rally of his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) in Istanbul, March 5, 2019. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
March 13, 2019, 3:17 pm
With implied threat to local Jews, Erdogan raps Netanyahu as child-killer tyrant
As war of words escalates, Turkish president warns ‘we have not oppressed any of the Jews in this country,’ and cautions, ‘Don’t provoke us’; Netanyahu calls criticism ‘a joke’
By AFP and TOI staff
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of the trial of Bosco Ntaganda, a Congo militia leader, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/Pool via AP)
November 22, 2018, 3:55 pm
ICC prosecutor ordered to reexamine Gaza flotilla incident — for the third time
Israeli official fumes over court’s repeated ‘exploitation for political ends,’ as judges reject Fatou Bensouda’s decision to close case after five years
By Raphael Ahren
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Tolpuddle, England, Sunday July 22, 2018 (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
August 29, 2018, 8:24 pm
Jeremy Corbyn claimed Israel controls speeches made by British lawmakers
After 2010’s Mavi Marmara incident, UK Labour leader said ‘every single speech’ by fellow MPs had the same ‘buzz words,’ but Daily Mail examination finds none of them
By JTA
The 'Freedom,' a boat headed to the Gaza Strip in a flotilla defying Israel's blockade, July 2018 (screen capture: Press TV/Twitter)
July 29, 2018, 12:59 am
Seaborne activists challenge Gaza blockade
Three-vessel ‘Freedom Flotilla’ left Sicily on July 21; first boat could arrive as early as Sunday, will likely be intercepted by Israel
By AFP and TOI staff
Newly elected Colombian president Ivan Duque celebrates with supporters in Bogota, after winning the presidential runoff election on June 17, 2018. (AFP/ Raul Arboleda)
June 18, 2018, 5:23 am
New Colombian president open to moving embassy to Jerusalem
Ivan Duque, who said he wanted to have the best possible ties with Israel, defeats leftist challenger, though some see seeds of political shift for conservative country
By Joshua Davidovich, Raphael Ahren and Agencies
An Egyptian man shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of banners with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) logo during the launch of an Egyptian campaign that urges boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and Israeli-made goods, at the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo, April 20, 2015 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
June 17, 2018, 2:07 pm
BDS is a dirty business. Those who battle it on Israel’s behalf must stay clean
After years of lousy PR, a new donor-backed firm is working with a well-funded ministry to thwart Israel’s detractors. They need to be careful where and how they spend their money
By David Horovitz
File: A picture taken on May 29, 2018 shows fishing boats carrying a group of Palestinian activists who are protesting Israel's naval blockade on Gaza, getting set to sail from Gaza City harbor. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
May 29, 2018, 5:51 pm
Israel intercepts protest boat trying to break Gaza blockade
Navy detains 17, tows vessel to Ashdod; Israeli medics offer treatment to Palestinians on board said injured in recent clashes; smaller boats remain within permitted fishing zone
By AFP and TOI staff
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
May 29, 2018, 11:03 am
US peace envoy slams ‘reverse flotilla’ trying to break Gaza blockade
‘Hamas must stop with deadly theatrics needlessly putting lives at risk,’ Jason Greenblatt says, hours before Al-Hurriyah fishing boat set to attempt to leave the Strip
By Raphael Ahren
Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey, Eitan Na'eh, hands his credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, December 5, 2016. (courtesy Turkish Presidency)
May 17, 2018, 7:46 pm
Despite high intensity, Israel-Turkey spat could be over within months
Never mind the mutual humiliations and unprecedented diplomatic measures; neither side is interested in escalation
By Raphael Ahren
Footage taken from a security camera aboard the Mavi Marmara, showing the activists preparing to resist IDF soldiers about to board the ship. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 10:05 am
Free Gaza spox admits activist initiated fatal 2010 violence aboard Mavi Marmara
Report on inner-workings of anti-Semitic group reveals that Greta Berlin belatedly acknowledged ‘crazy’ Ken O’Keefe seized IDF commando’s gun, sparking fight in which 10 Turks died
By Robert Philpot
Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on November 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 11, 2017, 5:52 pm
Reconciliation with Turkey was a mistake, Lapid says
As Ankara and Jerusalem trade barbs over Jerusalem, Yesh Atid leader calls for recognition of Armenian genocide, ‘burying’ gas pipeline plans
By Marissa Newman and Raphael Ahren
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets members of the Muslim community during his visit to Komotini, northeast Greece, on December 8, 2017. (AFP/str)
December 10, 2017, 10:27 pm
Turkey hits back, saying Israel ‘massacres thousands of Palestinians’
War of words between Jerusalem and Ankara heats up; Netanyahu accused Erdogan of bombing Kurdish civilians and helping terrorists kill innocent people
By Raphael Ahren
Firearms officiers from the British police detain a man on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 27, 2017 before being taken away by police. (AFP/Niklas Halle'n)
April 28, 2017, 10:10 pm
Man arrested with knives outside UK parliament ‘was aboard Mavi Marmara in 2010’
27-year-old Khalid Omar Ali was on ship that attempted to run Israeli security blockade of Gaza Strip
By TOI staff and AFP
Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres, right, with the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s deputy director general for Latin America, Modi Ephraim, in Managua, March 2017. (Courtesy Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua)
March 29, 2017, 11:06 am
Israel and Nicaragua renew ties after seven-year freeze
Deputy minister hails move as step toward ‘building bridges’ with left-wing Latin American countries without antagonizing Cuba lobby
By Raphael Ahren
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