A Turkish Hostage Crisis in the Making?

Natalie and Mordy Oknin would already be on a plane back to Israel if Erdoğan were to give the go-ahead. He rules Turkey’s roost, and all attempts to gloss over that fact are counterproductive.
Allies Step Up Confrontation with Iran as U.S. Looks to Scale Back from the Middle East

In recent months, the United States has sent unmistakable signals that, 20 years after 9/11, the era of its Middle East counter-terrorism mission is drawing to a close.
Algeria Confronts Europe and the West Over Gas and the Western Sahara

Having suffered one diplomatic defeat after another in recent years, is Algeria seeking to muscle the European Union into an anti-Moroccan position with its gas policy?
Ra’am’s Success is Israel’s Failure

The mask is now off: Knesset member Mansour Abbas and his colleagues want to use their membership in the coalition as leverage to dismantle Israel’s Jewish identity.
The Dollar’s Crashing Sends Waves Throughout Israel

Two seemingly parallel and completely unrelated things happened this week with an astonishing response.
Testimonies from Israel, Meeting Yassir Arafat

Let me end by sharing this, ten years after facing off Arafat, I was living in Arad and one day while in a meeting with a group of ladies, I shared my testimony about that day.
Could UAE Opening to Syria Mark Major Shift for Region?

Amid the 2015 Iran deal and fight against ISIS, US efforts to remove Assad ended.
The Most Alarming Threat of All to the Jewish People

Many leaders are terrified that speaking the truth about Israel will cause them to lose their access to the political and intellectual circles they prize so highly, and in which they pretend to themselves they are accepted as equals just like anyone else.
Sudan Coup Follows Prevailing Arab World Trend

Arab efforts at establishing stable and representative rule have proven universally unsuccessful.
A Holocaust Survivor’s Visit to Her Childhood Home Transports Her to the Past

Ahead of the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Eve Kugler, 90, visited her hometown of Halle, Germany, and recalls the horrifying period that led to her family fleeing for their lives.