The Turkish Love-Hate Relationship with America
Turks often expose degrees of confusion when asked about their foreign policy preferences.
Erdoğan Goes After Turkey’s Teacher ‘Terrorists’
Özakça and Gülmen should not be left to the mercy of a remorseless state apparatus. They must be lent every kind of international support.
Saving NATO from Turkey
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, faces an existential problem.
Turkey Plans Move to Box in Kurds in Northern Syria
The Turkish military this week scouted Syria’s Idlib province, in the north-west of the country, in preparation for a military operation in the province.
What Next, Once ISIS Falls?
What is coming next, after the imminent defeat of ISIS?
Mossad
So long as totalitarians weave their evil schemes, the people will remain oppressed, Israel will be threatened, and the Mossad chiefs will have job security.
The Case For Kurdish Independence
One thing is clear: if the US continues to neglect its “friends” and allies in the region – those on the front line in the fight against ISIS – the damage to its credibility will only increase.
Breaking Israel’s Imperial Court
The power to select judges must be transferred to the government. The Knesset must be empowered to approve judicial appointments.
Tension over Kurdistan
The referendum is highly important for both sides, those for and those against.
Unintended Consequences (Iran)
We wish Netanyahu Godspeed in his efforts to expose Iran’s hostile jihadist agenda, but success is unlikely. Confronting Iran may turn out to be Israel’s problem to solve, perhaps joined by some of its Arab neighbors.