Posts Tagged: Ottoman Empire
Turkey’s Moves in Syria Threaten Israel
JNS.org - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, is not a likable person. Certainly not outside of Turkey, but also among a great many inside the...
DeSantis: Two-State Solution ‘Stepping Stone’ to End of Israel
JNS.org - The two-state solution long backed by successive U.S. administrations and the international community to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a “canard” that Palestinians...
Biden Told Erdogan he Plans to Call 1915 Massacres of Armenians Genocide
US President Joe Biden on Friday told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire...
Erdogan’s Neo-Ottoman Aspirations Inspire Islamists and Endanger World Peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's once hidden agenda of reviving a modern version of the Ottoman Empire is not so secret in light of recent...
Israel Tells Fuming Erdogan That Ottoman Empire Days Are Over
JNS.org - The Israeli government shot back on Tuesday at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fiery statements regarding the Temple Mount, telling the Turkish leader that...
In Jab at Erdogan, Israeli President Notes Jerusalem’s Jewish Majority Dates to Ottoman Period
JNS.org - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Tuesday sought to counter Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that Israel was attempting to “Judaize” Jerusalem, with Rivlin noting the...
Tribalism and the Wisdom of Sykes-Picot, in Hindsight
The division of the former Ottoman Empire by the British and French following World War I appeared corrupt and driven by self-interest, and contributed to the ongoing...
How the West Contributed to Islamic Extremism
The intensified public discussion about the root causes of violent extremism has focused mainly on the socio-economic and political conditions that exist in Arab countries...
Remembering the Jews of Salonica
While I was wondering about Jews living in Europe under difficult conditions, I was reminded of the Jews of Salonica. Once, it was one of...
Nearly 100 Years Later, Still Bickering Over Balfour
Last year, on the 95th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the former Palestinian minister, Nabil Shaath, wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph attacking Britain...
Gaza Flotilla Apology May Have Ramifications Beyond Israel-Turkey Relations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed Israeli policy last Friday, offering an apology to the Turkish people for the deaths of nine Turkish citizens aboard...
The Impolite Truth About the Palestinians
"Remember, there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we've...
