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Iranian Kurdish dilemma: Should they fight for a free Kurdistan or risk being used? - opinion

As tensions rise with Iran, Kurds face a familiar dilemma: seize opportunity or risk repeating a long history of abandonment by global powers.

|ByMEM HUSEDIN, JASON SHVILI
Kurdish coalition forces.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tour at the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, in southern Israel, December 28, 2025.

'West Bank-ification?' Police investigate Negev arson spree as Bedouin tensions intensify

Multiple vehicles were torched in Negev towns overnight, with police linking the incidents to reprisals following ongoing operations in nearby Bedouin communities.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
National Park – Gan HaShlosha – Sachne

Israeli archaeologists uncover medieval sugar mills beneath Gan Hashlosha National Park

The study indicates that the tunnels likely channeled water to drive horizontal paddle wheels, which powered millstones used to crush sugarcane.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
ETROGIM ON display: The fruit’s distinctive bumpy skin and bright color made it both a ritual object and a coveted commodity across Jewish communities.

The ‘etrog’ wars: How the Ottoman Empire turned a sacred fruit into a global commodity

From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade.

|ByALEX WINSTON

The iconic Jaffa clock broke. An olah watchmaker is getting it fixed

Susanna Kaufmann’ watchmaking abilities have even been pursued by Buckingham Palace

OCTOBER 15, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
A general view of Jaffa Clock Tower, in Jaffa, Israel

Turkey says it will respond in time to 'outrageous' US genocide statement

Turkey accepts that many Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces in World War One, but denies the killings constitute a genocide.

APRIL 25, 2021ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a symbolic funeral prayer for the former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi at the courtyard of Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2019.

Armenia PM steps down to clear way for early elections

He said on his Facebook page he was returning power received from citizens to them, so they could decide the future of the government through free and fair elections.

APRIL 25, 2021ByREUTERS
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks during his address to the nation in Yerevan, Armenia November 12, 2020. Armenian Prime Minister Press Service/Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS

Galilee Gold: A noble novel inspired by a Bedouin sheikh

Many echoes in Pam’s beautifully crafted novel, arouse the reader’s interest.

APRIL 22, 2021ByPESSY KRAUSZ
An artistic representation of Daher el-Omar, by Ziad Daher Zedani

Galilee Gold: A noble novel inspired by a Bedouin sheikh

Many echoes in Pam’s beautifully crafted novel, arouse the reader’s interest.

APRIL 22, 2021ByPESSY KRAUSZ
An artistic representation of Daher el-Omar, by Ziad Daher Zedani

Erdogan: 'Jerusalem is our city, a city from us'

Erdogan referred to the Ottoman Empire's rule over Jerusalem, which lasted four centuries (1517-1917), to justify his claim.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Kinneret College to commemorate 102 years since the battle of Tzemach

The results of the battle had the potential to shift the power balance in the Middle Eastern theater during World War I.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020ByDANIEL NISINMAN
A monument marking the legacy of the Australian Cavalry in the Kinnert Campus

Turkey has no interest in peace in the Eastern Med

Turkey's misguided vision of Pan-Islamism brings with it a culturally dominant form of political Islam and militant Jihadism

AUGUST 31, 2020ByEDY COHEN
A man gestures as people wait for the beginning of Friday prayers outside Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, for the first time after it was once again declared a mosque after 86 years, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 24, 2020

Erdoğan believes he is restoring Turkey to greatness. Is he?

The Erdoğan vision is to recreate the period of Turkish and Ottoman greatness.

AUGUST 31, 2020ByMICAH HALPERN
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST a visit of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels, March 2020.

Turkey to inform UNESCO on Hagia Sophia after converting it back to mosque

The site was inscribed onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985 under Historic Areas of Istanbul, along with other points of significance in the city.

JULY 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan originally proposed re-titling Hagia Sophia as a mosque instead of a museum in March, and last month proposed restoring mosque status to the 6th-century landmark.