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Turkey’s neo-Ottoman ambitions: Erdogan, Hamas, and threats to Israel - opinion

Last week, we learned from US Vice President JD Vance that the Trump Administration considers Turkey eligible to receive F-35 fighter jets. It is reviewing how Turkey can legally get the fighter jets

Syria's newly appointed president for a transitional phase Ahmed al-Shaara meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025.
 U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion

The restored western face of the Parthenon, Greece, July 2, 2026.

After 200 years in ruin: Greece unveils complete restoration of Parthenon's western pediment

Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.

Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis


On the Turkish-Syrian border, a city’s last Jews watch the ending of an epoch

A symbol composed of a Star of David entwined with a Christian cross and Islamic crescent has practically become the city’s logo.

Turkish Jews join to blessing prayers of Mi Sheberah by Chief Rabbi Izhak Haleva at Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul

How to follow Ze'ev Jabotinsky's footsteps in Jerusalem

In honor of his 82nd yahrzeit, I suggest a list of locations linked to his activities in Jerusalem from which one can create an itinerary for a walk in his footsteps.

 ZE’EV (VLADMIR) JABOTISKY with wife Yohanna and son Eri: Reunited in Jerusalem.

Turkey, Armenia hold 'constructive' talks on mending ties

The two countries are at odds over several issues, primarily the 1.5 million people Armenia says were killed in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire, the precursor to modern Turkey.

 Members of the Armenian diaspora rally in front of the Turkish Embassy

In this Turkish city, historic synagogues are seeing new life

Izmir will soon get a taste of what it was like when it was home to the third largest Jewish community in the Ottoman empire.

 The Shalom synagogue is part of the Izmir Jewish Heritage project.

150 years of excavating Jerusalem: A rich layer cake

Book: Under Jerusalem by Andrew Lawler

 Robinson's Arch, located to the right of the Western Wall

On This Day: Ottomans surrender Jerusalem in World War I

The British would continue to hold onto the city until fully withdrawing from Mandatory Palestine in 1948. 

 The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

On This Day: Ottomans defeated in World War I's Battle of Beersheba

The Battle of Beersheba broke the stalemate in the Middle East, helped fuel the Balfour Declaration and saw Australian troops launch one of history's last great cavalry charges.

‘The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917,’ painted by George Lambert three years later

Eight antiquity robbers in Israel search for gold, get caught in pit

According to a legend, some Ottoman treasures were buried in some sites in Southern Israel.

Antiquities robbers caught in southern Israel.

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

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

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.

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.