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Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

The UK and EU are always so ready to leap into ministerial statement-mode when the Jewish state does anything with which they disagree. The hypocrisy and double standards are blatant

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Photo by SERGEI ILNITSKY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey

Sa’ar accuses Turkish counterpart of ‘inciting genocide’ after he dubbed Israeli government an ‘unbearable burden’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II (Karekin II) leads a service at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel moves to recognise Armenian genocide in major policy reversal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Aftermath of IDF strike in Gaza in May which Israel said targeted Ezzedine Al-Haddad, chief of Hamas's armed wing (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel Hamas War

Hamas financiers taken out in IDF strike in Gaza

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Protesters set fire to the US and Israeli flags in front of the Israel Consulate in Istanbul in March (Photo: Getty Images)

Turkey

At least two attackers dead in gun battle outside Israeli consulate in Turkey

By JC Reporter

1 min read

People stand next to missile debris after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, March 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

US Politics

US holds ‘fruitful’ talks with Turkey about prospective F-35 sales

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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Turkish Jewish community welcomes new chief rabbi, David Sevi

Sevi has worked for decades to preserve the traditional customs of Turkey’s Jewish community

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 5, 2025 10:46

Chief Rabbi David Sevi is expected to remain in post until at least 2032 (Photo: YouTube)

Terrorist who killed British woman in bus bombing ‘living freely in Turkey’

Ishaq Taher Salah Arafah was released from an Israeli prison as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas

By Ben Conway

1 min read

November 25, 2025 11:59

By Robert Philpot

Labour’s hypocrisy: freezing trade with Israel while selling jets to Erdoğan’s Turkey

This government prefers to arm a state that jails opponents, crushes unions and shelters Hamas rather than stand with a democratic ally fighting genocidal terrorists

3 min read

October 28, 2025 11:24

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) after signing an $11 billion agreement for 20 Eurofighter jets, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on October 27, 2025. (Image: Getty)

By Yossi Kuperwasser

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

Doha and Ankara would like to see the jihadists stay in power because they ideologically support the terror group, but that may clash with their ambition to maintain a close relationship with Trump

3 min read

October 23, 2025 16:37

Front row from left: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, US President Donald Trump, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Image: Getty)

‘No involvement’ – Netanyahu rules out Turkish troops in Gaza under post-war plan

Concerns had been raised about Ankara’s forces being stationed in the region, with the prime minister seeing the idea as a ‘red line’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 22, 2025 10:37

US Vice President JD Vance meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 22, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Yaakov Lappin

Turkey wants to use the Gaza deal to recreate the ‘ring of fire’ around Israel

From sending troops into Syria to seeking involvement in the reconstruction of the Strip, Israel must keep a close watch on Ankara’s designs on the region, say analysts

4 min read

October 16, 2025 16:34