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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

By Robert Philpot

3 min read

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)

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)

By Yossi Kuperwasser

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

3 min read

Israel

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa (left) meets Turkish leader Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Lappin

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

4 min read

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams cancels Turkey gig over ‘security concerns’ after anti-Israel backlash

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

Israel hit Qatar after ‘scrapping Turkey strike due to Nato membership’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Turkey

Turkey bans Jewish singer over support for Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Recipe

Rosh Hashanah pomegranate and orange glazed turkey breast joint

This stunning roast makes use of budget-friendly turkey for a delicious main course that would also look gorgeous on a buffet table

By Sarah Mann-Yeager

September 3, 2025 11:09

Cook time: 1 1/2 - 2 hours

Major broadcaster uses decade-old photo of starving Yemeni child for article about hunger in Gaza

The image was originally captured in a hospital in Hodeida in 2016

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 27, 2025 13:14

This image of a starving boy in Yemen was used by TRT World to illustrate hunger in Gaza (Image: Reuters screenshot)

By Stephen Flatow

Turkey’s dangerous drift from Nato ally to Islamist agitator

As President Erdoğan cosies up to terrorists and autocrats, it’s time for the West to stop pretending that he is still a reliable partner.

2 min read

July 30, 2025 16:11

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Image: Getty)

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

The plan has reportedly gained approval from Washington, with Saudi Arabia also involved in the project

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 8, 2025 10:44

Qatar is set to provide $29 million to fund a pay increase for Syrian civil servants (Pictured: Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani; Image: Getty)

By Kobi Michael

Neutering Turkish ambition is key to peace in the Middle East

Only the US — trusted by both sides — can broker an arrangement that secures their vital interests and outlines a shared future in Syria

2 min read

April 16, 2025 09:34

Debris lie on the ground at the scene of an Israeli strike in Syria (Getty)

Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

Turkey’s emergence as a ‘nerve centre’ for Hamas terror operations should ring alarm bells in Nato and the US.

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

April 4, 2025 15:44

Soldiers stand at attention with their rifles as red smoke fills the air during Republic Day celebrations in Kayseri, Turkey, October 29, 2024 (Credit: DAMOUN POURNEMATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli teens stranded in Turkey following emergency landing en route to Poland

The youth delegation were visiting Europe for a Holocaust education tour, including visits to several concentration camps

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 1, 2025 10:43

A group of 150 Israeli schoolchildren was left stranded for 24 hours in Turkey after their flight to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing (Image: Ercan Karakas/Wikimedia Commons)

JC Israel Briefing Day 543: Israel to ‘occupy a quarter of Gaza’

Plus, Netanyahu aides arrested in ‘Qatargate’ probe

By Nathan Jeffay

4 min read

April 1, 2025 09:31

A new report has suggested that Israel is planning to occupy a quarter of the Gaza Strip (Image: Getty)

Downing Street condemns Erdogan’s call to ‘destroy’ Israel

Israel’s foreign minister labelled the Turkish president an ‘antisemitic dictator’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

March 31, 2025 14:58

Turkish president Recep Erdogan called for the destruction of Israel during an Eid speech (Image: Getty)

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turkey

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

Do Qatar and Turkey really want to see Hamas disarmed?

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

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

Robbie Williams cancels Turkey gig over ‘security concerns’ after anti-Israel backlash

Israel hit Qatar after ‘scrapping Turkey strike due to Nato membership’

Turkey bans Jewish singer over support for Israel

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