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Olympic dreams dashed as Israeli authorities ban wrestling team from Turkey

The Israeli Security Agency said that risk of travelling to Istanbul was too high

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2KDD07H Melkamu Fetene (ISR) GR 60kg exultation during the Wrestling U20 European Championships on June 29, 2022 at the Matteo Pellicone in Rome, Italy (Photo by Luigi Mariani/LiveMedia/NurPhoto)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the Dolmabahce Presidental office in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel accuses Erdoğan of acting like a ‘dictator’ over trade ban

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Supporters of Justice and Development (AK) Party cheer as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech after the Turkish local Municipal elections (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli foreign minister says hostility to Israel caused Erdogan election losses

By Joshua Marks

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the Dolmabahce Presidental office in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel summons Turkish ambassador after Erdoğan vows to ‘send Netanyahu to Allah’

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks as he announces Murat Kurum as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate in Istanbul's upcoming mayoral election in March, in Istanbul on January 7, 2024. Murat Kurum will represent Erdogan's Islamic conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the March 31 municipal elections in which control of Turkey's main cities will be up for grabs. The secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) seized back control of Istanbul for the first time since Erdogan ruled the city as mayor in the 1990s in watershed 2019 polls. (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Hamas War 2023

Turkey to provide evidence against Israel in South Africa’s ICJ case, says Erdogan

By Eliana Jordan

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Antalyaspor's Sagiv Jehezkel points a message in his bandage that reads: "100 days. 7.10" as he celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a Turkish Super Lig soccer match between Antalyaspor and Trabzonspor in Antalya, southern Turkey (Adem Akalan/DHA via AP)

Israeli footballer arrested after dedicating goal to October 7 hostages

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Amman on January 6, 2024, as part of the first leg of a trip that includes visits to both Israel and West Bank. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Anthony Blinken

Anthony Blinken begins tour of Middle East as threat of regional escalation rises

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Turkey arrests 33 people on suspicion of working for Mossad

The dozens of arrests come after police raided 57 locations in eight provinces as part of ‘Operation Mole’

By Jane Prinsley

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January 2, 2024 14:41

Turkish policemen have arrested 33 people suspected of spying for Mossad (Photo: Getty)

Netanyahu's bid to strengthen Israeli bilateral relations with world leaders at UN

The Israeli PM held meetings with Joe Biden, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Olaf Scholz and Volodymyr Zelensky

By Richard Percival

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September 20, 2023 19:25

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Israelis detained after storming runway in failed attempt to catch flight to Tel Aviv

A father and his two sons climbed onto the tarmac after missing their plane

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July 5, 2023 12:08

Israelis detained after storming runway in failed attempt to catch flight to Tel Aviv

Students perform Nazi salute in football match against Turkey’s only Jewish school

Turkey’s official Jewish communal organization condemned the incident

By David I. Klein

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March 17, 2023 14:21

Students perform Nazi salute in football match against Turkey’s only Jewish school

Remaining Jews in earthquake-ravaged city evacuated to Istanbul

The operation was a collaboration between a Kazakh-Israeli billionaire and Israel’s fundraising organization Keren Hayesod.

By David I. Klein

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February 17, 2023 11:05

A local resident inspects the destroyed mosque Habib-i Neccar in the historic southern city of Antakya on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast. - Rescuers pulled out children on February 10, 2023, from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake that struck on February 6, 2023, as the toll approached 23,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering for nearly one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rabbi David Lister

By Rabbi David Lister

Israel's response to the victims of the Turkey earthquake is the Jewish one

My blessing for Muhammed Ahmed - a two-year-old rescued from the rubble

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February 16, 2023 12:02

Israel's response to the victims of the Turkey earthquake is the Jewish one

Israeli Foreign Minister arrives in Turkey to meet with Erdogan

Netanyahu last week commended the IDF’s humanitarian work as a mission of the 'highest order'

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February 14, 2023 09:59

Israeli Foreign Minister arrives in Turkey to meet with Erdogan

Israeli medics to remain in Turkey despite security threat claims

The IDF and Magen David Adom insist they are unaware of any risk to rescue workers on the ground

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February 14, 2023 09:45

Rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors amid collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras on February 13, 2023. - The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria climbed above 35,000 on February 13, 2023, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Leader of Turkish Jewish community found dead following earthquake

The funerals of Saul and Fortuna Cenudioğlu are set to take place in Istanbul

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February 10, 2023 13:09

Leader of Turkish Jewish community found dead following earthquake

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